The Resume

(March 7, 1927-November 1, 1982)
Born in Charlestown, New Hampshire
Portrayed Officer Ernie Brenner in 'Brenner' (1959-64) and Doug Lawrence in 'Family' (1976-80)
Appeared in the films 'Alice's Restaurant' (1969), 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' (1974) and 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975)
Appeared on Broadway in 'Maggie' (1953), 'A View from the Bridge' (1957), 'Johnny No-Trump' (1967) and 'Let Me Hear You Smile' (1973)
Father of Matthew Broderick

Why he might be annoying:

He ended up better remembered as Matthew's dad than for his own acting.
He looked older than his age, leading to his typecasting as authority figures. (In contrast to his son, who looked like a teenager in his 30s.)
He died a year too soon to witness his son's rise to stardom in 'War Games' and Broadway's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in the Navy during WWII.
He and Helen Hayes starred in a production of 'The Glass Menagerie' that toured Europe and the Middle East under the auspices of the US State Department (1961).
He told Matthew after an unsuccessful audition, 'You always say you messed up. Why does it not occur to you that they might have messed up? Maybe you were the best one but they didn't recognize it.'
Matthew and wife Sarah Jessica Parker named their first child James in his honor.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 44]
• I Attended University of New Hampshire
• I Boarded the Love Boat [A-D]
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 55)
• I Visited Fantasy Island [A-D]
• I was Cremated
• Look at Me, I'm with Dubya
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Profiles 33501-33750 (Ranked: 33544)
• Roots: The Next Generation [1979]
• Served in World War II
• TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Dads [Actors] (Ranked: 26)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19821101)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying