The Resume

(April 13, 1919-November 7, 2004)
Birth name is Harold Leek
Starred in 'Annie Get Your Gun (1950),' 'Show Boat (1951),' 'Callaway Went Thataway (1951),' 'Calamity Jane (1953),' 'Kiss Me Kate (1953),' 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954),' 'Deep in My Heart (1954),' 'Kismet (1955),' 'The Days of the Triffids (1962),' 'The War Wagon (1967)' and 'My Father's House (2002)'
Portrayed Clayton Farlow on the 'Dallas' TV series
President of the Screen Actors Guild (1958-1959)
Father-in-law of Edward James Olmos

Why he might be annoying:

His first job was as a singing waiter.
He divorced twice.
His third wife was 25 years younger than him.
His film career fizzled out after the era of musicals.
He said, 'The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.'
His name Keel is a palindrome of his real last name Leek.

Why he might not be annoying:

His father often beat him during drunken rages.
His mother was a strict Methodist who refused him any form of entertainment.
His horse fell on him, breaking his leg, during the shooting of 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
He was one of the most popular musical stars of the '50's.
He died six weeks after being diagnosed with colon cancer.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Who Think They Can Dance
• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Busby Berkeley Recasts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4131919)
• Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2019)
• Dallas
• Doris Day's Leading Men
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'That's Entertainment!' [1974]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [E-K]
• I Covered 'Send in the Clowns'
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 85)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Have Colon Cancer
• I Married in 1970
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I Visited Fantasy Island [E-K]
• I was Injured by Animals
• Look at My Autographed Photo
• Match Game
• Miss Universe Judges (Ranked: 1990)
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• My Dad was Violent/Abusive
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Night of 100 Stars [March 8, 1982]
• Profiles 13001-13250 (Ranked: 13065)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 2]
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Presidents
• Stars of MGM Musicals

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 60 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 80 Votes: 52.50% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 368 Votes: 53.53% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 64 Votes: 35.94% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 68 Votes: 32.35% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 252 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 220 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 283 Votes: 42.76% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 83 Votes: 53.01% Annoying