10 Actors Who Played The Same Character A Ridiculous Number Of Times
2. Mickey Rooney As Andy Hardy - 16 Times
The Films: A Family Affair (1937), You're Only Young Once (1937), Judge Hardy's Children (1938), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Out West with the Hardys (1938), The Hardys Ride High (1939), Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939), Judge Hardy And Son (1939), Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941), Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941), The Courtship Of Andy Hardy (1942), Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942), Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944), Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946), Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958). Often cited as the actor with the most performances as a single character, Mickey Rooney only finishes second on this list. Who beat him will have to wait a moment; for now, lets look at Andy Hardy. A spin-off character before it was a necessity in Hollywood, Andy is a rather small presence in play adaptation A Family Affair, but things soon changed. Youre Only Young Once recast much of the cast and by the time the third film came along is was clear the studios knew what the main draw of the series was. In a few short years you'd have been forgiven for forgetting this started as a family drama. Rooney stuck with the character through until the end of World War II, giving Andy a proper ending (he accepts maturity), but soon realised he couldn't let it lie. Twelve years later he tried to reboot the series (before it was a necessity in Hollywood) with Andy Hardy Comes Home. It failed miserably.
