The Resume

(September 29, 1939-April 10, 2000)
Best known as Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H
Acted in 'Vanished (1971),' 'Kotch (1971),' 'The Night Stalker (1972),' The Stepmother (1972),' 'Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978),' 'Checking In (1981),' 'Herbie the Love Bug (1982),' 'Night Partners (1983),' 'Misfits of Science (1985),' 'School Spirit (1985),' 'Earth Girls Are Easy (1988),' 'Blue Movies (1988),' 'C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989),' 'Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1990),' 'Body Waves (1992),' 'A Million to Juan (1994),' 'No Dessert Dad, Til You Mow the Lawn (1994),' 'Angel's Tide (1995),' 'Pressure Point (1997),' 'Fatal Pursuit (1998)' and 'Crazy for You (1999)'
Died of lung cancer at age 60

Why he might be annoying:

He smoked.
He said of his scenes with M*A*S*H co-star Loretta Swit, 'We were Mutt and Jeff, Roadrunner and Coyote, whatever, we were a proper pair.'
Because he portrayed his character so well many thought he was a jerk in real life.
His M*A*S*H character's nickname 'ferret face' was coined by his own brother.
After five years (1972-77) he refused to renegotiate his M*A*S*H contract because he felt couldn't do anything more with the character.
He married four times and divorced thrice.
He was in a 10-10-321 commercial with Tom Bosley and Marion Ross (1998).

Why he might not be annoying:

He studied aeronautical engineering at the University of Colorado.
He had a life long passion for glider planes, designing and building his own.
He was one of three Americans among 300 applicants selected for a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
He based his Frank Burns character on 'Every idiot I've ever known.'
He was well liked by his M*A*S*H co-stars and was very good friends with Gary Burghoff.
He said of those who worked in actual M*A*S*H units, 'It was humbling to think of the real doctors who sometimes operated on more than 150 patients in a day.'
He had surgery to remove part of his lung after doctors found a malignant tumor under his sternum (February 12, 1998).

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

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• Double L Initials
• Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• I Attended University of Colorado-Boulder
• I Boarded the Love Boat [L-Q]
• I Died in 2000 (Ranked: 60)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Portrayed a Doctor on TV
• I Visited Fantasy Island [L-Q]
• I Was Buried at Sea
• Look at Me, I'm Shaving
• M*A*S*H
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Profiles 14251-14500 (Ranked: 14407)
• Rodent Faces
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 02]
• Telephone Advertisers
• TV Land's Characters You Love to Hate (Ranked: 5)
• TV Series Deserters

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 70 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 42 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 117 Votes: 73.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 370 Votes: 74.32% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 105 Votes: 67.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 155 Votes: 54.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 168 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 404 Votes: 45.30% Annoying