The Resume

(June 26, 1891-August 23, 1939)
Born in Oakland, California
Playwright and screenwriter
Wrote over 70 plays
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ‘They Knew What They Wanted’ (1925)
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘Arrowsmith’ (1932) and ‘Dodsworth’ (1936)
Won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘Gone with the Wind’ (1939)
Grandfather of actor Tony Goldwyn

Why he might be annoying:

His plays are rarely revived.
He received sole screen credit for ‘Gone with the Wind’ although four other writers revised his screenplay.
He supported the Communist Party candidate for President (1932).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an ambulance driver in France and the Balkans during World War I.
He was proficient in foreign languages, translating plays from French, Spanish, German and Hungarian.
He died on his farm when a two-ton tractor pinned him against a wall.
He was the first posthumous winner of an Academy Award.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 65]
• Gone With the Wind [1939]
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended the Atlanta Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 15, 1939]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended University of California, Berkeley
• I Died in 1939 (Ranked: 48)
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Playwrights
• Posthumous Academy Award Winners (Ranked: 1939)
• Profiles 41006-41250 (Ranked: 41163)
• World War I Ambulance Drivers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 38 Votes: 26.32% Annoying