The Resume

(September 11, 1892-October 3, 1967)
Born in Jacksonville, Oregon
Birth name was Vance DeBar Colvig
Provided voices for Goofy, Pluto and Grumpy and Sneezy in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves' for Disney
Provided the voice of Bluto in Popeye cartoons for Max Fleischer studios
Portrayed Bozo the Clown on a series of records (1946-56) and on KTTV in Los Angeles (1949-56)
Inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame as the first Bozo (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

He first began performing as a clown at age 12.
He said, 'I never was able to get circuses and carnivals out of my blood after that.'
He dropped out of college and quit several newspaper cartooning jobs to join traveling circuses.
His pre-Bozo shtick as a clown was playing clarinet off-key while making funny faces.

Why he might not be annoying:

He enjoyed visiting children's hospitals and orphanages and 'doing my silly stuff to make them laugh.'
Larry Harmon stole his thunder by claiming to be the original Bozo.
After developing lung cancer, he became an early advocate of putting warning labels on cigarette packages.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on September 11th (Ranked: 1892)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 14]
• Cartoonists
• Clowns
• College Drop Outs
• Disney Legends Award (Ranked: 1993)
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘Snow White’ [1937]
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 75)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Joined the Circus
• I Portrayed Ichabod Crane
• Look at Me, I'm with Goofy
• Look at Me, Yes You! - Finger Pointers
• Look at My Face Paint
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [A-L]
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• P.C.'s and Mac's
• Profiles 23751-24000 (Ranked: 23816)
• Voices of Disney
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19670903)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying