Ballard was a very hands-on owner who quickly became known for being irascible and cantankerous. He is excessively reclusive, irascible, unfriendly, and introverted. Stephenson was most often cast as curmudgeon and irascible characters. Without warning or apparent cause, his father became increasingly irascible, unpredictable, and violent. An irascible, autocratic professor at Mme. Irritable and irascible, Dr. Mark Craig was the hospital's lone superstar. He conceived of man's soul as consisting of an appetitive, irascible (spirited), and rational element. The initially irascible and slightly sinister Doctor quickly mellowed into a more compassionate figure. In Miami, he is flanked by a jaded and irascible local cop, Ricardo Garcia. He is very stingy with money and is an irascible, no-nonsense type. Peller immediately responds with her outraged, irascible question. David Robb played Boleyn as a constantly furious, irascible schemer in "Wolf Hall". He was a remarkable, if not irascible, lawyer and personality. He's known for doing voices, including that of his irascible sidekick, sportscaster Jim Shorts. He became increasingly irascible and distant from old friends.