The Resume

(September 28, 1916-January 14, 1977)
Won the 1976 Best Actor Oscar (Network)
Acted in 'Father Brown,' 'The Nun's Story,' 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde,' 'Far from the Madding Crowd,' 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday' and 'Lost Horizon'

Why he might be annoying:

Laurence Olivier discovered him on a tour of Australia, and then he had an affair with Olivier's wife, Vivian Leigh.
His studio wanted to promote him as the Best Supporting Actor for 'Network,' but he insisted on Best Actor - even though it really was a supporting role.
He campaigned so intensely for the Oscar for 'Network' that he had a heart attack a few hours after a 'Tonight Show' appearance and dropped dead in a hotel lobby on the way to a 'Today Show' appearance.
His co-star and fellow nominee William Holden said after the Oscar ceremony: 'If he hadn't died, I would have won another Oscar.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first actor to win a posthumous Oscar.
The Academy refused to allow his widow to accept his Oscar, but she did anyway.

Credit: Jon Mullich

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (Ranked: 19)
• Audrey Hepburn's Leading Men
• BAFTA - Best Actor Winners (Ranked: 1956)
• BAFTA - Best Actor Winners (Ranked: 1960)
• BAFTA - Best Actor Winners (Ranked: 1961)
• BAFTA - Best Actor Winners (Ranked: 1971)
• BAFTA - Best Actor Winners (Ranked: 1977)
• Best Actor Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1976)
• Bird Names
• Empire Magazine's Top 100 Actors [2004] (Ranked: 71)
• Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor [Drama] (Ranked: 1976)
• GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 47)
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 60)
• I Married in 1973
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Portrayed 1 of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters [Premiere, 2004] (Ranked: 52)
• I Portrayed a Jewish Character
• I Won My First Oscar When I Was Over 50 (Ranked: 60)
• I'm Buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Calif]
• Jane Fonda's Leading Men
• Jon Mullich's Profiles
• Liquid Generation's 100 Best Movies Lines (Ranked: 65)
• Liz Taylor's Leading Men
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at the Time
• My Oscar was Accepted by a Surrogate (Ranked: 1976)
• National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (Ranked: 1967)
• Posthumous Academy Award Winners (Ranked: 1976)
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4653)
• Sophia Loren's Leading Men
• Waiters
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19770114)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 37 Votes: 10.81% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 161 Votes: 64.60% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 210 Votes: 50.95% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 249 Votes: 52.61% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 579 Votes: 51.81% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 768 Votes: 58.33% Annoying