The Resume

(January 1, 1933-August 9, 1967)
Wrote TV shows 'What the Butler Saw' (1987), 'Inackorderingen' (1981) and 'Funeral Games' (1968)
Wrote the plays 'Loot' (1970) and 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane' (1970)

Why he might be annoying:

He solicited men in public toilets.
He was more famous than his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, and would tease him about it.
He cheated on his lover constantly.
He and his lover were sentenced to six months jail for stealing and defacing library books.
His first script for a Beatles movie was rejected.
Two of his books were denied publication (also written with Kenneth Halliwell).
He started his relationship when Kenneth Halliwell was twenty-five and he was only eighteen.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was murdered by his best friend and lover.
His plays are a mixture of both humor and the macabre.
Despite cheating on his lover numerous times, they were together sixteen years.
His plays were hugely popular.
He was commissioned to write a script for a movie that the Beatles would appear in.
A movie 'Prick Up Your Ears' has been made about his relationship with Kenneth Halliwell.

Credit: Madame Ash

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Born on New Year's Day [January 1st] (Ranked: 1933)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1011933)
• I Attended RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts)
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 34)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 34)
• I was Cremated at Colder Green [London, England]
• I was Murdered
• Moes [AKA the Bowl Cut]
• Murdered Entertainers
• Playwrights
• Profiles 10751-11000 (Ranked: 10772)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19670809)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 32.26% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 60 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 62 Votes: 62.90% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 81.48% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 85 Votes: 72.94% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 64.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 73.64% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 219 Votes: 59.82% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 216 Votes: 59.26% Annoying