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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Streaming Stars, Then and Now

A big, beefy and imposing hulk of a man, Worth was often cast as extremely nasty and intimidating villains. Character actor Nicholas Worth was born on September 4, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. After earning a bachelor's in fine arts from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, he served for three years as an Army paratrooper stationed in Kentucky. After leaving the service in 1965, he moved to Los Angeles, studied at the Pasadena Playhouse and appeared in local stage productions. Worth made his film debut in For Pete's Sake! (1966). He then had small parts in such movies as Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Terminal Man (1974), Coma (1978) and The Glove (1979) making an especially funny appearance in the latter as a gay blank check dropper rugged bounty hunter John Saxon tosses into a pool. Worth gave a wonderfully wild, intense and inspired performance as a deranged, impotent, misogynistic Vietnam veteran porno photographer who brutally strangles lovely young ladies in the splendidly sleazy psycho gem Don't Answer the Phone! (1980). Worth was likewise quite chilling and unforgettable as a vicious homosexual criminal in the outstanding made-for-TV drama The Rape of Richard Beck (1985). Worth's other memorable roles include Louis Jourdan's moronic henchman Bruno in Swamp Thing (1982), Larry Drake's mean flunky Pauly in Darkman (1990), Craig T. Nelson's chauffeur in Action Jackson (1988), an antagonistic bully Clint Eastwood beats up in a jail cell in Heartbreak Ridge (1986), a ruffian enforcer for Ricardo Montalban in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), a mutant humanoid frogman in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988), a foul sex offender in The Ladies Club (1985), and a transvestite in Armed and Dangerous (1986). Among the TV shows Worth did guest spots on are Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), The X-Files (1993), Night Court (1984), Moonlighting (1985) (in which he sings and dances with Bruce Willis!), Fame (1982), MacGyver (1985), The Greatest American Hero (1981), Knight Rider (1982), Hunter (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), Fantasy Island (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), The Rockford Files (1974), Quincy, M.E. (1976), Starsky and Hutch (1975), Baretta (1975), and Cannon (1971). On stage Worth performed in everything from Shakespeare to musical comedies. A sweet and gentle man in real life (he's a born-again Christian), Worth was also an avid power-lifter and bodybuilder. More recently Worth lent his distinctive growly voice to several video games. Nicholas Worth died at age 69 from heart failure on May 7, 2007.

Liam Neeson and Nicholas Worth in Darkman (1990)

&quot;I knew I wanted to be an actor since I was 8 years old. I went with my
great aunt and saw &#39;The Three Musketeers.&#39; When I came out of the
theater, I told my great aunt, &#39;I have to be up on the screen like
them.&#39; And she looked down at me and said, &#39;Sure you do, Nicky.&#39;

&quot;Some people at church said, &#39;How can you do this film, being a
Christian?&#39; And I said, &#39;We don&#39;t live in a Pollyanna society. God
called upon me to act, and He calls in Christ to be truthful people,
and I have to present the world as it is.&#39; That pretty much ended their
argument there.&quot; (on playing the psychotic lead in &quot;Don&#39;t Answer the
Phone&quot;)

Acting is putting away your ego. I&#39;m not tired of playing villains. They could cast me for the rest of my life in horror films and I wouldn&#39;t mind. Work is work, building a character is building a character. I&#39;m not interested in being the biggest star or being in the hottest movies. I&#39;m in this business because I love the craft of acting and will rise to any challenge given to me.

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Nicholas Worth

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