Leslie Nielsen

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1926-02-11

Died: 2010-11-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Dark Possession	Dr. Roger Waring	0
2	1955	The Battle of Gettysburg	Narrator (voice)	58
3	1956	Ransom!	Charlie Telfer	72
4	1956	Forbidden Planet	Commander John J. Adams	72
5	1956	The Vagabond King	Thibault d'Aussigny	57
6	1956	The Opposite Sex	Steve Hilliard	52
7	1957	Hot Summer Night	William Joel Partain	56
8	1957	Tammy and the Bachelor	Peter Brent	70
9	1958	The Sheepman	Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe	68
10	1959	The Velvet Alley	Eddie Kirkley	0
11	1964	Night Train to Paris	Alan Holiday	58
12	1964	See How They Run	Elliot Green	40
13	1965	Harlow	Richard Manley	54
14	1965	Dark Intruder	Brett Kingsford	62
15	1966	The Plainsman	Col. George Armstrong Custer	48
16	1966	Beau Geste	Lt. De Ruse	53
17	1967	Code Name: Heraclitus	Fryer	0
18	1967	Gunfight in Abilene	Grant Evers	65
19	1967	The Boy Who Flew with Condors	Narrator	60
20	1967	The Reluctant Astronaut	Major Fred Gifford	59
21	1967	Rosie!	Cabot Shaw	0
22	1967	Counterpoint	Victor Rice	62
23	1968	Shadow Over Elveron	Sheriff Verne Drover	65
24	1968	The Wild Heart	Narrator	0
25	1968	How to Steal the World	General Maximilian Harmon	50
26	1968	Cocoon	Brent	0
27	1968	Dayton's Devils	Frank Dayton	10
28	1968	Companions in Nightmare	Dr. Neesden	40
29	1969	Four Rode Out	Mr Brown	40
30	1969	Trial Run	Jason Harkness	10
31	1969	Deadlock	Lt. Sam Danforth	0
32	1969	How to Commit Marriage	Phil Fletcher	48
33	1969	Change of Mind	Sheriff Webb	48
34	1970	Night Slaves	Sheriff Henshaw	63
35	1970	The Aquarians	Official	60
36	1970	Hauser's Memory	Joseph Slaughter	63
37	1971	Incident in San Francisco	Lt. Brubaker	35
38	1971	The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler	Harry Walsh	54
39	1971	They Call It Murder		54
40	1972	The Poseidon Adventure	Captain Harrison	71
41	1973	...And Millions Die!	Jack Gallagher	40
42	1973	Journey to the Outer Limits	(voice)	62
43	1973	Snatched	Bill Sutter	53
44	1973	The Letters	Derek Childs	63
45	1973	Amanda Fallon	Mr. Cummings	0
46	1973	The Return of Charlie Chan	Alexander Hadrachi	48
47	1974	Can Ellen Be Saved?	Arnold Lindsey	38
48	1975	The Outlaw Cats of Colossal Cave	Narrator	0
49	1975	King of the Underwater World	Self	0
50	1976	Brinks: The Great Robbery	Agent Norman Houston	0
51	1976	Project: Kill	John Trevor	46
52	1977	Grand Jury	John Williams	20
53	1977	Sixth and Main	John Doe	0
54	1977	The Dawson Patrol	Narrator	0
55	1977	Day of the Animals	Paul Jenson	52
56	1977	Viva Knievel!	Stanley Millard	36
57	1977	The Amsterdam Kill	Riley Knight	47
58	1978	Little Mo	Nelson Fisher	75
59	1979	Institute for Revenge	Counselor Hollis Barnes	50
60	1979	City on Fire	Mayor William Dudley	50
61	1980	OHMS	Governor	50
62	1980	Dive to the Edge of Creation	Self - Narrator	0
63	1980	Airplane!	Dr. Rumack	73
64	1980	Prom Night	Mr. Hammond	57
65	1980	The Night the Bridge Fell Down	Paul Warren	46
66	1982	Foxfire Light	Reece Morgan	35
67	1982	Twilight Theatre		0
68	1982	Wrong Is Right	Mallory	55
69	1982	Creepshow	Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")	69
70	1983	Cave-In!	Joe Johnson	33
71	1983	Spaceship	Capt. Jamieson	37
72	1985	Blade in Hong Kong	Harry Ingersoll	0
