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Sonny Tufts

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Actor

The Resume

    (July 16, 1911-June 4, 1970)
    Born in Boston, Massachusetts
    Birth name was Bowen Charlton Tufts III
    Apeared in the films 'So Proudly We Hail' (1943), 'Here Come the Waves' (1944), 'Government Girl' (1944), 'Bring on the Girls' (1945), 'The Well-Groomed Bride' (1946), 'Easy Come, Easy Go' (1947), 'The Untamed Breed' (1948), 'Cat Women of the Moon' (1953), 'The Seven Year Itch' (1955) and 'Cottonpickin' Chickenpeckers' (1967)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was so bad an actor that he had his own section in the Medved brothers' 'Golden Turkey Awards.'
    He was arrested three times for public drunkenness.
    Stripper Melody Carrol sued him for $250,000, claiming he had bitten her thigh, marring one of her professional assets (1954).
    He was hospitalized after falling off a barstool (1969).

Why he might not be annoying:

    HIs great-granduncle was the namesake for Tufts University.
    Johnny Carson liked to use his name as a random punchline.
    He was the guest star in one of the few funny episodes of My Mother the Car.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 77.08% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying