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Leo G. Carroll

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Actor

The Resume

    (October 25, 1892-October 16, 1972)
    Acted in 'A Christmas Carol (1938),' 'Wuthering Heights (1939),' 'Rebecca (1940),' 'Suspicion (1941),' 'Spellbound (1945),' 'The Paradine Case (1947),' 'Father of the Bride (1950),' 'Strangers on a Train (1951),' 'The Desert Fox (1951),' 'The Bad and the Beautiful (1952),' 'North by Northwest (1959)' and 'The Parent Trap (1961)'
    Portrayed Alexander Waverly in seven 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' films (1965-1968)
    Starred on TV in 'Topper' and 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was named after Pope Leo XIII.
    He worked as a wine merchant's apprentice when he was only fifteen.
    He was typecast as authority figures (usually in Alfred Hitchcock movies).
    He was never exactly a household name.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a respectable character actor.
    He was wounded on the front during World War I.
    He appeared in more Hitchcock films than any other performer (six).
    He was allegedly Hitchcock's favorite actor.
    He voiced the ghostly narrator on the 'Haunted Mansion' ride at Disney theme parks.
    He died of pneumonia caused by cancer.

Credit: Ratman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 220 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 44.19% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 45.74% Annoying