The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"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

Harold John Russell was born in Nova Scotia in 1914. His family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts when his father died in 1919. He was training paratroopers at Camp MacKall NC on June 6, 1944 when some TNT he was using exploded in his hands. He lost both hands. After receiving hooks, and training on them, he was chosen to make an Army training film called "Diary Of A Sergeant". William Wyler saw the film and decided to cast him in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Harold Russell played Homer Parish. For this role he received 2 Oscars, a Best Supporting and one for being an inspiration to all returning veterans. He is the only actor to receive 2 Oscars for the same role. After the movie he attended Boston University. He later went on to help establish AMVETS as a viable alternative to the American Legion for veterans, though his dream of an international veterans organization was never realized. He later appeared in Inside Moves (1980) and Dogtown (1997). He lived with his wife on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. He wrote 2 biographies: "Victory In My Hands" (1947) & "The Best Years Of My Life" (1981).

Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

[on the sale of his Supporting Actor Oscar for his wife&#39;s surgery] &quot;I
don&#39;t know why anybody would be critical. My wife&#39;s health is much more
important than sentimental reasons. The movie will be here, even if
Oscar isn&#39;t.&quot;

It is not what you have lost but what you have left that counts.

I got my award for special contributions, and I&#39;m hanging around backstage. I found out, months later, that when I was nominated for Supporting Actor, they figured I didn&#39;t have a chance, the other guys [<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0002013/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Charles Coburn</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0218131/?ref_=nmqu_qu">William Demarest</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001647/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Claude Rains</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0916067/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Clifton Webb</a>] had too much background. When they got to Supporting Actor, they practically threw me out on the stage.

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Harold Russell

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