The Resume

(April 28, 1878-November 15, 1954)
Won the 1930/31 Oscar for Best Actor (A Free Soul)
Appeared in 'The Mysterious Island (1929),' 'A Free Soul (1931),' 'Grand Hotel (1932),' 'Captains Courageous (1937),' 'The Valley Of Decision (1945),' 'It's A Wonderful Life (1946)' and 'Key Largo (1948)'

Why he might be annoying:

He came from a family of stage actors, but studied painting in Paris.
He gave up the stage in the 1920s to go into films.
He portrayed Scrooge on radio every Christmas.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the brother of Ethel and John Barrymore.
On stage, he often portrayed John's father, even though he was only four years older.
Both his daughters died as young children.
He is credited with discovering Clark Gable.
Many of the films he appeared in won Oscars.

Credit: Fantom

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1933)
• Actors/Actresses Appearing in Shirley Temple Movies
• AFI's 50 Greatest Movie Villains (Ranked: 6)
• Andy Hardy [Film Series]
• Animal Names
• Barrymore Family
• Best Actor Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1931)
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Performances that Should Have Won an Oscar but Didn't [November 25, 2002] (Ranked: 81)
• Ernst Lubitsch Films
• Fantom's Profiles
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Frank Capra Films
• Gloria Swanson's Leading Men
• I am Confined to a Wheelchair
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [A-C]
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Attended Jean Harlow’s Funeral [June 7, 1937]
• I Died in 1954 (Ranked: 76)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Have Polio
• I Lived in Beverly Hills
• I Outlived My Child
• I Portrayed Andrew Jackson
• I Portrayed Father Time
• I Portrayed Rasputin
• I'm Buried at Calvary Cemetery [2004]
• Jean Harlow's Leading Men
• Joan Crawford's Leading Men
• Lillian Gish's Leading Men
• Profiles 3501-3750 (Ranked: 3513)
• Sixty-Nine
• Time’s Top 25 Greatest Movie Villains [2007]
• Top 100 Old Time Radio Moments of the 20th Century (Ranked: 87)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 159 Votes: 69.18% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 80 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 71 Votes: 43.66% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 56 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 39.53% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 116 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 44.88% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 313 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1163 Votes: 57.09% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 585 Votes: 43.42% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1471 Votes: 44.12% Annoying