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Which actor played the troubled teenager in Boys Town?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of *Boys Town* (1938).

The actor who played the troubled teenager in the 1938 film Boys Town, directed by Norman Taurog, was Mickey Rooney. In the film, Rooney portrayed a tough punk who is eventually reformed by the character played by Spencer Tracy.12