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
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 |