The Resume

(March 29, 1948- )
Birth name is Walter Edward Cox
Best known as Harold in ‘Harold and Maude (1971)’
Acted in ‘Sweet Charity (1969),’ ‘MASH (1970),’ ‘Brewster McCloud (1970),’ ‘Gas-s-s-s (1971),’ ‘Beware! The Blob (1972),’ ‘Son of Hitler (1978),’ ‘Faerie Tale Theatre (1982, 1983),’ ‘Tales from the Darkside (1985),’ ‘Invaders from Mars (1986),’ ‘Bates Motel (1987),’ ‘Brain Dead (1990),’ ‘And the Band Played On (1993),’ ‘Theodore Rex (1995),’ ‘Heat (1995),’ ‘Dogma (1999),’ ‘Coyote Ugly (2000),’ ‘Pollock (2000),’ ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)’

Why he might be annoying:

He is typecast as creepy, nerdy losers and weirdos.
He has a nasal voice.
He was offered a part in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ but refused because he wanted the lead.
He starred in a failed TV series based on Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho.’
He once threw a plate of food at a film critic in a restaurant.
He has not aged well.
He bitches a lot about how he can’t get work in Hollywood.
He had an odd relationship with elderly comedian Groucho Marx, whom he lived with and called his ‘fairy godfather.’
He reportedly once swallowed a tooth of Groucho’s, then fished it out of his own feces.

Why he might not be annoying:

He survived a horrific car accident (1979).
He had several reconstructive surgeries on his face.
There are rumors that he died of AIDS years ago, but they are untrue.
He is a talented painter.
‘Harold and Maude’ is a cult favorite.
He got screwed out of royalties for the movie.
In the late nineties, his career picked up a bit.
He values his privacy.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Passions [Couples] (Ranked: 69)
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Arrested Development - Guest Stars
• B.C. or A.D.
• Bob Fosse Films
• Celebrities Who Think They Can Paint
• College Drop Outs
• Faerie Tale Theater
• I Had Reconstructive Facial Surgery
• I Portrayed a Creepy Kid
• I Portrayed a Doctor on TV
• I Portrayed a Gay on TV
• I Portrayed Sigmund Freud
• Kevin Smith Films
• Look at Me, I'm Bleeding
• Look at Me, I'm in Agony
• Look at Me, I'm Wet
• Nasal Voices
• Nerds and Nebbishes
• Night of 100 Stars [March 8, 1982]
• Painters
• Profiles 16251-16500 (Ranked: 16444)
• Robert Altman's Recasts
• Rotten Tomato's Top 5 I Love You's in the Movies (Ranked: 1)
• Short Fuses
• Sissies
• Stars of Horror Films
• Studio 54 Regulars
• The Catholic League Doesn't Like Me
• Wes Anderson Films
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 7]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 138 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 110 Votes: 64.55% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 54.76% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 67.07% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 144 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 89 Votes: 75.28% Annoying