The Resume

(November 12, 1903-January 23, 1978)
Born in Sedalia, Missouri
Birth name was Lewis Delaney Offield
Raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Appeared on Broadway in 'Innocent Eyes' (1924) and 'Artists and Models' (1925)
Appeared in the films 'Finders Keepers' (1928), 'Fast Company' (1929), 'The Wild Party' (1929), 'The Dummy' (1929), 'The Sap from Syracuse' (1930), 'Hit the Deck' (1930), 'If I Had A Million' (1932), 'Once in a Lifetime' (1932), 'Alice in Wonderland' (1933), 'College Humor' (1933), 'Sitting Pretty' (1933), 'Murder at the Vanities' (1934), 'The Call of the Wild' (1935), 'The Big Broadcast of 1936' (1936), 'Super-Sleuth' (1937), 'The Toast of New York' (1937), 'The Great Dictator' (1940), 'Song of the Islands' (1942), 'Bowery to Broadway' (1944), 'Sweet and Low-Down' (1944), 'When My Baby Smiles At Me' (1948), 'Around the World in Eighty Days' (1956), 'The Rat Race' (1960) and 'Lover Come Back' (1961)

Why he might be annoying:

He was called 'the world's oldest freshman' because he repeatedly portrayed college students while in his 30s. (And in an even more extreme case, he played an 18-year-old high school senior when he was 38 in 'Rise and Shine.')
He refused to wear makeup on screen.
He would rudely brush off autograph seekers.
He said about his later films, 'I looked like a walking blimp. I was even too big for the big screen.'

Why he might not be annoying:

During an early career as a brokerage clerk, he narrowly escaped death in an anarchist bombing of Wall Street (September 16, 1920).
He was known for his scene-stealing double takes.
He was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe as best supporting actor for his parody of Mussolini in Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator.'
He said, 'The pictures I made were called the bread and butter pictures of the studio. They cost nothing and made millions, and supported the prestige productions that cost millions and made nothing.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors/Actresses Appearing in Shirley Temple Movies
• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 52]
• Daniel Boone - Guest Stars
• Diego Rivera Portraits
• Edith Head Models
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Male
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘Snow White’ [1937]
• I Died in 1978 (Ranked: 74)
• I Gained a Lot of Weight/Fame Adds Pounds
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Probably Banged Joan Crawford
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• Newspaper Delivery Boys
• Profiles 35251-35500 (Ranked: 35350)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19780123)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying