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

Film

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	73
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	67
10	1959	The Velvet Alley	Eddie Kirkley	0
11	1964	Night Train to Paris	Alan Holiday	53
12	1964	See How They Run	Elliot Green	70
13	1965	Harlow	Richard Manley	54
14	1965	Dark Intruder	Brett Kingsford	63
15	1966	The Plainsman	Col. George Armstrong Custer	48
16	1966	Beau Geste	Lt. De Ruse	59
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	60
21	1967	Rosie!	Cabot Shaw	0
22	1967	Counterpoint	Victor Rice	62
23	1968	Shadow Over Elveron	Sheriff Verne Drover	83
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	0
28	1968	Companions in Nightmare	Dr. Neesden	55
29	1969	Four Rode Out	Mr Brown	37
30	1969	Trial Run	Jason Harkness	0
31	1969	Deadlock	Lt. Sam Danforth	0
32	1969	How to Commit Marriage	Phil Fletcher	47
33	1969	Change of Mind	Sheriff Webb	60
34	1970	Night Slaves	Sheriff Henshaw	62
35	1970	The Aquarians	Official	60
36	1970	Hauser's Memory	Joseph Slaughter	67
37	1971	Incident in San Francisco	Lt. Brubaker	60
38	1971	The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler	Harry Walsh	54
39	1971	They Call It Murder		65
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	67
44	1973	The Letters	Derek Childs	67
45	1973	Amanda Fallon	Mr. Cummings	0
46	1973	The Return of Charlie Chan	Alexander Hadrachi	60
47	1974	Can Ellen Be Saved?	Arnold Lindsey	44
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	0
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	40
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	52
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	45
71	1983	Spaceship	Capt. Jamieson	38
72	1985	Blade in Hong Kong	Harry Ingersoll	0
73	1985	Reckless Disregard	Bob Franklin	0
74	1985	Striker's Mountain	Jim McKay	0
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	32
80	1987	Nuts	Allen Green	63
81	1987	Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery	Senator Erdain	0
82	1988	Dangerous Curves	Greg Krevske	30
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	75
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	55
93	1993	Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier	Himself	53
94	1994	Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way	Leslie Nielsen	35
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	56
102	1995	Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree	Baxter	55
103	1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Count Dracula	61
104	1996	Spy Hard	Dick Steele	54
105	1996	Harvey	Dr. Chumley	40
106	1997	Family Plan	Harry Haber	48
107	1997	Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video	Himself	45
108	1997	Mr. Magoo	Mr. Quincy Magoo	45
109	1998	Safety Patrol!	Mr. Penn	44
110	1998	Wrongfully Accused	Ryan Harrison	59
111	1999	Pirates: 3D Show	Lucky	65
112	2000	2001: A Space Travesty	Richard 'Dick' Dix	43
113	2000	Santa Who?	Santa Claus	54
114	2001	Chilly Dogs	Clive Thorton / Cab Driver	54
115	2001	Camouflage	Jack Potter	43
116	2002	Men with Brooms	Gordon Cutter	52
117	2003	Scary Movie 3	President Baxter Harris	60
118	2003	Noël Noël	Narrator (english version)	70
119	2004	The Nutcracker and the Mouseking	(Mouseking) (voice)	61
120	2005	Nos Bastidores de Hollywood	Self	0
121	2006	Scary Movie 4	President Baxter Harris	55
122	2006	Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon	Self	70
123	2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self	45
124	2007	Music Within	Bill Austin	65
125	2008	Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest	Dr. Rumack (archive voice)	73
126	2008	Superhero Movie	Uncle Albert Adams	53
127	2008	An American Carol	Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa	42
128	2008	Slap Shot 3: The Junior League	Mayor of Charlestown	53
129	2009	Stan Helsing	Kay	42
130	2009	Spanish Movie	Doctor Nielsen	49
131	2011	Stonerville	Producer	30
132	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
133	2014	The Horrors of Hamilton High: The Making of Prom Night	Self (archive footage)	85
134	2016	O.J.: Made in America	Self (archive footage)	84

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Host	68
2	1948	Actors Studio		65
3	1948	Studio One		47
4	1948	Studio One	Stan Janicek	47
5	1948	Studio One	Chris Jackson	47
6	1948	Studio One	Dr. Clayborn	47
7	1948	Studio One	Dr. Roger Waring	47
8	1948	Studio One	Mac	47
9	1948	Studio One	Edmund	47
10	1948	Studio One	Tallman	47
11	1948	Studio One	Karl	47
12	1949	Suspense		46
13	1949	Suspense	Serge Soudekine	46
14	1949	The Clock		0
15	1949	Lights Out		53
16	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	C. K. Dexter Haven	52
17	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	George	52
18	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Gates Holden	52
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		65
24	1950	Danger		80
25	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
26	1951	Tales of Tomorrow	Harold 'Harry' Mason	60
27	1951	Goodyear Television Playhouse		47
28	1951	Out There		0
29	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		87
30	1952	Short Short Dramas		0
31	1953	General Electric Theater	Judge Wayne Douglas	60
32	1953	General Electric Theater	Edward Morgan	60
33	1953	Medallion Theatre		0
34	1954	Love Story		0
35	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Colonel Francis Marion	76
36	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Col. Francis Marion	76
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	75
43	1957	Wagon Train	Brian Conlin	64
44	1958	Naked City	Norman Garry	53
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		64
50	1961	The Defenders	Bob Garrison	62
51	1961	Dr. Kildare	Walter Burton	54
52	1961	Dr. Kildare	Harry Kleber	54
53	1961	The New Breed	Lt. Price Adams	70
54	1962	Your First Impression		40
55	1962	The Virginian	John Hagen	64
56	1962	The Virginian	Cleve Mason	64
57	1962	The Virginian	Harry Lightfoot	64
58	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mr. Grainger	78
59	1963	The Art Linkletter Show		0
60	1963	Miss USA	Judge	60
61	1963	The Fugitive	Harold Cheyney	72
62	1963	The Fugitive	Martin C. Rowland	72
63	1963	Channing	Prof. Paul Stafford	70
64	1963	The Farmer's Daughter		50
65	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55
66	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	John Joslin	55
67	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Dr. David Cord	53
68	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Paul Maytric	53
69	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea		77
70	1964	Daniel Boone	William Russell	69
71	1965	National Geographic Specials	Narrator (voice)	60
72	1965	The Big Valley	Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway	61
73	1965	Convoy		65
74	1965	The Wild Wild West	Major General Ball	76
75	1965	The F.B.I.	Hudson	56
76	1967	Ironside		69
77	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
78	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
79	1968	It Takes a Thief	S.I.A. Security Man	70
80	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Brent	71
81	1968	The Name of the Game		68
82	1968	The Mod Squad	Rusty Bryson	65
83	1969	The Movie Game (US)		0
84	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Mr. Cummings	40
85	1969	Bracken's World		50
86	1969	The Bold Ones: The Protectors	Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth	30
87	1970	Night Gallery	Col. Dennis Malloy	78
88	1970	Night Gallery	The Phantom (segment "Phantom of What Opera?")	78
89	1971	Cannon	Joe Gilbert	65
90	1971	Cannon	Weller Dane	65
91	1971	Cannon	Erich Strasser	65
92	1971	Columbo	A.J. Henderson	81
93	1971	Columbo	Peter Hamilton	81
94	1971	Bearcats!	Col. Ted Donovan	62
95	1971	Monty Nash	Ross Carter	55
96	1971	Sarge		50
97	1972	The Rookies		69
98	1972	MAS*H	Col. Buzz Brighton	79
99	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
100	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	John T. Connor	70
101	1972	Assignment: Vienna	Floyd Macklin	0
102	1972	Kung Fu	Vincent Corbino	76
103	1973	Barnaby Jones	Edward Brendon	70
104	1973	The Evil Touch		55
105	1973	Kojak	Michael Hagar	70
106	1974	Celebrity Sweepstakes		0
107	1974	The Manhunter		50
108	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
109	1975	S.W.A.T.		70
110	1975	The Swiss Family Robinson		64
111	1975	Sidestreet		50
112	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
113	1977	Lucan		60
114	1977	The Love Boat	Hank Hardaway	63
115	1977	The Love Boat	Russ Blanchard	63
116	1977	The Love Boat	Dan Michaels	63
117	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
118	1978	Fantasy Island	Doctor Whitfield	64
119	1978	Vega$		70
120	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Ike Hoover	59
121	1979	The Chisholms		62
122	1979	The Littlest Hobo	Mayor Chester Montgomery	69
123	1981	Aloha Paradise	Grant Culberson	50
124	1982	Twilight Theater		0
125	1982	Police Squad!	Lt. Frank Drebin	78
126	1982	Wogan	Self	45
127	1983	Prime Times	Self	0
128	1984	Shaping Up	Buddy Fox	50
129	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
130	1984	Who's the Boss?		74
131	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Matthew Vail	57
132	1984	Murder, She Wrote	David Everett	75
133	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Captain Daniels	75
134	1984	Showbiz Today		0
135	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Fantoccini	69
136	1985	Doris Day's Best Friends		0
137	1985	The Golden Girls	Lucas	75
138	1985	227		68
139	1987	Race for the Bomb	Lewis Strauss	0
140	1988	Day by Day		60
141	1989	Father Dowling Mysteries	Senator Erdain	73
142	1990	Evening Shade		56
143	1991	Herman's Head	God	66
144	1991	Flesh 'n' Blood	Red Houser	60
145	1992	Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	50
146	1993	Raw	Leslie Nielsen	68
147	1993	Katie and Orbie	Narrator	0
148	1994	The Danny Baker Show		0
149	1994	Due South	Sgt. Buck Frobisher	76
150	1994	Cybermania '94 - The Ultimate Gamer Awards	Host	0
151	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
152	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
153	1996	Life and Times		35
154	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney	Mr. Penn	67
155	1999	Family Guy	Dr. Rumack (archive footage)	74
156	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	42
157	1999	Harvey	Dr. Chumley	0
158	2001	Liocracy		0
159	2001	Liography	Terrence Brynne McKennie	0
160	2003	Odd Job Jack		20
161	2003	Chilly Beach		50
162	2004	Zeroman	Zeroman (voice)	37
163	2005	Tubridy Tonight		0
164	2005	Robson Arms	Caldo Vasco	48
165	2006	Gameshow Marathon		0
166	2007	Lipshitz Saves the World	Himself	0