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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.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

James Arthur Dennett, charter member of the Chicago chapter of the Directors Guild of America. Born in New York, March 3, 1934, he moved to Chicago with his mother when he was a child. He grew up on State Street across from Holy Name Cathedral and attended Loyola University.

Trained in the theater, Jim Dennett's organizing skills caught the attention of Chicago's nascent film industry. In 1966 he co-founded the Film Group with Mike Gray and Bill Cottle. The studio produced Howard Alk's award-winning documentaries "American Revolution 2" and "The Murder of Fred Hampton."

In 1972, Dennett began working in Hollywood as an assistant director and production manager on the feature films, "Wavelength," "Stoney Island," "The China Syndrome," and the 1987 ABC-TV series, "Starman."

Dozens of filmmakers around the country credit Dennett as their mentor and many say they owe him their careers. Fellow Chicagoan, Andrew Davis, the director Dennett worked with on "The Fugitive" and other films, says, "He gave me my first job."

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

He comes from a documentary film background. His Chicago-based Film
Group chronicled the political violence of the 1960s, including the
award-winning feature documentaries, American Revolution II and The
Murder of Fred Hampton.

His first show business job was as Floor Manager at Chicagos WGN-TV,
then Editor for Coronet Educational Films. Jim went on to be Production
Supervisor and 2nd Unit director for the feature film, &quot;The Living
Venus&quot;, a 104 show TV series, &quot;Its Light Time&quot; followed. Then hundreds
of TV commercials, and corporate image films. The turbulent late 60s
found Dennett working on the iconic award winning feature
documentaries, &quot;American Revolution 2&quot; and &quot;The Murder of Fred
Hampton.&quot; After moving to Hollywood, Dennett continued producing
commercial spots, educations films, television shows and series,
documentaries, MOWs and major motion picture features.

Father of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0219353/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">James A. Dennett II</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0219359/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Mark F. Dennett</a> and Preston Dennett.

Mr. Dennett was a charter member of the Chicago chapter of the Directors Guild of America.

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