The Resume

(July 28, 1892-July 6, 1973)
Birth name is Joseph Evans Brown
Best known as Osgood Fielding III in 'Some Like It Hot (1959)'
Appeared in 'Going Wild (1930),' 'Bright Lights (1925),' 'A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935),' 'Fit for a King (1937),' 'Joan of Ozark (1942),' Pin-Up Girl (1944),' 'Show Boat (1951),' 'Around the World in 80 Days (1956)' and 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)'
Starred on Broadway in 'Jim Jam Jems'

Why he might be annoying:

As he put it, he ran away from home as a kid with his parents' blessing.
He was simply credited as 'Joe' in a few films.
He wrote an autobiography.
Most of his films were B-grade box office disasters.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was known for his huge, friendly grin.
During World War II, he entertained U.S. troops overseas.
His son, a pilot, died in World War II during a training flight.
In 'Some Like It Hot,' he uttered one of the most famous closing lines in movie history ('Well, nobody's perfect').

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (Ranked: 48)
• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• Billy Wilder Films
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Male
• Hollywood Canteen [1944]
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Died in 1973 (Ranked: 80)
• I Drive a Dusenberg
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Outlived My Child
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [1963]
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Joker Faces/Huge Grins
• Olivia De Havilland's Leading Men
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11971)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 1]
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• This Is Your Life Honorees [A-K]
• Top Box Office Stars of 1932 (Ranked: 10)
• Top Box Office Stars of 1935 (Ranked: 9)
• Top Box Office Stars of 1936 (Ranked: 5)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19730706)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 44.05% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 117 Votes: 37.61% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 537 Votes: 33.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 154 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 188 Votes: 42.02% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 361 Votes: 43.49% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 154 Votes: 44.16% Annoying