The Resume

(July 21, 1863-December 20, 1948)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Birth name was Charles Aubrey Smith
English cricket player (1882-96)
Appeared in the films 'The Builder of Bridges' (1915), 'The Witching Hour' (1916), 'Castles in Spain' (1920), 'Flames of Passion' (1922), 'The Unwanted' (1924), 'Bachelor Father' (1931), 'Tarzan the Ape Man' (1932), 'Queen Christina' (1933), 'The Scarlet Empress' (1934), 'Cleopatra' (1934), 'Clive of India' (1935), 'The Lives of a Bengal Lancer' (1935), 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' (1936), 'Romeo and Juliet' (1936), 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (1937), 'Kidnapped' (1938), 'Another Thin Man' (1939), 'The Four Feathers' (1939), 'Rebecca' (1940), 'Waterloo Bridge' (1940), 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1941), 'Madame Curie' (1943), 'The White Cliffs of Dover' (1944), 'And Then There Were None' (1945), 'Unconquered' (1947) and 'Little Women' (1949)
Founded the Hollywood Cricket Club (1932)

Why he might be annoying:

He was typecast as an Englishman -- usually a military officer -- with a stiff upper lip.
He pressured other English actors in LA into making regular appearances at the Hollywood Cricket Club.
He was parodied in Evelyn Waugh's novel 'The Loved One' and as Commander McBragg in the Tennessee Tuxedo cartoons.

Why he might not be annoying:

While prospecting for gold in South Africa, he developed pneumonia and was wrongly pronounced dead (1889).
He was married to Isabelle Wood for over fifty years until his death.
He was knighted for his contributions to Anglo-American friendship (1944).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors/Actresses Appearing in Shirley Temple Movies
• Agatha Christie Films
• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Bushy Eyebrows
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 21]
• Cricketers
• Ernst Lubitsch Films
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Died in 1948 (Ranked: 85)
• I Had Pneumonia
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I was Cremated
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• John Ford Films
• Knights
• Mustaches
• Profiles 26251-26500 (Ranked: 26288)
• Smith Versus Jones
• The Thin Man [Film Series]
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 56.58% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying