The Resume

(December 11, 1905-May 15, 1994)
Born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Birth name was Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso
Portrayed the Cisco Kid in six films (1946-47)
Appeared in the films 'The Plastic Age' (1925), 'The Campus Flirt' (1926), 'Camille' (1926), 'Rose of the Golden West' (1927), 'The Woman Disputed' (1928), 'Mephisto' (1930), 'She Done Him Wrong' (1933), 'Juarez' (1939), 'The Sea Hawk' (1940), 'Captain Kidd' (1945), 'The Bullfighter and the Lady' (1951), 'The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima' (1952), 'The Bad and the Beautiful' (1952), 'Beneath the Twelve-Mile Reef' (1953), 'Underwater!' (1955), 'Around the World in 80 Days' (1956), 'The Wild and the Innocent' (1959), 'Cheyenne Autumn' (1964), 'The Poppy Is Also a Flower' (1966), 'Islands in the Stream' (1977) and 'Barbarosa' (1982)

Why he might be annoying:

He originally planned to be a bullfighter.
Early in his career, he was typecast as a Latin lover.
He appeared on stage only once, declaring the theater 'too much work.'
On screen, he always wore a leather wristband, which had originally been prescribed by a doctor to help heal a tennis injury.
When he was 74,he tried without success to interest the studios in making a biopic of Salvador Dali that he would star in.

Why he might not be annoying:

He began acting when he was picked at random to be an extra.
He chose his screen name to honor his two favorite movie stars, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland.
Bette Davis called him 'a smashingly beautiful guy.'
He served in the US Army Air Force during World War II.
He said, 'I don't have any delusions about myself as an actor. I'm grateful for being able to find enough work all these years.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 51]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12111905)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Edith Head Models
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Green Eyes
• I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
• I Died in 1994 (Ranked: 88)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I Portrayed a Pirate
• I Portrayed Myself
• I Portrayed the Cisco Kid
• I Probably Banged Clara Bow
• I Probably Banged Greta Garbo
• I Probably Banged Rita Hayworth
• I Was Buried at Sea
• I was Cremated
• John Ford Films
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Mae West Dissed Me
• Olivia De Havilland's Leading Men
• Profiles 35001-35250 (Ranked: 35247)
• Served in World War II
• Siblings with Different Last Names (Ranked: 30)
• This is Your Life Honorees [L-Z]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying