The Resume

(October 3, 1898-July 5, 1969)
Won the 1937 Best Director Oscar ('The Awful Truth')
Won the 1944 Best Director Oscar ('Going My Way')
Directed 'Putting Pants on Phillip,' 'Duck Soup,' 'Ruggles of Red Gap,' 'Love Affair,' 'The Bells of St. Marys' and 'An Affair to Remember'

Why he might be annoying:

He directed both Laurel and Hardy and The Marx Brothers in films titled 'Duck Soup.'
He played piano in between takes on film sets.
His share in the profits of 'Going My Way' gave him the highest reported income in the United States for the year 1944.
Billy Wilder tripped him as he went to the stage to accept the Best Director Oscar for 'Going My Way.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was responsible for pairing Laurel and Hardy as a team.
He was the first person to win Oscars for writing and directing the same film ('Going My Way').
He was nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar in 1957.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 85)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1944)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1937)
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1944)
• I Died in 1969 (Ranked: 70)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Have Emphysema
• I Named Names
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Luscious Laddies
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1944)
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7813)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19690705)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 103 Votes: 55.34% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 168 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 234 Votes: 43.16% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 306 Votes: 43.46% Annoying