The Resume

(May 18, 1934-January 9, 2022)
Born in Los Angeles, California
Portrayed Chuck McDonald on 'The Bob Cummings Show' (1955-59) and Dobie Gillis on 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis' (1959-63)
Appeared in the films 'Melodies Old and New' (1942), 'The Boy with Green Hair' (1948), 'Cat Ballou' (1965), 'Ski Party' (1965), 'How to Stuff a Wild Bikini' (1965), 'Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine' (1965) and 'A Night at the Roxbury' (1995)
Wrote the autobiography 'Forever Dobie'

Why he might be annoying:

He said of his start as a child actor, 'Actually I hated it. I was shy and terrified of the whole thing.'
He bleached his hair as Dobie.
He released a couple of albums, later noting 'In those days everybody recorded.... Some became successful and others like myself weren't very good singers.'
'Dobie Gillis' left him typecast as a teen just as he was getting too old to pull it off.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had a successful career behind the scenes as a TV director and a programming executive at CBS.
He became a painter with several art gallery showings.
He was life-long friends with 'Dobie Gillis' co-star Bob Denver, noting 'In fifty years we never had a harsh word.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2022 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 51)
• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Beach Party [Series]
• Buddy! Dude! Man! Guy!
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 18]
• Celebrities Who Think They Can Paint
• Child Stars [1940s]
• Guys Gone Blonde
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82]
• I Attended Loyola Marymount University
• I Died in 2022 (Ranked: 87)
• I Married in 1977
• I Married in 1983
• I Portrayed Aladdin
• I Was a Child Star
• Jane Fonda's Leading Men
• Look at My Blackboard or Whiteboard
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Match Game
• Painters
• Profiles 25251-25500 (Ranked: 25321)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20220109)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 446 Votes: 53.81% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 106 Votes: 37.74% Annoying