Where there annoyingness is meant to be funny.
Top: Charles Grodin in “Midnight Run”
Also: Billy Bob Thornton in “Bandit’s”
Joe Pesce in the Lethal Weapon nightmares.
What are your favorites?
Woody Allen in anything. But he only counts if the annoyingness being “meant to be funny” is sufficient, and “really IS funny” isn’t necessary…Timmy
Lack Lemmon as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple. Frankly, he set the standard for this role.
Lesser examples:
Bill Murray in What About Bob.
Bill Murray in pretty much any of his movies.
Several of the Dwarves in Snow White.
Robert Duval as Frank Burns in MASH.
Sally Kellerman as Hot Lips in MASH.
Private W. Hudson as played by Bill Paxton in Aliens. That guy really knows how to gripe.
I for one have to make a concerted effort not to shout out a few of his lines when someone starts discussing the film.
John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Hands down.
Jeff Goldblum’s dad in Independence Day (played by Judd Hirsch).
Mae Questel in New York Stories, playing the floating head of Woody Allen’s mom.
Madeline Kahn as Eunice Burns in “What’s Up Doc”?
Anyone remember the 2 computer geeks from “Wargames” with Matthew Broderick? The thin guy with the curly black hair and glasses was hilarious.
Fat geek: “Do you remember you asked me to tell you when you were being rude and insensitive?”
thin geek: (Nods)
Fat geek: Well your doing it now.
Roscoe Karns in It Happened One Night
Charles Ruggles in Love Me Tonight
Jean Hagen in Singin’ in the Rain
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
The brilliant Edward Everett Horton in anything
Roscoe Karns in It Happened One Night
Charles Ruggles in Love Me Tonight
Jean Hagen in Singin’ in the Rain
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
The brilliant Edward Everett Horton in anything
Whoops :o --my first DP in ages.