The Resume

(July 4, 1902-May 3, 1992)
Born in New Haven, Connecticut
Dancer/actor/politician
Appeared in the films 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (1938), 'Little Miss Broadway' (1938), 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (1940), 'For Me and My Gal' (1942), 'This Is The Army' (1943), 'Broadway Rhythm' (1944), 'Step Lively' (1944), 'Battleground' (1949) and 'Talk About A Stranger' (1952)
President of the Screen Actors Guild (1944-46)
US Senator from California (1965-71)
Republican

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of Yale, went back, dropped out again, went back again, and finally dropped out for good.
He was a Democrat turned Republican.
He titled his autobiography 'Say, Didn't You Used To Be George Murphy?'
He said Mexicans were suited for farm labor because they were 'built lower to the ground,' making it 'easier for them to stoop.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He won a special Academy Award for serving as a goodwill ambassador for Hollywood (1950).
He was entertainment director for the inaugurations of Presidents Eisenhowerand Kennedy.
While serving in the Senate, he suffered throat cancer, requiring a laryngectomy that left him unable to speak above a whisper.
Ronald Reagan called him 'my John the Baptist.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors/Actresses Appearing in Shirley Temple Movies
• Born on the 4th of July (Ranked: 1902)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 13]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7041902)
• College Drop Outs
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Male
• Fred Astaire’s Dance Partners
• I am Confined to a Wheelchair
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘Snow White’ [1937]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Mary Poppins' [1964]
• I Attended Yale
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1968)
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 89)
• I Have a Brain Tumor [Menegioma]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Have Asthma
• I Have Leukemia
• I Have Throat Cancer
• I Married in 1982
• I Sought Political Office
• I was Cremated
• Kerry Blue Terrier Owners
• Profiles 23251-23500 (Ranked: 23434)
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Presidents
• Stars of MGM Musicals
• Tap Dancers
• Terrier Owners
• U.S. Senators

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 19.23% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 59 Votes: 44.07% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 45 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 57.41% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying