Image of Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leslie William Nielsen, OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 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


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Feb 11, 1926 In Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
228
First Appeared:
In the series The Explorers
Latest Project:
Movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2020-02-12
Known For
Poster of Scary Movie 3
Poster of Spy Hard
Poster of The Defenders
Filmography
Series Katie and Orbie Unknown 2025
Series Pumper Pups Unknown 2025
Series The Explorers Unknown 2024
Movie Sonic the Hedgehog Frank Drebin (archive footage) (uncredited) 2020-02-12
Movie O.J.: Made in America Self (archive footage) 2016-05-20
Movie Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Self (archive footage) 2013-05-20
Movie Stonerville Producer 2011-01-11
Movie Spanish Movie Doctor Nielsen 2009-12-03
Movie Stan Helsing Kay 2009-10-27
Movie An American Carol Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa 2008-10-03
Movie Superhero Movie Uncle Albert Adams 2008-03-28
Movie Slap Shot 3: The Junior League Mayor of Charlestown 2008-12-17
Movie Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest Dr. Rumack (archive voice) 2008-01-21
Movie Music Within Bill Austin 2007-01-05
Series Lipshitz Saves the World Himself 2007-03-01
Series Doctor*Ology Unknown 2007-03-02
Movie Scary Movie 4 President Baxter Harris 2006-04-12
Movie Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet Self 2006-11-14
Movie Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon Self 2006-11-14
Series Robson Arms Caldo Vasco 2005-06-17
Series Tubridy Tonight Unknown 2005-03-12
Series Zeroman Zeroman (voice) 2004-09-11
Movie The Nutcracker and the Mouseking (Mouseking) (voice) 2004-10-12
Series Chilly Beach Unknown 2003-09-03
Movie Scary Movie 3 President Baxter Harris 2003-10-24
Series Odd Job Jack Unknown 2003-03-05
Movie Men with Brooms Gordon Cutter 2002-09-20
Series Liography Terrence Brynne McKennie 2001-04-21
Series Liocracy 2001-04-01
Movie Camouflage Jack Potter 2001-01-09
Movie Chilly Dogs Clive Thorton / Cab Driver 2001-01-01
Movie 2001: A Space Travesty Richard 'Dick' Dix 2000-10-31
Movie Santa Who? Santa Claus 2000-12-03
Series The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Unknown 1999-03-30
Movie Wrongfully Accused Ryan Harrison 1998-07-23
Movie Safety Patrol! Mr. Penn 1998-03-29
Movie Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video Himself 1997-01-01
Movie Mr. Magoo Mr. Quincy Magoo 1997-12-25
Movie Family Plan Harry Haber 1997-01-01
Series Life and Times Unknown 1996-10-04
Movie Harvey Dr. Chumley 1996-10-19
Series The Rosie O'Donnell Show Unknown 1996-06-10
Movie Spy Hard Dick Steele 1996-05-24
Movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It Count Dracula 1995-12-22
Movie Rent-a-Kid Harry Haber 1995-01-01
Movie Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Willowby's butler 1995-12-06
Series Die Harald Schmidt Show Unknown 1995-12-05
Movie Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way Leslie Nielsen 1994-01-01
Movie Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Lt. Frank Drebin 1994-03-18
Movie An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck Self - Audience Member 1994-10-22
Series The Danny Baker Show Unknown 1994-09-17
Series Due South Unknown 1994-09-22
Movie S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago Lucio Cinico 1994-12-15
Movie WWE SummerSlam 1994 Himself 1994-08-29
Movie Surf Ninjas Colonel Chi 1993-08-12
Movie Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier Himself 1993-11-03
Movie Digger Arthur Evrensel 1993-09-29
Movie The Unknown Marx Brothers Self - Narrator 1993-08-18
Series Terry Wogan's Friday Night Unknown 1992-10-09
Series Herman's Head Unknown 1991-09-08
