Former burlesque and vaudeville entertainer who played Hollywood character roles from the late 1930s until his death. He and his wife, Nell Ruth "Nellie W." Carter, a chorus girl and dancer, formed a family vaudeville act which quickly included their only child, son
Mickey Rooney, who began performing when he was about a year old. The act and the marriage broke up two years later. Yule later remarried to Leota Hullinger, who survived her husband.