- Dennis Holmes, Hound-Dog Man, 1959. As the leading hunk changed from Robert Mitchum to Lindsay Crosby (Bing’s fourth son, a suicide like the third, Dennis) to Stuart Whitman, so did the sprat named Spud – to Holmes from Mickey Rooney’s son. The Rooneys co-starred inAndy Hardy Comes Home, 1957. Teddy was what else but Andy Hardy Jr.
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Harve Presnell, When the Boys Meet the Girls,1965. George Hamilton was a silly idea for heading MGM’s second version (obviously first aimed at Elvis) of the Gershwin brothers’ 30s musical, Girl Crazy –. the first in, ’42, had Mickey and Judy doing-the-show-right-here. One suit pointed out that George was no singing terpsichorean, another suggested using the kids. Whose? Judy Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli, 19, and a Mickey Rooney son. Which one? Any one! Three were available: Teddy, 15; Mickey Jnr, 19; Tim, 20. They played 41 mainly TV roles between them during 1957-1984. Producer Sam Katzman preferred crooner Jack Jones. (So did Brityish actress Susan George!). And his Camelot tour opened the door to Presnell.
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