The Resume

(May 9, 1895-August 17, 1963)
Acted in 'Camille (1917),' 'Rich Man, Poor Man (1918),' 'Broken Blossoms (1919),' 'Way Down East (1920),' 'Drag (1929)' and 'The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)'
Founder of short-lived Inspiration Pictures (1921)
Died of throat cancer (1963)

Why he might be annoying:

He was divorced.
He left college to star in a film and never returned.
He made several films with the notorious racist director D.W. Griffith.
His career in movies fizzled out after the end of the silent era.

Why he might not be annoying:

He joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942.
Lillian Gish once said he had 'the most beautiful face of any man who ever went before the camera.'
He was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar at the very first Academy Awards (1929).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Passions [Couples] (Ranked: 71)
• Appeared in Yellow Face
• Bette Davis' Leading Men
• College Drop Outs
• Comb Overs
• D.W. Griffith Films
• Dicks and Johnsons
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Founding Members of the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended Trinity College [Hartford, Connecticut]
• I Died in 1963 (Ranked: 68)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Have Throat Cancer
• I'm Buried at Ferncliff Cemetery [Hartsdale, NY]
• Lillian Gish's Leading Men
• Long Names
• Pretty Boys
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12146)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 100 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 173 Votes: 50.29% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 72 Votes: 40.28% Annoying