The Resume

(February 19, 1920-May 5, 1988)
Acted in 'The Beggar's Opera (1953),' 'Sailor Beware! (1956),' 'The Good Companions (1957),' 'Barnacle Bill (1957),' 'A Night To Remember (1958),' 'Hamlet (1964),' 'A New Leaf (1971)' and 'The Pirates of Penzance (1980)'
Starred on Broadway in 'My Fair Lady,' 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' 'Hamlet,' 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'My Fat Friend,' 'Aren't We All?,' 'A Man for All Seasons,' 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Coco'

Why he might be annoying:

He adopted his young male Hispanic lover, intending to make him his heir.
When his affections turned to another young man, the would-be heir and his biological father savagely beat him to death so that they wouldn't lose the inheritance.
He played one of the leading roles in the original stage production of 'A Man for All Seasons,' but the part was entirely cut out of the film version.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won two Tony Awards.
He supported John Gielgud in many Shakespearean productions.
He was one of the last great stars of the British Music Hall.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2191920)
• Flower Names
• I Died in 1988 (Ranked: 68)
• I Love Younger Men [Tad Poling]
• I Portrayed a Doctor on TV
• I was Murdered
• Look at Me, I'm Dancing
• Musical Theater Star
• Mustaches
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 2]
• Profiles 12251-12500 (Ranked: 12256)
• Tony Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Ranked: 1976)
• Tony Award: Best Actor in a Musical (Ranked: 1986)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 136 Votes: 49.26% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 37.70% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 157 Votes: 49.68% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 345 Votes: 47.54% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 147 Votes: 41.50% Annoying