Nicholas Worth (September 4, 1937 - May 7, 2007) was an American character actor who portrayed General Marzaq and Premier Romanov in Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer series of games, Emperor: Battle for Dune, and also voice-acted as Colonel Bulba/Mr. Jones in Freedom Fighters. He also took up several smaller roles in sci-fi programs like Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He began with a low-level TV career, appearing in one episode of Charlie's Angels as a kidnapper-on-skates. He broke into movies and established his reputation with his performance as the tormented lunatic killer in the low-budget horror film Don't Answer the Phone (1980).He was a large, bulky, balding (later bald) man with a wide mouth and a powerful bass voice.Worth is known for his performance as Bruno in the 1982s Swamp Thing, a big screen adaptation of the comic book.He specialized in playing menacing, threatening characters. He gave a memorable performance as a homosexual rapist in the TV movie The Rape of Richard Beck. He also had minor roles as henchmen, notably as Thug #1 in The Naked Gun, Cup Breaker in No Way Out, Ryles and Hower in two episodes of Knight Rider, as a butler/assassin in Action Jackson, and as one of Larry Drake's goons named Pauly in Darkman and also appeared in Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II. He appeared in the beginning of Heartbreak Ridge as a convict who gets beaten up by Clint Eastwood.Worth appeared on a 1991 episode of the TV series Night Court as Mr Birnbach.Worth took the part of Kommissar Leber in The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995).Nicholas Worth died of heart failure at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys at the age of 69.
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| 1 | Acting is putting away your ego. I'm not tired of playing villains. They could cast me for the rest of my life in horror films and I wouldn't mind. Work is work, building a character is building a character. I'm not interested in being the biggest star or being in the hottest movies. I'm in this business because I love the craft of acting and will rise to any challenge given to me. |
| 2 | "Some people at church said, 'How can you do this film, being a Christian?' And I said, 'We don'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.' That pretty much ended their argument there." (on playing the psychotic lead in "Don't Answer the Phone") |
| 3 | "I knew I wanted to be an actor since I was 8 years old. I went with my great aunt and saw 'The Three Musketeers.' When I came out of the theater, I told my great aunt, 'I have to be up on the screen like them.' And she looked down at me and said, 'Sure you do, Nicky.' |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Freedom Fighters | 2003 | Video Game | Mr. Jones / Colonel Bulba (voice) |
| Emperor: Battle for Dune | 2002 | Video Game | Kolinar Koltrass |
| Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge | 2001 | Video Game | Premier Alexander Romanov |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 2000 | Video Game | Premier Alexander Romanov |
| Starforce | 2000 | Jemma Quonloy |
| The X-Files | 1999 | TV Series | Mr. Haas |
| Every Dog Has Its Day | 1999 | Mel |
| Blood Dolls | 1999 | George Warbeck |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1999 | Video Game | General Marzaq (Firestorm) |
| Slaves of Hollywood | 1999 | Sam Gittleman |
| Sliders | 1999 | TV Series | Magistrate |
| Acapulco H.E.A.T. | 1998 | TV Series | Victor Albertino |
| Denial | 1998/II | Walt Smiley |
| L.A. Heat | 1997 | TV Series | Warden Brinkman |
| Leather Jacket Love Story | 1997 | Jack |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 1993-1997 | TV Series | Sorm / Lissepian Captain |
| Dangerous Cargo | 1996 | Yuri |
| The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery | 1996 | Video Game | Kriminal-Kommissar Leber |
| Timelock | 1996 | Sullivan |
| High School High | 1996 | Rhino |
| Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | 1996 | TV Series | Alexi / Alexis |
| Barb Wire | 1996 | Ruben |
| A Gift from Heaven | 1995 |
| Dead Weekend | 1995 | TV Movie | Hayden |
| Hologram Man | 1995 | Video | One-Eye |
| New Eden | 1994 | TV Movie | Drunken Officer |
| Dark Angel: The Ascent | 1994 | Video | Father Hellikin |
| Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II | 1994 | Rock |
| Fist of Honor | 1993 | Tucchi |
| Best of the Best II | 1993 | Sick Humor |
| Room for Two | 1992 | TV Series | Weird Guy |
| Night Court | 1985-1991 | TV Series | Giagni / Mr. Birnbach / Bum / ... |
| Blood and Concrete | 1991 | Spuntz |
| Amen | 1990 | TV Series | Joey Fetlock |
| The New Adam-12 | 1990 | TV Series | Ben Miller |
| Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective | 1990 | Video | Dave Donaldson |
| Darkman | 1990 | Pauly |
| Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | 1989 | The Head Chef |
| Out of This World | 1989 | TV Series | Louie |
| Original Sin | 1989 | TV Movie |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | 1988 | Thug #1 |
| Hooperman | 1988 | TV Series |
| Houston Knights | 1988 | TV Series |
| Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis | 1988 | TV Movie | Max |
| Action Jackson | 1988 | Cartier |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown | 1988 | Bull |
| Death Feud | 1987 | Jim |
| Moonlighting | 1987 | TV Series | Inmate |
| Dirty Laundry | 1987 | Vito |
| No Way Out | 1987 | Cup Breaker |
| Fame | 1987 | TV Series | Gallupo |
| Mama's Family | 1987 | TV Series | Big John McCall |
| MacGyver | 1987 | TV Series | Jack Rogan |
| Heartbreak Ridge | 1986 | Jail Binger |
| Armed and Dangerous | 1986 | Transvestite |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1986 | TV Series | Riker |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ryan | 1986 | TV Movie | Kolvak |
| The Ladies Club | 1986 | Jack Dwyer |
| Simon & Simon | 1983-1986 | TV Series | Mr. Atherton - Bronco the Bailbondsman / Bronco the Bailbondsman / Dental patient |
| Benson | 1985 | TV Series | Big Rudy |
| Knight Rider | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Hower / Ryles |
| The Rape of Richard Beck | 1985 | TV Movie | Ray |
| Doin' Time | 1985 | Animal |
| Street Hawk | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. Girard |
| Hunter | 1985 | TV Series | Ramos |
| City Heat | 1984 | Troy Roker |
| The Hills Have Eyes Part II | 1984 | The Reaper (voice, uncredited) |
| Invitation to Hell | 1984 | TV Movie | Sheriff |
| Fantasy Island | 1983 | TV Series | Val |
| Laverne & Shirley | 1982 | TV Series | Lewis |
| The Greatest American Hero | 1981-1982 | TV Series | Norm / Lenny |
| Swamp Thing | 1982 | Bruno |
| Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood | 1981 | TV Movie | Steve Gleason |
| Rage! | 1980 | TV Movie | Ted |
| Don't Answer the Phone! | 1980 | Kirk Smith |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | 1980 | TV Series | Dick Hemmet |
| Charlie's Angels | 1979 | TV Series | Reed |
| The Rockford Files | 1975-1979 | TV Series | 1st Partygoer / Kessler |
| The Glove | 1979 | Chuck |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | 1979 | TV Series | Major Edmond Hunter |
| Quincy M.E. | 1979 | TV Series | Grinner |
| Starsky and Hutch | 1976-1978 | TV Series | Al / Denny / Barnes |
| Coma | 1978 | Patterson Institute Chief of Security (uncredited) |
| Mule Feathers | 1977 | Copperhead |
| Fish | 1977 | TV Series | Newt |
| Baretta | 1977 | TV Series | Gallman |
| Emergency! | 1975 | TV Series | Charles |
| The Invisible Man | 1975 | TV Series | Guard with Shoes |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | 1975 | TV Series | Weight Lifter |
| Black Starlet | 1974 | Motorcycle Cop |
| Cannon | 1974 | TV Series | Longshoreman |
| The Terminal Man | 1974 | Hospital Orderly (uncredited) |
| Bogard | 1974 | Masters |
| Scream Blacula Scream | 1973 | Dennis |
| For Pete's Sake | 1966 |
