Nicholas Worth
Biography
Nicholas Worth was an American character actor who appeared in film, television, and video games. Born in St. Louis, he served as an army paratrooper and studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. He specialized in villainous roles, including Kirk Smith, the serial killer in Don't Answer the Phone! (1980), and Ray in The Rape of Richard Beck (1985). He started with small television parts, such as a kidnapper in Charlie's Angels, then played henchmen and tough guys in Swamp Thing (1982), No Way Out (1987), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and Darkman (1990). Later film credits included Best of the Best II (1993), Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994), and Blood Dolls (1999). He later had small parts on Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space Nine. In video games, he played General Marzaq and Alexander Romanov, the Soviet leader, in Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer series and voiced Mr. Jones/Colonel Bulba in Freedom Fighters (2003).
69years old at death
- Born Clayton
- Died Van Nuys
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 26 years1973 to 1999
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First role
Worth began his career in low-level TV work, and he played a kidnapper on skates in a single Charlie's Angels episode.
Early training
Worth spent three years as an army paratrooper, then trained at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Pasadena Playhouse.
Nicholas Worth movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Wes Craven directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
William Sanderson's page
George Dzundza's page
Richard Lawson's page
Jason Bernard's page
Mike Genovese's page
Greg Monaghan2 films together, 1984 to 1985
Greg Monaghan's page
All films by Wes Craven
Box office
What Nicholas Worth's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$305 million
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$152M50.0% of the total
- 2$49M16.0% of the total
- 3$38M12.6% of the total
- 4$36M11.6% of the total
- 5$21M7.0% of the total
- 6$6.5M2.1% of the total
- 7$2.0M0.7% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1980 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award | Don't Answer the Phone! | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.