The Resume

(April 12, 1893-September 5, 1920)
Acted in ‘Those Awful Hats (1909),' ‘An Unseen Enemy (1912),' ‘The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912),' ‘The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913),' ‘Judith of Bethulia (1914),' ‘The Birth of a Nation (1915),' ‘Intolerance (1916)' and ‘True Heart Susie (1919)'

Why he might be annoying:

He often played naïve youths several years younger than himself.
He grew resentful of fellow Biograph star Richard Barthelmess's rising fame.
He was jilted by Dorothy Gish.
He was killed when he carelessly picked up a coat with a loaded gun in its pocket.
Some believe he killed himself because his career was in decline.

Why he might not be annoying:

He began working at thirteen to help out his large, impoverished family.
While employed as a messenger boy at Biograph Studios, he was discovered by D.W Griffith.
He became one of Griffith's most popular leading men, particularly with women.
Colleagues described him as charming and soft spoken.
Critic Richard Schickel believes he was gay and shot himself because of stress from having to hide this.

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 1]
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 27)
• I Died in 1920 (Ranked: 27)
• I Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
• I Portrayed a Caveman/Cavewoman
• I Took a Bullet
• I’m Buried at Calvary Cemetery [Queens, New York]
• Lillian Gish's Leading Men
• Look at Me, I'm in a Field or Meadow
• Luscious Laddies
• Oh, Shit! I Shot Myself By Accident
• Profiles 18251-18500 (Ranked: 18424)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 65 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 64 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 54 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 93 Votes: 45.16% Annoying