 Returning from the war in 1945, he was too old for juvenile roles but too short to be an adult movie star, and was unable to get as many starring roles although there are numerous inexpensively made but critically well-received films noir with Rooney playing the lead during the post-war period and 1950s.Nevertheless, Rooney's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) with Audrey Hepburn, "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962) with Anthony Quinn and Jackie Gleason, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963), and "The Black Stallion" (1979).In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in "Sugar Babies" and again became a celebrated star.