The Resume

(May 29, 1914-February 13, 2003)
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Birth name was Walter Stacy Keach
Recurring role as Professor Carlson in Get Smart
Appeared in the films ‘The DuPont Story’ (1950), ‘Hamlet’ (1964), ‘Detroit 9000’ (1973), ‘The Parallax View’ (1974), ‘Big Wednesday’ (1978), ‘Armed and Dangerous’ (1986), ‘Pretty Woman’ (1990), and ‘Cobb’ (1994)
Father of actors Stacy Keach and James Keach

Why he might be annoying:

He had to have ‘Sr.’ tacked onto his name once his son and namesake became the more famous actor.
He quit ‘Get Smart’ after one season when filming interfered with his running an industrial film company. (Too many clients had been unable to reach him while he was on the set.)
He appeared in 38 commercials in 1980 alone.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to Mary Peckham for 65 years.
He taught drama at Armstrong College in Georgia.
He directed at the Pasadena Playhouse.
He was a dialogue coach at Universal Studios.
He created, produced, and directed the NBC Radio drama ‘Tales of the Texas Rangers’ (1950-52).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 79]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5291914)
• I am from Chicago
• I Attended Northwestern
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 88)
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I Visited Fantasy Island [E-K]
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery [Calif]
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at My Autographed Photo
• Profiles 48762-48838 (Ranked: 48773)
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
• Teachers
• Voices of Ruby-Spears
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying