The Resume

(March 3, 1890-April 21, 1971)
Born in San Jose, California
Middle name was Sherbourne
Portrayed Sergeant Harry Squirt in 'What Price Glory? (1926)'
Selected filmography includes ‘The Fool (1925),’ ‘In Old Arizona (1928),’ 'Don't Bet on Women (1931),' ‘The Cisco Kid (1931),’ 'Chandu the Magician (1932),' ‘Dinner at Eight (1933),’ 'Hot Pepper (1933),' 'Mad Holiday (1936),' ‘Every Day’s a Holiday (1937),’ and ‘Dillinger (1945)’
Married to Lilyan Tashman (1925-34)
Portrayed David Chase on 'Front Page Detective' (DuMont 1951-53)

Why he might be annoying:

He attempted singing in the early talkie ‘The Bad One’ (key word: attempted).
His paranoid wife attacked starlet Alona Marlowe after he invited her into his dressing room to ‘come out of the heat.’ He had to physically pull her off the girl before she was arrested on assault charges (1931).
Author E.J. Fleming claimed that he and Tashman were both closeted homosexuals in a lavender marriage (but this would fail to account for his third marriage that lasted for fourteen years).

Why he might not be annoying:

He originally wanted to be a priest before entering Vaudeville.
He alternated between working for poverty row studios like Columbia and major studios like MGM and 20th-Century Fox.
He transitioned solidly into character roles after his leading man status ended.
He stood by his wife’s side during her battle with cancer until her death in 1934.
He had great chemistry with his onscreen rival Victor McLaglen, and the two made a string of follow-up films together after ‘What Price Glory.’
He acted in the villain role for the first episode of ‘Maverick’ with James Garner.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 28]
• Cowboys and Gals
• Gays Who Died Closeted
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Died in 1971 (Ranked: 81)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Lived in Beverly Hills
• I Lived in Malibu [Colonyites]
• I'm Buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery [California]
• Jean Harlow's Leading Men
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [A-L]
• Profiles 58501-58750 (Ranked: 58593)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19710421)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying