The Resume

(April 3, 1928-July 9, 2005)
Best known as Doc Baker on ‘Little House on the Prairie (1974-1984)'
Acted in ‘Wagon Train (1957-1958),' ‘Gunsmoke (1958-1968),' ‘Perry Mason (1958-1965),' ‘The Twilight Zone (1960-1964),' ‘Have Gun – Will Travel (1961-1962),' ‘Bonanza (1961-1967),' ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965-1967),' ‘Mission: Impossible (1968-1969),' ‘Mannix (1969-1972)' and ‘M*A*S*H (1976-1978)'

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of law school.
He was married four times.
He wrote a play based on his ‘Little House on the Prairie' character.
One critic described his face as ‘craggy.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of the most active TV character actors of the fifties, sixties and seventies.
He was obese as a child, but lost 60 pounds in a single year.
He served in the U.S. Navy, and worked for the state department in Germany after World War II.
He was a talented dancer.
He opposed censorship.
He discussed his fight with cancer on his official Website.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4031928)
• Daniel Boone - Guest Stars
• I am from Chicago
• I Died in 2005 (Ranked: 77)
• I Lost a Lot of Weight
• I Portrayed a Doctor on TV
• I Visited Fantasy Island [E-K]
• Little House on the Prairie
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• M*A*S*H
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Profiles 17001-17250 (Ranked: 17102)
• Seamen
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 8]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 41.03% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 113 Votes: 46.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 339 Votes: 45.43% Annoying