The Resume

(January 2, 1929-February 21, 1967)
Birth name is Charles Leroy Nutt
Wrote episodes of 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' 'Have Gun, Will Travel,' 'Wanted- Dead or Alive'
Wrote the films 'Queen of Outer Space,' 'Night of the Eagle,' 'The Intruder,' 'The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm' and '7 Faces of Doctor Lao'

Why he might be annoying:

The actual cause of his death is still debated.
Richard Matheson has suggested bromine poisoning from taking way too much Bromo.
His mother was mentally unstable. She dressed him as a girl and once killed his pet.
He had a freakishly high forehead.
As he approached death, he aged rapidly until he looked ninety.
He would allow himself to get backlogged with up to seven or eight jobs and then farm the writing out to various ghostwriters.
As his condition worsened, he would get writers to write 'Twilight Zone' scripts under his name, and only split money with them in private.
He smoked.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is considered by some to be the best 'Twilight Zone' writer.
He wrote episodes for that series such as 'The Howling Man,' 'Long Live Walter Jameson,' 'In His Image' and 'Miniature.'
He sold 73 short stories and 68 TV scripts in fourteen years, in addition to books, film scripts and various newspaper stories.
He was a bibliophile.
His short story 'Miss Gentibelle' is a classic.
He died at 38, way too young.

Credit: Abacab

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents [A-K]
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 38)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 38)
• I Write Sci-Fi
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Clasped
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Profiles 18751-19000 (Ranked: 18758)
• Stars of Horror Films

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 58 Votes: 53.45% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 50.48% Annoying