The Resume

(February 10, 1904-January 27, 1963)
Born in Sydney, Australia
Directed 'Men in Exile' (1937), 'Five Came Back' (1939), 'The Saint Strikes Back' (1939), 'A Bill of Divorcement' (1940), 'Wake Island' (1942), 'Commandos Strike at Dawn' (1942), 'The Hitler Gang' (1944), 'Two Years Before the Mast' (1946), 'Easy Come, Easy Go' (1947), 'The Big Clock' (1948), 'Red, Hot and Blue' (1949), 'Submarine Command' (1951), 'Hondo' (1953) and 'John Paul Jones' (1959)
Screenwriter for 'White Gold' (1927), 'Ladies of the Mob' (1928), 'A Dangerous Woman' (1929), 'Shadow of the Law' (1930), 'The Adventures of Don Quixote' (1933), 'Tarzan Escapes' (1936) and 'Around the World in Eighty Days' (1956)
Married Maureen O'Sullivan
Father of Mia Farrow

Why he might be annoying:

He ran away to sea in his teens.
He entered the US by jumping ship (1927).
He was arrested during a crackdown on illegal aliens in the film industry (1933) and placed on five years probation.
He was originally the director of 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' but was fired on the first day when producer Mike Todd decided he took too long to set up the cameras.
He was opposed to his daughter Mia becoming an actress.

Why he might not be annoying:

He put his experience at sea to use in Hollywood, breaking into movies as a technical advisor to nautical films.
He volunteered for the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve during WWII, serving on anti-submarine patrols.
He was also a writer, producing a history of the papacy, a best-selling biography of Father Damien and the first Tahitian-English dictionary.
His son Michael died in a plane crash (1958).
In addition to firing him as director of 'Around the World,' Mike Todd also tried to screw him out a writing credit, since he felt the film would seem 'classier' if S.J. Perelman received sole credit.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 8)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 50]
• College Drop Outs
• Farrow Family
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Come from Oz
• I Converted to Catholicism
• I Died in 1963 (Ranked: 58)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I Outlived My Child
• I'm Buried at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Cemetery [Culver City, Ca]
• Look at Me and My Pet
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1942)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 34751-35000 (Ranked: 34837)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 58 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying