The Resume

(July 12, 1882-October 6, 1962)
Birth name was Charles Albert Browning, Jr.
Best known for his films 'Dracula (1931)' and 'Freaks (1932)'
Directed 'The Unholy Three (1925),' 'The Road to Mandalay (1926),' 'The Black Bird (1926),' 'West of Zanzibar (1928),' 'Mark of the Vampire (1935)' and 'The Devil-Doll (1936)'

Why he might be annoying:

As a teenager, he worked as a professional clown.
His movies seem stiff and dated to modern viewers.
His controversial movie 'Freaks' was a huge flop, and essentially destroyed his career.
'Freaks' banned in Great Britain for 40 years.
Many critics feel he exploited the real-life 'freaks' who appeared in the movie.
He led a reclusive, almost phantom-like life in his old age.
When his brother died, he watched the funeral from a secret room, and would not meet with his family.
He took the name 'Tod,' which is German for 'death.'

Why he might not be annoying:

At the beginning of career, he was called 'the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema.'
He directed horror star Lon Chaney.
He convinced Bram Stoker's bitchy widow to allow him to make 'Dracula' into a movie.
He cast Bela Lugosi, who would become the most famous screen vampire of all time, as Dracula.
He always claimed 'Freaks' was meant to celebrate sideshow performers, not exploit them.
'Time' magazine revealed the ending of 'Freaks' before it opened, spoiling its box office.
The movie still has a huge cult following.
'Variety' published an obituary for him 18 years before he actually died.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 85)
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments [2004] (Ranked: 15)
• Clowns
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Diseased Initials
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Guest Voices on Duckman
• I am a Kentuckian
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Died in 1962 (Ranked: 80)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Joined the Circus
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• I'm Buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery [Los Angeles]
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Derby
• Mustaches
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12128)
• Recluses
• Stars of Horror Films
• Stars of Universal Monster Movies
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 39.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 94 Votes: 45.74% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 186 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 61 Votes: 47.54% Annoying