The Resume

(February 8, 1894-November 1, 1982)
Birth name is King Wallis Vidor
Directed films 'Hurricane in Galveston (1913),' 'The Grand Military Parade (1913),' 'Bud's Recruit (1918)' 'The Jack-Knife Man (1920),' 'Dusk to Dawn (1922),' 'Conquering the Woman (1922),' 'Three Wise Fools (1923),' 'La Boheme (1926),' 'The Patsy (1928),' 'Hallelujah (1929),' 'Billy the Kid (1930),' 'The Champ (1930),' 'Our Daily Bread (1934),' 'Texas Rangers (1936),' 'Stella Dallas (1937),' 'The Citadel (1938),' 'Northwest Passage (1940),' 'Comrade X (1940),' 'Esq (1941),' 'The Fountainhead (1949),' 'War and Peace (1956),' and 'Solomon and Sheba (1959)'

Why he might be annoying:

He married three times and divorced twice.
He was obsessed with the murder of director William Desmond Taylor and even planned to turn the story into a movie.
He directed 'Stella Dallas (1937)', which is considered the pre curser of all soap operas.
He was nominated for an Oscar five times, but he didn't win once.

Why he might not be annoying:

He directed the brilliant Black-and-White Kansas scenes in 'The Wizard of Oz (1939).'
He was president of the Directors Guild of America (1936-1938).
He holds the record for having 'The Longest Career as A Film Director,' which is 67 years (beginning in 1913 and ending in 1980).
He is a survivor of the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900.
He said: 'The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.'
His directing ability was unique.
He was an accomplished director in both silent films and talkies.

Credit: Soccer

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 43)
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Directors Who Make Cameos in Their Films
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• I Accepted an Oscar as a Surrogate (Ranked: 1977)
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended the Premiere of ‘Citizen Kane’ [1941]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Don Juan' [1926]
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 88)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I Made the Guinness Book of World Records
• I Named Names
• I Portrayed Myself
• Look at My Autographed Photo
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12665)
• Soccer's Profiles
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19821101)
• Wizard of Oz [1939]

Year In Review:

In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 38.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 37.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 49.48% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 161 Votes: 45.96% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 81 Votes: 40.74% Annoying