The Resume

(December 4, 1937-January 8, 2018)
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birth name was Donnelly Rhodes Henry
Portrayed Philip Chancellor II in The Young and the Restless (1974-75), Dutch Leitner in Soap (1978-81), Dr. Grant Roberts in ‘Danger Bay’ (1985-90), R.J. Williams in ‘Street Legal’ (1991-92), Leo Shannon in ‘Da Vinci’s Inquest’ (1998-2005) and Dr. Sherman Cottle on Battlestar Galactica (2004-09)
Appeared in the films ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969), ‘Oh! Heavenly Dog’ (1980) and ‘Tron: Legacy’ (2010)
Provided the voice of the American president in CBC Radio One’s ‘Canadia: 2056’ (2007-08)

Why he might be annoying:

In credits, his name was sometimes misspelled as ‘Donnely’ or shortened to ‘Don.’
He was married five times, divorced four times.
He said about his stint on ‘The Young and the Restless,’ ‘It was before soap operas became respectable. I’d tell people what I did for a living and I’d always get this look of wounded sympathy.’

Why he might not be annoying:

Before becoming an actor, he was a warden in the National Park Service in Manitoba and a mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He was a member of the first class to graduate from Canada’s National Theatre School.
His appearance on ‘Battlestar Galactica’ was meant to be a one-shot, but the producers liked his performance enough to make the role a recurring one.
He received Gemini Awards (the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy) for Best Actor in a Leading Dramatic Role (2002) and Lifetime Achievement (2006).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Appeared in Red Face
• Battlestar Galactica [2003]
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 67]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12041937)
• Golden Girls and Guests
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2018 (Ranked: 80)
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Married in 1975
• I Married in 1978
• I Portrayed a Fictional U.S. President
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Profiles 42292-42500 (Ranked: 42404)
• Soap [TV Series]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20180108)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 76 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 140 Votes: 60.0% Annoying