The Resume

(January 3, 1907-March 10, 1986)
Birth name: Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones
Won the 1945 Best Actor Oscar (The Lost Weekend)
Acted in 'The Jungle Princess,' 'Reap the Wild Wind,' 'The Big Clock,' 'The Major and the Minor,' 'Beau Geste,' 'Dial M for Murder' and 'Love Story'

Why he might be annoying:

In the 1972 movie 'The Thing with Two Heads,' he played a racist who had his head attached to Rosey Grier's body.
Director Billy Wilder wanted Jose Ferrer to play the lead in 'The Lost Weekend,' but the studio forced Milland on him.
He kept his Oscar hidden in a closet.
He wore a toupee.
He was a smoker who died of lung cancer.

Why he might not be annoying:

'The Lost Weekend' was considered such a powerful statement against alcoholism that the alcohol industry tried to buy the negative to keep the film from being released.
He won the Oscar, Golden Globe, New York Film Critics Award, and Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for 'The Lost Weekend.'
He did three years of service as a guardsman with the Royal Household Cavalry.
He was married to the same woman for 54 years.
He was left handed.

Credit: Jon Mullich

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Anthology Series Hosts
• Barbara Stanwick's Leading Men
• Best Actor Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1945)
• Billy Wilder Films
• Cecil B. Demille Films
• Columbo - Murderers
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Male
• Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor [Drama] (Ranked: 1945)
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Mary Poppins' [1964]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [L-Q]
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 76)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Lived in Bel Air
• I Portrayed a Mad Scientist
• I Probably Banged Grace Kelly
• I Visited Fantasy Island [L-Q]
• I Was Buried at Sea
• I was Cremated
• Jon Mullich's Profiles
• Lana Turner's Leading Men
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Marlene Dietrich's Leading Men
• National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (Ranked: 1945)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (Ranked: 1945)
• Olivia De Havilland's Leading Men
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4629)
• Secret Annex Wall Photos [Anne Frank House]
• Toupee Wearers and Hair Transplants
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 77 Votes: 44.16% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 34.04% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 132 Votes: 46.97% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 124 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 263 Votes: 42.97% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 276 Votes: 47.10% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 555 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1039 Votes: 41.58% Annoying