The Resume

(April 18, 1881-January 9, 1978)
Born in Marshall, Missouri
Appeared in the films 'Love Aflame' (1917), 'Fighting for Love' (1917), 'The Adorable Savage' (1920), 'The Leopard Woman' (1920), 'The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' (1922), 'The Ten Commandments' (1923), 'The Thief of Baghdad' (1924), 'Little Robinson Crusoe' (1924), 'The King of Kings' (1927), 'The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu' (1929), 'Moby Dick' (1930), 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1932), 'The Most Dangerous Game' (1932), 'The Mummy' (1932), 'King Kong' (1933), 'Son of Kong' (1933), 'The Lives of a Bengal Dancer' (1935), 'The Ghost Breakers' (1940), and 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' (1949)

Why he might be annoying:

He left school at age fifteen to train horses.
In addition to blacks, he portrayed a range of 'exotic' types, including American Indians, East Asians, Arabs, and Latinos. (It helped that early film stocks deemphasized racial features.)
Late in life, he changed his name to Mark Noble and destroyed most of the memorabilia from his film career.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had an impressive physique at 6'2 and 215 pounds.
He became friends with Lon Chaney when they attended the same school in Colorado; they renewed their friendship in Hollywood.
He was a founder and the first president (1916-20) of Lincoln Pictures, the first studio to portray African Americans in movies as real people instead of racist caricatures.
He invested much of his pay from making mainstream movies into Lincoln Pictures.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Appeared in Red Face
• Appeared in Yellow Face
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 87]
• Cecil B. Demille Films
• Dicks and Johnsons
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Died in 1978 (Ranked: 96)
• John Ford Films
• King Kong [1933, 1976, 2005]
• Profiles 54001-54250 (Ranked: 54248)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying