The Resume

(May 21, 1904-September 27, 1981)
Birth name is Henry Montgomery, Jr.
Acted in 'Private Lives (1931),' 'Riptide (1934),' 'Night Must Fall (1937),' 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941),' 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941),' 'They Were Expendable (1945)' and 'June Bride (1948)'
Directed 'Lady in the Lake (1947),' 'Eye Witness (1950)' and 'The Gallant Hours (1960)'
President of the Screen Actors Guild (1935-1938, 1946-1947)
Host of the popular 'Robert Montgomery Presents' (1950-1957)
Father of Elizabeth Montgomery

Why he might be annoying:

He was divorced.
He named his son 'Robert Montgomery, Jr.'
Thinking it messed up the drape of his suits, he never carried a wallet.
He testified before a committee, accusing some actors and directors of being communist sympathizers.
He supported the Hollywood 'blacklisting' of many performers during the Communist scares of the '50s.
He wrote a book complaining about television violence (1968).

Why he might not be annoying:

As a young man, he was forced to support himself after the death of his father.
His first child died at 14 months old.
He had a reputation as the best dressed man in Hollywood.
He was a Navy officer during World War II, and participated in the D-Day invasion.
He won an Emmy for his work on 'The Robert Montgomery Presents' (1952).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1949)
• Academy Awards Hosts (Ranked: 1948)
• Actors Turned Directors
• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Anthology Series Hosts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5211904)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Fashion Role Models
• I Attended Jean Harlow’s Funeral [June 7, 1937]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Marie Antoinette' [1938]
• I Died in 1981 (Ranked: 77)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Named Names
• I Outlived My Child
• I Portrayed a Gangster
• I Portrayed Philip Marlowe
• I was Cremated
• Joan Crawford's Leading Men
• John Ford Films
• Look at Me, I'm Cold
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15584)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Presidents
• Seamen
• Toupee Wearers and Hair Transplants

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 53 Votes: 37.74% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 58.93% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 91 Votes: 57.14% Annoying