73	1985	Reckless Disregard	Bob Franklin	0
74	1985	Striker's Mountain	Jim McKay	10
75	1986	The Canadian Conspiracy		60
76	1986	The Patriot	Admiral Frazer	37
77	1986	Soul Man	Mr. Dunbar	53
78	1987	Home Is Where the Hart Is	Sheriff Nashville Schwartz	37
79	1987	Nightstick	Thad Evans	29
80	1987	Nuts	Allen Green	63
81	1987	Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery	Senator Erdain	0
82	1988	Dangerous Curves	Greg Krevske	29
83	1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Frank Drebin	73
84	1989	The Railway Dragon	Narrator (voice)	10
85	1989	Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation	Host	77
86	1990	Repossessed	Father Jebedaiah Mayii	51
87	1991	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	Lt. Frank Drebin	68
88	1991	All I Want For Christmas	Santa	56
89	1991	Chance of a Lifetime	Lloyd Dixon	52
90	1993	Surf Ninjas	Colonel Chi	50
91	1993	The Unknown Marx Brothers	Self - Narrator	54
92	1993	Digger	Arthur Evrensel	64
93	1993	Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier	Himself	65
94	1994	Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way	Leslie Nielsen	27
95	1994	World's Funniest Commercials		0
96	1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Lt. Frank Drebin	65
97	1994	Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects	Self	0
98	1994	WWE SummerSlam 1994	Himself	57
99	1994	An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck	Self - Audience Member	0
100	1994	S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago	Lucio Cinico	48
101	1995	Rent-a-Kid	Harry Haber	55
102	1995	Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree	Baxter	59
103	1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Count Dracula	61
104	1996	Spy Hard	Dick Steele	54
105	1996	Harvey	Dr. Chumley	43
106	1997	Family Plan	Harry Haber	50
107	1997	Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video	Himself	56
108	1997	Mr. Magoo	Mr. Quincy Magoo	45
109	1998	Safety Patrol!	Mr. Penn	44
110	1998	Wrongfully Accused	Ryan Harrison	59
111	2000	2001: A Space Travesty	Richard 'Dick' Dix	43
112	2000	Santa Who?	Santa Claus	54
113	2001	Chilly Dogs	Clive Thorton / Cab Driver	53
114	2001	Camouflage	Jack Potter	44
115	2002	Men with Brooms	Gordon Cutter	53
116	2003	Scary Movie 3	President Baxter Harris	60
117	2003	Noël Noël	Narrator (english version)	70
118	2004	The Nutcracker and the Mouseking	(Mouseking) (voice)	61
119	2005	Nos Bastidores de Hollywood	Self	100
120	2006	Scary Movie 4	President Baxter Harris	55
121	2006	Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon	Self	70
122	2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self	45
123	2007	Music Within	Bill Austin	65
124	2008	Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest	Dr. Rumack (archive voice)	74
125	2008	Superhero Movie	Uncle Albert Adams	53
126	2008	An American Carol	Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa	42
127	2008	Slap Shot 3: The Junior League	Mayor of Charlestown	52
128	2009	Stan Helsing	Kay	42
129	2009	Spanish Movie	Doctor Nielsen	51
130	2011	Stonerville	Producer	27
131	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
132	2014	The Horrors of Hamilton High: The Making of Prom Night	Self (archive footage)	85
133	2016	O.J.: Made in America	Self (archive footage)	84

