Romney Wordsworth

Romney Wordsworth is the titular main protagonist of The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man". He is a citizen of The State, a totalitarian dictatorship, who's been deemed as obsolete (having no function) and is going to be executed.
Romney Wordsworth was portrayed by the late Burgess Meredith.
==Biography==
Not much is known about Romney Wordsworth before the events of the episode, other than that he used to be a librarian before the State decided that books and literature were obsolete and needed to be destroyed. Also it's known that he is a devout christian, despite the State claiming that they've proved God doesn't exist. In the episode, Romney Wordsworth is put on trial for being deemed as obsolete. The Chancellor, who presides over the trials, ask Wordsworth about his occupation, to which he replies "librarian". He argues that no man is obsolete and that the State can't destroy truth just by outlawing things like books and religion. The Chancellor and the jury board eventually declares Wordsworth as obsolete due to his belief in God and his "profession". They give him the opportunity to choose his way, place and time of execution. He says he wants to be provided an assassinator whom he can tell how he wants to die, and only him. Also, Romney says he wants his execution to be televised. The Chancellor grants Wordsworth's request and he leaves the room. 
The next night Romney Wordsworth summons The Chancellor to his room before his death. There The Chancellor mocks Wordsworth and boasts about how well an example he will become of what happens to those who oppose The State. After some time, The Chancellor realizes that the door to the room has been locked. Wordsworth then tells The Chancellor that a bomb has been placed in the room, and will detonate at midnight. The Chancellor yells for someone to open the door, but Wordsworth explains reminds him that The State places people it will execute in solitude. Wordsworth also figures that The State won't care to help The Chancellor escape, as his flight from this situation could demoralize The State in front of the audience watching his televised execution. Wordsworth takes out a Bible he's had hidden for over 20 years and sits down and starts reading passages from it. The Chancellor also sits down and starts smoking in an attempt to calm himself. Wordsworth continues to read and The Chancellor gets more and more nervous as time clicks closer to their impending doom. Finally, with a few minutes left, The Chancellor cries out an anxious plea to Wordsworth to please let him out "in the name of God", and runs to the door. Romney Wordsworth agrees to let him out and unlocks the door. The Chancellor bashes out in panic with Wordsworth standing still in his room, with the Bible near his chest and a smile on his face as the bomb goes off, killing wordsworth. The Chancellor is later deemed as obsolete for showing cowardice on live television and disgraced the authority and respect of The State. He tries to fight it but is eventually executed. So, posthumously Wordsworth succeeded in proving that The Chancellor and by extension The State are both obsolete. 
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