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Charlie Chaplin

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Actor

The Resume

    (April 16, 1889-December 25, 1977)
    Co-Founder of United Artists
    Created the movies 'The Kid,' 'The Immigrant,' 'Gold Rush,' 'Modern Times,' 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights'
    First actor to appear on the cover of Time Magazine (1925)
    Knighted Sir Charles Chaplin
    Originated 'The Tramp' character
    Co-Starred with Buster Keaton in 'Limelight'
    Won three Oscars (two of which were Honorary)

Why he might be annoying:

    He got married four times in his life, all to teenagers.
    J. Edgar Hoover thought he was a Communist and had him deported.
    His film 'The Great Dictator' pokes fun at Adolf Hitler, therefore desensitizing his evilness.
    Most of his films open with a ton of individual credits for everything he did in the film.
    A woman using what looks like a cellphone in his 1928 film 'The Circus' led some to conclude she was a time traveler (October 2010).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He commanded the then highest salary for an actor.
    He was a work-a-holic.
    He is left handed.
    He composed the music for his films.
    Whrn asked if he was Jewish, he replied, 'No, I do not have that honor.'
    He was the most popular man in Hollywood.
    He ranked #79, in Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 30 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 106 Votes: 58.49% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 186 Votes: 46.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 135 Votes: 45.93% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 102 Votes: 54.90% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 103 Votes: 52.43% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 74 Votes: 74.32% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 215 Votes: 71.16% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 190 Votes: 51.58% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 89 Votes: 50.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 78 Votes: 52.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 252 Votes: 46.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1220 Votes: 72.79% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 158 Votes: 36.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 152 Votes: 32.24% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 206 Votes: 44.17% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 323 Votes: 45.20% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 840 Votes: 42.74% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 578 Votes: 42.04% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1091 Votes: 43.45% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2128 Votes: 41.49% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4227 Votes: 36.88% Annoying