The Resume

(December 26, 1914-March 24, 2008)
Acted in 'Kiss of Death (1947),' 'Night and the City (1950),' 'Panic in the Streets (1950),' 'No Way Out (1950),' 'Don't Bother to Knock (1952),' 'Pickup on South Street (1953),' 'The Cobweb (1955),' 'Backlash (1956),' 'Warlock (1959),' 'The Alamo (1960),' 'Two Rode Together (1961),' 'Judgment at Nuremberg (1961),' 'How the West Was Won (1962),' 'The Long Ships (1963),' 'The Bedford Incident (1965),' 'When the Legends Die (1972),' 'Murder on the Orient Express (1974),' 'Rollercoaster (1977),' 'Coma (1978),' 'National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1982),' 'Against All Odds (1984)' and 'True Colors (1991)'
Won a Golden Globe for 'Most Promising Newcomer - Male' for 'Kiss Of Death' (1948)
Appeared as himself in an episode of 'I Love Lucy' (1951)
Won 'Career Achievement Award' from the National Board Of Review (1989) and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2005)

Why he might be annoying:

He got out of serving in the military due to a perforated eardrum.
When he tried to recreate his 1968 movie role of Sgt. Dan Madigan as a TV series, it lasted just 6 episodes.
He married Henry Fonda's third ex-wife (September 1999).
He said: 'The more takes I do, the worse I get.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was class president of his high school.
His first role as gangster Tommy Udo was memorable as he laughingly pushed a wheelchair bound woman down a flight of stairs ('Kiss Of Death').
He was married to his first wife from 1942 until her death in 1997.
His only child married baseball legend Sandy Koufax (1969).
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on Boxing Day [Deceber 26] (Ranked: 1914)
• Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2002)
• Dicks and Johnsons
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Elia Kazan Films
• Fashion Role Models
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Male
• Golden Girls References
• Golden Globe: Best New Star of the Year - Actor (Ranked: 1948)
• How the West was Won [1962]
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 93)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I Have a Unique Laugh
• I Lived in Brentwood
• I Portrayed a Fictional U.S. President
• I Portrayed a Gangster
• I Portrayed Myself
• John Ford Films
• Joker Faces/Huge Grins
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Myra Breckinridge [1970]
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 16751-17000 (Ranked: 16777)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 03]
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Voted 'Most Likely to Succeed' in High School
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20080324)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 72 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 35.56% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 344 Votes: 34.30% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 123 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 41.58% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 101 Votes: 34.65% Annoying