The Resume

(May 18, 1912-March 11, 1992)
Birth name is Ruben Sax
Died of heart failure at 89
Wrote/directed 'Wrong Is Right (1982),' 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977),' 'Bite the Bullet (1975),' '$ (1971),' 'In Cold Blood (1967),' 'Lord Jim (1965),' 'Sweet Bird of Youth (1962),' 'Elmer Gantry (1960),' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958),' 'Brothers Karamazov (1958),' 'Blackboard Jungle (1955)' and 'Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)'
Won the Best Screenplay Oscar for 'Elmer Gantry' (1960)

Why he might be annoying:

He divorced actress Jean Simmons.
He looks like Ed O'Neill.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won an Oscar.
He graduated Temple University.
He separated the emotion of affection from the act of sex, saying 'Sex is one thing, affection is another.'
He said of romantic movies: 'love is frowned upon as too sentimental or corny.'
Despite his rough exterior, much of his writing was sensitive and profound.
He tackled issues in a serious manner.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5181912)
• Dicks and Johnsons
• I am from Philadelphia
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 79)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• My Name is H20
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1967)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 9)
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 8751-9000 (Ranked: 8884)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 68.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 48.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 169 Votes: 54.44% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 221 Votes: 48.42% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 168 Votes: 50.0% Annoying