The Resume

(July 14, 1911-January 8, 1990)
Birth name was Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens
Films include 'Make Mine Mink (1960),' 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963),' 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965),' 'Danger: Diabolik (1968),' 'Arthur! Arthur! (1969),' 'Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969),' 'The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971),' 'Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972),' 'Robin Hood (1973)' and 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)'

Why he might be annoying:

He had a huge gap between his front teeth.
He used a hyphen in his name, saying it signified the tooth gap.
He was ashamed of his lower-class origins, so he wore fancy clothes and talked with a posh accent.
He was typecast as an upper-class English twit.
He appeared in many terrible films.
He played the ukulele.
A medical condition where wrist bones resemble his teeth is called 'the Terry-Thomas Sign.'
He tends to use the same pose, that of being on the telephone while smoking.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a great storyteller.
He once said he wished his children could see him play a hero for a change.
He suffered from Parkinson's disease for nearly 20 years.
He spent so much treating his illness, that he died in a charity home.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Born on Bastille Day [July 14th] (Ranked: 1911)
• Doris Day's Leading Men
• Dr. Phibes [Series]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Gapped Tooth
• GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 41)
• Hyphenated Names
• I Died in 1990 (Ranked: 78)
• I Have Parkinson Disease
• I Portrayed a Disney Villain
• I Portrayed Bertie Wooster
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [1963]
• Judy Garland Show Guests
• Look at Me, I'm on the Telephone
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11171)
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [L-Z]
• Voices of Disney
• Voices of Rankin-Bass
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19900108)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 64 Votes: 45.31% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 150 Votes: 47.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 223 Votes: 42.15% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 222 Votes: 45.95% Annoying