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Host	72
2	1948	Actors Studio		67
3	1948	Studio One		50
4	1948	Studio One	Chris Jackson	50
5	1948	Studio One	Stan Janicek	50
6	1948	Studio One	Dr. Clayborn	50
7	1948	Studio One	Dr. Roger Waring	50
8	1948	Studio One	Mac	50
9	1948	Studio One	Edmund	50
10	1948	Studio One	Tallman	50
11	1948	Studio One	Karl	50
12	1949	Suspense		49
13	1949	Suspense	Serge Soudekine	49
14	1949	The Clock	David Kyle	0
15	1949	Lights Out		53
16	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	C. K. Dexter Haven	56
17	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	George	56
18	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Gates Holden	56
19	1950	Starlight Theatre		0
20	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
21	1950	Stage 13		0
22	1950	Sure As Fate		60
23	1950	The Web		67
24	1950	Danger		80
25	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
26	1951	Tales of Tomorrow	Harold 'Harry' Mason	60
27	1951	Goodyear Television Playhouse		53
28	1951	Out There		0
29	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		86
30	1952	Short Short Dramas		0
31	1953	General Electric Theater	Judge Wayne Douglas	63
32	1953	General Electric Theater	Edward Morgan	63
33	1953	Medallion Theatre		0
34	1954	Love Story		0
35	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Colonel Francis Marion	78
36	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Col. Francis Marion	78
37	1955	Gunsmoke	Jess Trevor	66
38	1955	Folio	Biff Loman	0
39	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Lloyd Ashley	77
40	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Rudy Cox	77
41	1955	First Performance	Ted	0
42	1956	Playhouse 90	Ralph Mohr	76
43	1957	Wagon Train	Brian Conlin	63
44	1958	Naked City	Norman Garry	55
45	1959	Rawhide	Eli Becker	72
46	1959	Bonanza	Sheriff Paul Rowan	75
47	1959	The Swamp Fox	Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox)	67
48	1960	Moment of Fear		0
49	1960	Route 66		63
50	1961	The Defenders	Bob Garrison	62
51	1961	Dr. Kildare	Walter Burton	55
52	1961	Dr. Kildare	Harry Kleber	55
53	1961	The New Breed	Lt. Price Adams	70
54	1962	The Virginian	John Hagen	65
55	1962	The Virginian	Cleve Mason	65
56	1962	The Virginian	Harry Lightfoot	65
57	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mr. Grainger	78
58	1963	The Art Linkletter Show		0
59	1963	Miss USA	Self - Judge	60
60	1963	The Fugitive	Harold Cheyney	72
61	1963	The Fugitive	Martin C. Rowland	72
62	1963	Channing	Prof. Paul Stafford	70
63	1963	The Farmer's Daughter		50
64	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
65	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	John Joslin	57
66	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Dr. David Cord	53
67	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Paul Maytric	53
68	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea		78
69	1964	Daniel Boone	William Russell	69
70	1965	National Geographic Specials	Narrator (voice)	65
71	1965	The Big Valley	Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway	61
72	1965	Convoy		65
73	1965	The Wild Wild West	Major General Ball	75
74	1965	The F.B.I.	Hudson	55
75	1967	Ironside		68
76	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
77	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
78	1968	It Takes a Thief	S.I.A. Security Man	70
79	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Brent	71
80	1968	The Name of the Game		68
81	1968	The Mod Squad	Rusty Bryson	63
82	1969	The Movie Game (US)		0
83	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Mr. Cummings	40
84	1969	Bracken's World		50
85	1969	The Bold Ones: The Protectors	Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth	30
86	1970	Night Gallery	Col. Dennis Malloy	78
87	1970	Night Gallery	The Phantom (segment "Phantom of What Opera?")	78
88	1971	Cannon	Joe Gilbert	65
89	1971	Cannon	Erich Strasser	65
90	1971	Cannon	Weller Dane	65
91	1971	Columbo	A.J. Henderson	81
92	1971	Columbo	Peter Hamilton	81
93	1971	Bearcats!	Col. Ted Donovan	62
94	1971	Monty Nash	Ross Carter	55
95	1971	Sarge		50
96	1972	The Rookies		68
97	1972	MAS*H	Col. Buzz Brighton	79
98	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
99	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	John T. Connor	69
100	1972	Assignment: Vienna	Floyd Macklin	0
101	1972	Kung Fu	Vincent Corbino	77
102	1973	Barnaby Jones	Edward Brendon	69
103	1973	The Evil Touch		55
104	1973	Kojak	Michael Hagar	70
105	1974	The Manhunter		50
106	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
107	1975	S.W.A.T.		70
108	1975	The Swiss Family Robinson		62
109	1975	Sidestreet		50
110	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
111	1977	Lucan		60
112	1977	The Love Boat	Hank Hardaway	63
113	1977	The Love Boat	Russ Blanchard	63
114	1977	The Love Boat	Dan Michaels	63
115	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
116	1978	Fantasy Island	Doctor Whitfield	64
117	1978	Vega$		70
118	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Ike Hoover	59
119	1979	The Littlest Hobo	Mayor Chester Montgomery	73
120	1981	Aloha Paradise	Grant Culberson	50
121	1982	Twilight Theater		10
122	1982	Police Squad!	Lt. Frank Drebin	79
123	1982	Wogan	Self	45
124	1983	Prime Times	Self	0
125	1984	Shaping Up	Buddy Fox	50
126	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
127	1984	Who's the Boss?		74
128	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Matthew Vail	57
129	1984	Murder, She Wrote	David Everett	75
130	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Captain Daniels	75
131	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Fantoccini	69
132	1985	Doris Day's Best Friends		0
133	1985	The Golden Girls	Lucas	75
134	1985	227		68
135	1987	Race for the Bomb	Lewis Strauss	0
136	1988	Day by Day		60
137	1990	Evening Shade		56
138	1991	Herman's Head	God	66
139	1991	Flesh 'n' Blood	Red Houser	60
140	1992	Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	50
141	1993	Raw	Leslie Nielsen	68
142	1993	Katie and Orbie	Narrator	0
143	1994	The Danny Baker Show		0
144	1994	Due South	Sgt. Buck Frobisher	75
145	1994	Cybermania '94 - The Ultimate Gamer Awards	Host	0
146	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
147	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
148	1996	Life and Times		35
149	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney	Mr. Penn	67
150	1999	Family Guy	Dr. Rumack (archive footage)	74
151	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	42
152	1999	Harvey	Dr. Chumley	0
153	2001	Liocracy		0
154	2001	Liography	Terrence Brynne McKennie	0
155	2003	Odd Job Jack		20
156	2003	Chilly Beach		55
157	2004	Zeroman	Zeroman (voice)	52
158	2005	Tubridy Tonight		0
159	2005	Robson Arms	Caldo Vasco	48
160	2006	Gameshow Marathon		0
161	2007	Lipshitz Saves the World	Himself	10

Leslie Nielsen

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