The Resume

(April 9, 1928-May 7, 2013)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Best known for portraying Bill the Candy Shop Owner in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' (1971) and the Controller in the Doctor Who serial 'Day of the Daleks' (1972)
Appeared in the films 'Nicholas Nickleby' (1947), 'Father Brown' (1954), 'Loot' (1970), 'The Abominable Dr. Phibes' (1971) and 'Quincy's Quest' (1979)
Appeared on the London stage in 'Men without Shadows' (1947), 'Tea and Sympathy' (1956), 'Valmouth' (1958), 'The Lord Chamberlain Regrets' (1961), 'Oliver!' (1963), 'The Four Musketeers' (1967), 'I and Albert' (1972), 'Mardi Gras' (1975), 'Flowers for Algernon' (1979), 'Feasting with Panthers' (1981) and 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' (1991)

Why he might be annoying:

He originally went to art school to study architecture before dropping out to become an actor.
While filming the 'Candy Man' number, he accidentally hit one of the child extras in the head when he flipped up part of the counter to pass through.
Songwriter Anthony Newley so disliked Woods' rendition of 'The Candy Man' that he begged the producers to refilm the scene and offered to play the part himself.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He wrote the scripts for adaptations of several of the 'Mapp and Lucia' novels for British radio.
He was married to Gaynor Woods for 61 years.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 51]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4091928)
• College Drop Outs
• Cracked.com's 16 Overlooked Deaths of 2013 (Ranked: 10)
• Doctor Who
• I am a Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
• I Died in 2013 (Ranked: 85)
• Musical Theater Star
• Profiles 35001-35250 (Ranked: 35149)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [1971]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 99 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying