Leslie William Nielsen, OC (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in over one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films. Nielsen's performances in the films Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) received positive reviews as a serious actor, though he is primarily known for his comedic roles. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, his deadpan delivery in Airplane! (1980) marked a turning point in his career, one that would make him, in the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." Nielsen enjoyed further success with The Naked Gun film series (1988 – 1994), based on a short-lived television series Police Squad! in which he starred earlier. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious to (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave him a reputation as a comedian. In the final years of his career, Nielsen appeared in multiple spoof and parody films, many of which were met poorly by critics, but performed well in box office and home media releases. Nielsen married four times and had two daughters from his second marriage. He was recognized with a variety of awards throughout his career, and was inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Nielsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
Movie | Stonerville | Producer | 2011-01-11 |
Movie | Stan Helsing | Kay | 2009-10-27 |
Movie | Spanish Movie | Doctor Nielsen | 2009-12-03 |
Movie | An American Carol | Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Slap Shot 3: The Junior League | Mayor of Charlestown | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Music Within | Bill Austin | 2007-01-05 |
Series | Lipshitz Saves the World | Himself | 2007-03-01 |
Movie | Scary Movie 4 | President Baxter Harris | 2006-04-12 |
Movie | Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon | Self | 2006-11-14 |
Series | Robson Arms | Caldo Vasco | 2005-06-17 |
Series | Zeroman | Zeroman (voice) | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | The Nutcracker and the Mouseking | (Mouseking) (voice) | 2004-10-12 |
Series | Odd Job Jack | Unknown | 2003-03-05 |
Movie | Scary Movie 3 | President Baxter Harris | 2003-10-24 |
Series | Chilly Beach | Unknown | 2003-09-03 |
Movie | Camouflage | Jack Potter | 2001-01-09 |
Movie | 2001: A Space Travesty | Richard 'Dick' Dix | 2000-10-31 |
Series | Family Guy | Dr. Rumack (archive footage) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Wrongfully Accused | Ryan Harrison | 1998-07-23 |
Movie | Mr. Magoo | Mr. Quincy Magoo | 1997-12-25 |
Movie | Family Plan | Harry Haber | 1997-01-01 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mr. Penn | 1997-09-28 |
Movie | Spy Hard | Dick Steele | 1996-05-24 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Harvey | Dr. Chumley | 1996-10-19 |
Series | Life and Times | Unknown | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | Rent-a-Kid | Harry Haber | 1995-01-01 |
Series | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Willowby's butler | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Count Dracula | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1994 | Himself | 1994-08-29 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1994-03-18 |
Series | Due South | Sgt. Buck Frobisher | 1994-09-22 |
Movie | S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago | Lucio Cinico | 1994-12-15 |
Movie | Surf Ninjas | Colonel Chi | 1993-08-12 |
Series | WWE Raw | Leslie Nielsen | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | Digger | Arthur Evrensel | 1993-09-29 |
Movie | Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier | Himself | 1993-11-03 |
Movie | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1991-06-28 |
Series | Herman's Head | God | 1991-09-08 |
Movie | All I Want for Christmas | Santa | 1991-11-08 |
Movie | Repossessed | Father Jebedaiah Mayii | 1990-09-14 |
Series | Evening Shade | Unknown | 1990-09-21 |
Series | Father Dowling Mysteries | Senator Erdain | 1989-01-20 |
Movie | Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation | Host | 1989-11-17 |
Series | Day by Day | Unknown | 1988-02-29 |
Movie | Dangerous Curves | Greg Krevske | 1988-09-23 |
Movie | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1988-12-02 |
Movie | Home Is Where the Hart Is | Sheriff Nashville Schwartz | 1987-06-13 |
Movie | Nightstick | Thad Evans | 1987-09-01 |
Movie | Nuts | Allen Green | 1987-11-20 |
Movie | The Patriot | Admiral Frazer | 1986-07-25 |
Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Harry Ingersoll | 1985-03-15 |
Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Unknown | 1985-01-01 |
Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Fantoccini | 1985-05-21 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Lucas | 1985-09-14 |
Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Striker's Mountain | Jim McKay | 1985-11-01 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Captain Daniels | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | The Night the Bridge Fell Down | Paul Warren | 1983-02-28 |
Movie | Spaceship | Capt. Jamieson | 1983-07-01 |
Series | Twilight Theater | Unknown | 1982-02-13 |
Movie | Foxfire Light | Reece Morgan | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Wrong Is Right | Mallory | 1982-04-16 |
Series | Police Squad! | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1982-03-04 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Dr. Rumack (archive footage) | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | Creepshow | Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") | 1982-11-10 |
Series | Wogan | Self | 1982-05-04 |
Movie | Cave-In! | Joe Johnson | 1980-04-12 |
Movie | Prom Night | Mr. Hammond | 1980-07-18 |
Series | Backstairs at the White House | Ike Hoover | 1979-01-29 |
Series | The Chisholms | Unknown | 1979-03-29 |
Series | The Littlest Hobo | Mayor Chester Montgomery | 1979-10-11 |
Movie | City on Fire | Mayor William Dudley | 1979-07-11 |
Movie | Little Mo | Nelson Fisher | 1978-09-05 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Movie | The Dawson Patrol | Narrator | 1977-03-25 |
Movie | Day of the Animals | Paul Jenson | 1977-05-13 |
Movie | The Amsterdam Kill | Riley Knight | 1977-12-26 |
Series | The Love Boat | Dan Michaels | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Viva Knievel! | Stanley Millard | 1977-06-10 |
Movie | Project: Kill | John Trevor | 1976-10-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
Movie | Can Ellen Be Saved? | Arnold Lindsey | 1974-02-05 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | Snatched | Bill Sutter | 1973-01-31 |
Movie | The Letters | Derek Childs | 1973-03-03 |
Movie | ...And Millions Die! | Jack Gallagher | 1973-01-01 |
Series | The Evil Touch | Unknown | 1973-06-19 |
Series | Kojak | Michael Hagar | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | The Return of Charlie Chan | Alexander Hadrachi | 1973-07-01 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | John T. Connor | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Kung Fu | Vincent Corbino | 1972-10-14 |
Series | Columbo | Peter Hamilton | 1971-09-15 |
Series | Cannon | Erich Strasser | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Harry Walsh | 1971-11-30 |
Movie | They Call It Murder | Unknown | 1971-12-17 |
Movie | Night Slaves | Sheriff Henshaw | 1970-09-29 |
Movie | The Aquarians | Official | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | Hauser's Memory | Joseph Slaughter | 1970-11-24 |
Series | Night Gallery | The Phantom (segment "Phantom of What Opera?") | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | Four Rode Out | Mr Brown | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | Change of Mind | Sheriff Webb | 1969-10-08 |
Movie | How to Commit Marriage | Phil Fletcher | 1969-07-07 |
Movie | Shadow Over Elveron | Sheriff Verne Drover | 1968-03-05 |
Series | It Takes a Thief | S.I.A. Security Man | 1968-01-09 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Brent | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | How to Steal the World | General Maximilian Harmon | 1968-09-18 |
Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Dr. Neesden | 1968-11-23 |
Movie | Dayton's Devils | Frank Dayton | 1968-10-01 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Rusty Bryson | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | The Boy Who Flew with Condors | Narrator | 1967-02-19 |
Movie | Gunfight in Abilene | Grant Evers | 1967-02-03 |
Movie | The Reluctant Astronaut | Major Fred Gifford | 1967-09-05 |
Movie | Rosie! | Cabot Shaw | 1967-11-22 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Movie | Counterpoint | Victor Rice | 1967-12-22 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Col. George Armstrong Custer | 1966-08-01 |
Movie | Beau Geste | Lt. De Ruse | 1966-09-02 |
Movie | Dark Intruder | Brett Kingsford | 1965-07-25 |
Series | The Big Valley | Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Hudson | 1965-09-19 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Major General Ball | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | Night Train to Paris | Alan Holiday | 1964-09-22 |
Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Series | Daniel Boone | William Russell | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | See How They Run | Elliot Green | 1964-10-07 |
Series | Channing | Prof. Paul Stafford | 1963-09-18 |
Series | The Fugitive | Harold Cheyney | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | John Joslin | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Paul Maytric | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Virginian | Cleve Mason | 1962-09-19 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mr. Grainger | 1962-09-20 |
Series | The New Breed | Lt. Price Adams | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Harry Kleber | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Rawhide | Eli Becker | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Velvet Alley | Eddie Kirkley | 1959-01-22 |
Series | Bonanza | Sheriff Paul Rowan | 1959-09-12 |
Movie | The Sheepman | Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe | 1958-05-01 |
Series | Naked City | Norman Garry | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Hot Summer Night | William Joel Partain | 1957-02-15 |
Movie | Tammy and the Bachelor | Peter Brent | 1957-06-14 |
Movie | Ransom! | Charlie Telfer | 1956-01-24 |
Movie | The Opposite Sex | Steve Hilliard | 1956-11-15 |
Movie | Forbidden Planet | Commander John J. Adams | 1956-03-23 |
Movie | The Vagabond King | Thibault d'Aussigny | 1956-08-28 |
Series | Playhouse 90 | Ralph Mohr | 1956-10-04 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Jess Trevor | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Rudy Cox | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Love Story | Unknown | 1954-04-20 |
Series | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Col. Francis Marion | 1954-10-27 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Edward Morgan | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950-04-09 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Gates Holden | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Sure As Fate | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Danger | Unknown | 1950-09-26 |
Series | Suspense | Serge Soudekine | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | Studio One | Tallman | 1948-11-07 |
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