Movie All I Want for Christmas Santa 1991-11-08
Movie The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Lt. Frank Drebin 1991-06-28
Movie Repossessed Father Jebedaiah Mayii 1990-09-14
Series Evening Shade Unknown 1990-09-21
Movie The Railway Dragon Narrator (voice) 1989-03-17
Movie Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation Host 1989-11-17
Movie Dangerous Curves Greg Krevske 1988-09-23
Movie The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Lt. Frank Drebin 1988-12-02
Series Day by Day Unknown 1988-02-29
Movie Nightstick Thad Evans 1987-09-01
Movie Nuts Allen Green 1987-11-20
Movie Home is Where the Hart Is Sheriff Nashville Schwartz 1987-06-13
Series Race for the Bomb Lewis Strauss 1987-02-01
Movie Soul Man Mr. Dunbar 1986-10-24
Movie The Patriot Admiral Frazer 1986-07-25
Movie The Canadian Conspiracy 1985-01-01
Series Doris Day's Best Friends Unknown 1985-07-16
Series The Golden Girls Unknown 1985-09-14
Movie Blade in Hong Kong Harry Ingersoll 1985-03-15
Series 227 Unknown 1985-09-14
Movie Reckless Disregard Bob Franklin 1985-03-17
Series Shaping Up Buddy Fox 1984-03-20
Series Highway to Heaven Unknown 1984-09-19
Series Showbiz Today Unknown 1984-10-29
Series Finder of Lost Loves Unknown 1984-09-22
Series Who's the Boss? Unknown 1984-09-20
Movie Spaceship Capt. Jamieson 1983-07-01
Movie The Night the Bridge Fell Down Paul Warren 1983-02-28
Movie Foxfire Light Reece Morgan 1982-01-01
Series Twilight Theater 1982-02-13
Series Wogan Unknown 1982-05-04
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
Movie Wrong Is Right Mallory 1982-04-16
Series Aloha Paradise Unknown 1981-02-25
Movie Airplane! Dr. Rumack 1980-07-02
Movie Prom Night Mr. Hammond 1980-07-18
Movie Cave-In! Joe Johnson 1980-04-12
Movie City on Fire Mayor William Dudley 1979-07-11
Series The Chisholms Unknown 1979-03-29
Series Backstairs at the White House Ike Hoover 1979-01-29
Movie Institute for Revenge Counselor Hollis Barnes 1979-01-22
Movie Little Mo Nelson Fisher 1978-09-05
Movie Halloween Commander John J. Adams (archive footage) 1978-10-24
Series Vega$ Unknown 1978-09-20
Movie Sixth and Main John Doe 1977-01-01
Movie The Amsterdam Kill Riley Knight 1977-12-26
Series What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? Unknown 1977-12-08
Movie The Dawson Patrol Narrator 1977-03-25
Series The Love Boat Unknown 1977-09-24
Series Lucan Unknown 1977-09-12
Movie Viva Knievel! Stanley Millard 1977-06-10
Movie Day of the Animals Paul Jenson 1977-05-13
Movie Project: Kill John Trevor 1976-10-01
Series The Swiss Family Robinson Unknown 1975-09-14
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series S.W.A.T. Unknown 1975-02-24
Series Celebrity Sweepstakes Unknown 1974-04-01
Movie Can Ellen Be Saved? Arnold Lindsey 1974-02-05
Series The Manhunter Unknown 1974-09-11
Movie ...And Millions Die! Jack Gallagher 1973-01-01
Movie Journey to the Outer Limits (voice) 1973-01-01
Movie Snatched Bill Sutter 1973-01-31
Series Kojak Unknown 1973-10-24
Movie The Return of Charlie Chan Alexander Hadrachi 1973-07-01
Series The Evil Touch Unknown 1973-06-19
Movie The Letters Derek Childs 1973-03-03
Series The Rookies Unknown 1972-09-11
Movie The Poseidon Adventure Captain Harrison 1972-12-13
Series Kung Fu Unknown 1972-10-14
Series M*A*S*H Unknown 1972-09-17
Series Assignment: Vienna Unknown 1972-09-28
Series The Streets of San Francisco Unknown 1972-09-23
Movie Incident in San Francisco Lt. Brubaker 1971-02-28
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Movie They Call It Murder 1971-12-17
Series Monty Nash Unknown 1971-09-17
Series Sarge Unknown 1971-09-21
Movie The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler Harry Walsh 1971-11-30
Series Columbo Peter Hamilton 1971-09-15
Movie Night Slaves Sheriff Henshaw 1970-09-29
Movie The Aquarians Official 1970-10-24
Series Night Gallery Unknown 1970-12-16
Movie Hauser's Memory Joseph Slaughter 1970-11-24
Movie Four Rode Out Mr Brown 1969-01-01
Movie Deadlock Lt. Sam Danforth 1969-02-22
Movie Change of Mind Sheriff Webb 1969-10-08
Series The Bold Ones: The Protectors Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth 1969-09-28
Movie How to Commit Marriage Phil Fletcher 1969-07-07
Series Bracken's World Unknown 1969-09-19
Series The Movie Game (US) Unknown 1969-09-08
Series The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Unknown 1969-09-14
Movie Shadow Over Elveron Sheriff Verne Drover 1968-03-05
Movie How to Steal the World General Maximilian Harmon 1968-09-18
Series The Name of the Game Unknown 1968-09-20
Movie Companions in Nightmare Dr. Neesden 1968-11-23
Movie Dayton's Devils Frank Dayton 1968-10-01
Series The Mod Squad Unknown 1968-09-24
Series Hawaii Five-O Unknown 1968-09-20
Movie Gunfight in Abilene Grant Evers 1967-02-03
Movie The Boy Who Flew with Condors Narrator 1967-02-19
Movie Rosie! Cabot Shaw 1967-11-22
Series Cimarron Strip Unknown 1967-09-07
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Movie Counterpoint Victor Rice 1967-12-22
Movie The Reluctant Astronaut Major Fred Gifford 1967-09-05
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 Harlow Richard Manley 1965-06-23
Series Convoy Unknown 1965-09-17
Movie Dark Intruder Brett Kingsford 1965-07-25
Series The F.B.I. Unknown 1965-09-19
Series The Big Valley Unknown 1965-09-15
Series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Unknown 1964-09-14
Series Peyton Place Kenneth Markham 1964-09-15
Movie See How They Run Elliot Green 1964-10-07
Series Daniel Boone Unknown 1964-09-24
Movie Night Train to Paris Alan Holiday 1964-09-22
Series The Art Linkletter Show 1963-02-18
Series The Farmer's Daughter Unknown 1963-09-20
Series Channing Prof. Paul Stafford 1963-09-18
Series The Fugitive Unknown 1963-09-17
Series Kraft Suspense Theatre Unknown 1963-10-10
Series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Unknown 1963-10-04
Series Your First Impression Unknown 1962-01-02
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Series The New Breed Lt. Price Adams 1961-10-03
Series Dr. Kildare Unknown 1961-09-27
Series The Defenders Unknown 1961-09-16
Series Route 66 Unknown 1960-10-07
Series Moment of Fear Unknown 1960-07-01
Series Rawhide Unknown 1959-01-09
Series The Swamp Fox Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox) 1959-10-23
Movie The Velvet Alley Eddie Kirkley 1959-01-22
Movie The Sheepman Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe 1958-05-01
Series Naked City Unknown 1958-09-30
Movie Tammy and the Bachelor Peter Brent 1957-06-14
Movie Hot Summer Night William Joel Partain 1957-02-15
Movie Ransom! Charlie Telfer 1956-01-24
Movie The Vagabond King Thibault d'Aussigny 1956-08-28
Series First Performance Unknown 1956-10-03
Movie The Opposite Sex Steve Hilliard 1956-11-15
Movie Forbidden Planet Commander John J. Adams 1956-03-23
Movie The Battle of Gettysburg Narrator (voice) 1955-12-01
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Series Love Story Unknown 1954-04-20
Series Medallion Theatre Unknown 1953-07-11
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Series Short Short Dramas Unknown 1952-09-30
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24
Series Tales of Tomorrow Unknown 1951-08-03
Series Out There Unknown 1951-10-28
Series Goodyear Television Playhouse Unknown 1951-10-14
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30
Series Starlight Theatre Unknown 1950-04-02
Series The Web Unknown 1950-07-04
Series Sure As Fate Unknown 1950-07-04
Series Danger Unknown 1950-09-26
Series Stage 13 Unknown 1950-05-03
Series The Trap Unknown 1950-04-29
Series Suspense Unknown 1949-01-06
Series Lights Out Unknown 1949-07-19
Series The Clock Unknown 1949-05-16
Series Studio One Unknown 1948-11-07
Series Actors Studio Unknown 1948-09-26