The Resume

(September 27, 1920-February 11, 1994)
Star of TV shows 'Cannon,' 'Nero Wolfe' and 'Jake and the Fat Man'
Starred in films 'The Killers' and 'Sorry, Wrong Number'

Why he might be annoying:

He smoked a pipe.
He was the fat man in 'Jake and the Fat Man.'
He tried out for the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in the TV version of 'Gunsmoke,' but the producers did not feel he fit the image of a Western hero.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had a successful career doing radio dramas in addition to TV and film.
He did the voice of Marshal Dillon in the radio version of 'Gunsmoke' (1952 - 1961), which defined the character for the TV version.

Credit: AMH

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9271920)
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts - Guests [A-K]
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Golden Girls References
• I Died in 1994 (Ranked: 73)
• I Lived in Sherman Oaks
• I Portrayed the Lone Ranger
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery [Calif]
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Suspenders
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Mama's Family
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• National Radio Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1997)
• Profiles 5251-5500 (Ranked: 5498)
• Roasted on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [A-K]
• Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Guests
• Stars of Quinn Martin TV Series
• The Rifleman and Guests
• Voices of Filmation
• Voices of Rankin-Bass
• Voices of Rocky and Bullwinkle
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19940211)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 6.25% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 44.05% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 80 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 22.86% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 107 Votes: 45.79% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 230 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 288 Votes: 41.32% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 650 Votes: 42.62% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 673 Votes: 45.32% Annoying