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Actor
The Resume
(April 6, 1884-April 7, 1950)
Acted in 'Abraham Lincoln (1930),' 'The Criminal Code,' 'American Madness (1932),' 'Dodsworth (1936),' 'All That Money Can Buy (1941),' 'Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942),' 'The Outlaw (1943),' 'Duel in the Sun (1946),''The Furies (1950).'
Starred on Broadway in 'Mr. Pitt,' 'Desire Under the Elms,' 'Dodsworth,' 'Knickerbocker Holiday,' 'Othello'
Father of John Huston
Grandfather of Anjelica Huston
Won the 1948 Best Supporting Actor Oscar ('Treasure of the Sierra Madre')
Why he might be annoying
He was married three times.
His Broadway performance as Othello was a fiasco.
Even though he was Canadian, he played the title role in D.W. Griffith's film 'Abraham Lincoln.'
Nepotism got him his Academy Award winning role in his son John's film 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.'
He made an uncredited cameo in the first film his son directed as a good luck gesture, and John kidded him by making him do dozens of takes.
When he got home from shooting that day, he got a call from the studio asking him to come in for more takes.
Why he might not be annoying
Eugene O'Neill considered his work in 'Desire Under the Elms' to be the greatest performance in any of the Broadway productions of his plays.
His recording of 'September Song' from the Broadway musical 'Knickerbocker Holiday' was a best seller.
His son John won two Oscars the same night that he won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
His son and his granddaughter are Academy Award winners.
Credit: Professor Moriarty
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Year In Review:
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In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
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In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 43.23% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 226 Votes: 52.65% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 114 Votes: 43.86% Annoying
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