The Resume

(July 19, 1924-January 3, 2009)
Portrayed Commissioner Gordon in the 'Batman' series (1985-1997)
Acted in 'On the Waterfront (1954),' 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957),' 'Splendor in the Grass (1961),' 'The Untouchables (1962-1963),' 'Dr. Kildare (1962-1963),' 'The Ugly American (1963),' 'The Twilight Zone (1963),' 'The Fugitive (1964-1965),' 'Hang 'Em High (1968),' 'Bloody Mama (1970),' 'Gunsmoke (1971),' 'Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977),' 'Elvis (1979),' 'Norma Rae (1979),' 'The Falcon and the Snowman (1985),' 'Brewster's Millions (1985),' 'The Land Before Time (1988),' 'The Grifters (1990),' 'Citizen Cohn (1992),' 'The Quick and the Dead (1995),' 'Bastard Out of Carolina (1997),' 'The Shining (1997),' 'Muppets from Space (1999)' and 'Shaft (2000)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was paunchy and jowly.
He was missing a finger.
Despite acting in hundreds of notable films, he's not a household name.
His first stage role was a carrot.
He appeared in the embarrassingly bad Stephen King film 'Maximum Overdrive.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He never knew his father.
He once fell down an elevator shaft and nearly died.
He lost his finger in the accident.
He was in the hospital in uncertain condition for two weeks.
He and Michael Gough are the only two actors to appear in 'Batman' and its first three sequels.
He was a successful character actor for more than 45 years.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents [A-K]
• Amputees
• Golden Boot Award Recipients (Ranked: 2004)
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Attended the Premiere of ‘Batman’ [1989]
• I Attended University of Texas-Austin
• I Co-Starred with Clint Eastwood Three Times
• I Died in 2009 (Ranked: 84)
• I Married in 1979
• I Portrayed a Doctor on TV
• I Portrayed a Spook
• I Portrayed Commissioner James Gordon
• I Portrayed J. Edgar Hoover
• I Portrayed John Adams
• I Was Buried at Sea
• John Carpenter Films
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Derby
• More Chins than are in a Chinese Phone Book
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12656)
• Stephen King Doesn’t Like Me
• Stephen King Films
• Tim Burton's Recasts
• Touched by an Angel and Guest Stars
• Voices of Don Bluth
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 4]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 299 Votes: 51.17% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 297 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 387 Votes: 33.59% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 160 Votes: 39.38% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 74 Votes: 39.19% Annoying