The Resume

(May 2, 1925-circa April 11, 2007)
Acted in 'Black Like Me (1964),' 'Topaz (1969),' 'The Cowboys (1972),' 'The World's Greatest Athlete (1973),' 'Logan's Run (1976),' 'Soap (1980-1981),' 'Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1981),' 'Legal Eagles (1986),' 'Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986),' 'The Cosby Show (1986-1987),' 'Oliver & Company (1988),' 'A Different World (1988),' 'The Mambo Kings (1992),' 'Babe (1995),' 'Spider-Man (animated series, 1995-1998),' 'Muppet Treasure Island (1996),' 'Babe: Pig in the City (1998)' and 'Treasure Planet (2002)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was bald.
He was typecast as distinguished, haughty characters, often professors and judges.
He over-enunciates.
Many knew him primarily as the announcer on commercials for the cheese industry.
In his later years, he was stuck in a rut doing voices for kids' movies and TV shows.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an accomplished stage actor.
He won an Emmy for his guest appearances on 'The Cosby Show.'
He played a professor so well because he really was one before becoming an actor.
He was a track star in his youth, breaking the world record for the 800-meter run (1951).
He wrote poetry and short stories.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 227 - Guest Stars
• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Members and Honorees [1973-2005] (Ranked: 1977)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5021925)
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Garry Marshall Films
• Guest Voices on Batman: The Animated Series
• Guest Voices on The Proud Family
• Horseshoe Haircut
• I Appeared in a Muppet Movie
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 81)
• NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Ranked: 1972)
• Outstanding Actor in a Guest Role in a Comedy Series Emmy (Ranked: 1986)
• Planet of the Apes [Series]
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12246)
• Sissies
• Soap [TV Series]
• Those Who Over Enunciate
• Voices of Disney
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20070411)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]
• Will and Grace - Guest Stars

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 99 Votes: 52.53% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 78 Votes: 48.72% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 30.30% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 241 Votes: 43.57% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 128 Votes: 42.19% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 271 Votes: 42.80% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 96 Votes: 26.04% Annoying