Andy Hardy

For those of a similar name, see Andrew Hardie (disambiguation). Not to be confused with The Hardy Boys. Not to be confused with Andy Rooney.

Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film series from 1937 to 1946, with an attempted revival film being released in 1958. Hardy and others were based on characters in the play Skidding by Aurania Rouverol. Early films in the series focused on the entire Hardy family, but later films in the series focused on the character of Andy Hardy. All of the films were sentimental comedies celebrating ordinary American life.