The Resume

(March 18, 1886-September 29, 1970)
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Began as a vaudeville performer in 1906
Acted in 'Too Much Business (1922),' 'Beggar on Horseback (1925),' 'The Nutcracker (1926),' 'The Hottentot (1929),' 'The Front Page (1931),' 'Trouble in Paradise (1932),' 'Top Hat (1935),' 'Lost Horizon (1937), 'Holiday (1938),' 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941),' 'Arsenic and Old Lace (1944),' 'Lady on a Train (1945),' 'Pocketful of Miracles (1961),' 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)' and 'Sex and the Single Girl (1964)'
Narrator for the Fractured Fairy Tales segment of the TV cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle
Grandson of Edward Everett Hale, author of 'The Man Without a Country'
Died of cancer in Encino, CA at age 84

Why he might be annoying:

His facial expressions had a rubbery quality to them.
His father told him to use his middle name professionally because he figured there may be other actors named Edward Horton, but only one Edward Everett Horton.
Most of his characters were overly flamboyant, implying gay without actually stating it.
He portrayed an angel named Messenger 7013 in two separate 1940s films.
His buffoonish Native American character (Chief Roaring Chicken) on TV's 'F Troop' was the basis for an even more outlandish parody, Chief Screaming Chicken, in a Batman episode.

Why he might not be annoying:

He graduated from Columbia University.
In his first 1922 silent movie he was paid $150 a week, a heck of a lot of money for the time period.
He was a master at the double take, slowly turning his expression from satisfied to dour.
His film resume was astounding, appearing in 131 movies between 1922 and 1947.
He was a quintuple threat, working in motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice overs for animated cartoons.
After he died Encino renamed a part of Amestoy Avenue, the dead-end street where he resided, 'Edward Everett Horton Lane.'
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• Anthology Series Hosts
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Droopy Eyes
• Dumbo Ears
• Ernst Lubitsch Films
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Gel Heads
• Hamilton College's Most Admired Men [1977] (Ranked: 18)
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Attended Columbia
• I Attended Oberlin College
• I Died in 1970 (Ranked: 84)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Love Lucy Guest Stars
• I Portrayed an Angel
• I Portrayed Bertie Wooster
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [1963]
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Long Names
• Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
• Profiles 21751-22000 (Ranked: 21870)
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Rodent Faces
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 06]
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Sissies
• Villains and Heroes of Batman
• Voices of Rocky and Bullwinkle
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19700929)
• Weights and Measure Names

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 87 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 55 Votes: 52.73% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 84 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 165 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 36.59% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 34.04% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 154 Votes: 44.16% Annoying