- Father of Mickey Rooney. Father-in-law of Martha Vickers and Ava Gardner, among others. Grandfather of, among others, Teddy Rooney and Tim Rooney.
- Fought with the U.S. Army in France during World War I.
- 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.
- Joe Yule was the son of Ninian Yule (1866-1943, born Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died New York) and Elizabeth "Bessie" (née McKell) Yule (1863-1919; born Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland); both of Joe Yule's parents died in New York.
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