The Resume

(June 15, 1884-December 22, 1944)
Performed 'Johnny's New Car' on vaudeville (1903-1923)
Appeared on Broadway in 'Jim Jam Jems' and 'The Winter's Tale'
Acted in 'Saturday Afternoon (1926),' 'Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926),' 'Soldier Man (1926),' 'The Strong Man (1926),' 'Long Pants (1927),' 'Three's A Crowd (1928),' 'Heart Trouble (1930),' 'Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)' and 'Zenobia (1939)'
Founded the movie company, the Harry Langdon Corporation (1926)

Why he might be annoying:

He had a huge ego and was difficult to get along with.
He ran away from home at twelve to join the circus.
He married four times and divorced thrice.
He and Frank Capra worked together on several films, with Capra directing.
Believing he would make a superior director, he fired Capra from his movie company.
His attempts at directing failed miserably, bankrupting his film company.
He tried to make a few comeback films during the sound era, but they flopped.
He was reduced to appearing in low-budget B-films by the end of his career.

Why he might not be annoying:

He became famous in the role of a man with the heart of a child.
As a child, his voice was damaged by a quack doctor treating an illness.
One of his first experiences in the film industry was working under Mack Sennett.
He was a writer for Laurel and Hardy comedy shorts.
He got rid of his cockiness and became a nice man after numerous failures in the film industry.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage (1944).
He is sometimes ranked with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd as one of the greatest comedians of the silent era.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Turned Directors
• Appeared in Black Face
• Baby Faces
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Frank Capra Films
• Hairdressers and Barbers
• I am an Iowan
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Covered 'Frankie and Johnny'
• I Died in 1944 (Ranked: 60)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• Joan Crawford's Leading Men
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Mack Sennett Films
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13867)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 2]
• Supersized Egos

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 103 Votes: 70.87% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 56.60% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 170 Votes: 54.12% Annoying