The Resume

(February 19, 1893-August 6, 1964)
Acted in 'King Solomon's Mines (1937),' 'Stanley and Livingstone (1939),' 'On Borrowed Time (1939),' 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939),' 'Suspicion (1941),' 'The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942),' 'Wilson (1944),' 'Rope (1948),' 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949),' 'The Desert Fox (1951),' 'Richard III (1955)' and 'The Ten Commandments (1955)'
Starred on stage in 'Caesar and Cleopatra' and 'A Majority of One'
Provided narration for 'The War of the Worlds (1953)'

Why he might be annoying:

He wrote two autobiographies.
He married and divorced twice.
He was always short on money, forcing him to make lots of movies.
During his knighting ceremony, King George V accidentally called him 'Cedric Pickwick.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in World War I.
He was George Bernard Shaw's favorite actor.
He was knighted, which was very unusual for entertainers at that time (1934).
He was one of the first great movie character actors.
He said: 'Actors and burglars work better at night.'

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents [A-K]
• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I Attended RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts)
• I Died in 1964 (Ranked: 71)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Portrayed a King
• I Portrayed Death/The Grim Reaper
• I Portrayed Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• I Portrayed King Arthur
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Knights
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15598)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Served in World War I
• Sixty-Nine
• Stars of Universal Monster Movies

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 100 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 54.41% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 46.53% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 58 Votes: 53.45% Annoying