The Resume

(March 29, 1889-May 7, 1951)
Won the 1928/29 Best Actor Oscar (In Old Arizona)
Acted in '42nd Street,' 'The Great Gatsby,' 'The Prisoner of Shark Island,' 'The Cisco Kid' and 'Broadway Bill'

Why he might be annoying:

Raoul Walsh was originally set to play his Oscar-winning role in 'In Old Arizona,' but had to drop out when a jackrabbit jumped through the windshield of the jeep he was driving and blinded him.
He was the first actor to win an Oscar for a Western, but he was afraid of horses.
When he was a boy, he discovered a boy a block away who would eat worms and swallow flies for a penny. For one third of the profits, he exhibited him in a tent.
His autograph is carved into his gravestone.
He was divorced.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the highest paid film actor in 1936.
He suffered a nervous breakdown in the 1940s.
He underwent a lobotomy to relieve pains of arthritis.

Credit: Jon Mullich

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (Ranked: 87)
• Best Actor Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1929)
• Cecil B. Demille Films
• Cowboys and Gals
• Frank Capra Films
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Attended Jean Harlow’s Funeral [June 7, 1937]
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘Snow White’ [1937]
• I Died in 1951 (Ranked: 62)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Portrayed Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
• I Portrayed the Cisco Kid
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• John Ford Films
• Jon Mullich's Profiles
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4609)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Visually Impaired

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 27 Votes: 18.52% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 16.13% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 37.14% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 209 Votes: 44.98% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 231 Votes: 53.25% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 494 Votes: 52.83% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 722 Votes: 61.50% Annoying