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Walter Hampden

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The Resume

    (June 30, 1879-June 11, 1955)
    Birth name was Walter Hampden Dougherty
    Acted in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939),' ‘Reap the Wild Wind (1942),' ‘The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944),' ‘All About Eve (1950),' ‘Five Fingers (1952),' ‘Sabrina (1954)'
    Performed on Broadway in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,' ‘Hamlet,' ‘Macbeth,' ‘Othello,' ‘The Merchant of Venice,' ‘Henry VIII' and ‘The Crucible'

Why he might be annoying:

    No one would cast him in the great Shakespearean roles until he was able to pay for the productions himself.
    He took over management of the Colonial Theatre and renamed it Hampden's Theatre after himself.
    He made his television debut at the age of 69 in the role of Macbeth.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the only American actor to play Hamlet on Broadway between 1922 and 1975.
    He coached Ronald Colman in the scenes from ‘Othello' that Colman played in his Oscar-winning role in ‘A Double Life.'
    His greatest role was Cyrano de Bergerac, which he played from 1923 to 1936.
    He did a special performance of ‘Cyrano de Bergerac' in 1946, where José Ferrer played the title role for the first two acts and he played it in the third act.

Credit: Professor Moriarty


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 115 Votes: 53.04% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 60 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 133 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 206 Votes: 41.75% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 29 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 51 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 57 Votes: 85.96% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 58 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 70 Votes: 42.86% Annoying