| 1. Teddy Rooney was the son of renowned American actor Mickey Rooney, who played his father's famous character Andy Hardy in the movie Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958). |
| 2. His parents were married for two years, from 1949 to 1951. |
| 3. Teddy Rooney was their only child, although his father had 8 siblings and his mother had 2 due to multiple marriages. |
| 4. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. |
| 5. In the early 1960s, he transitioned from acting to pursue a career in music and joined his brother's band, The Rooney Brothers. |
| 6. From 1966 to 1970, Teddy Rooney was a vocalist and bassist for the band The Yellow Payges. |
| 7. His television credits included appearances on Playhouse 90, The Rebel, Shirley Temple's Storybook, Wagon Train, The Rifleman, Lassie, and McHale's Navy. |
| 8. He appeared in films including It Happened to Jane, Seven Ways from Sundown, and the television movie The Ransom of Red Chief. |
| 9. He also appeared on variety and talk shows including The Linkletter Show, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, Startime, and The Dick Clark Show. |
| 10. He earned his first acting credit at age seven in a 1957 episode of Playhouse 90, appearing with his mother. |
