
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 | Lipshitz Saves the World | Himself | 2022 |
Series | The Art Linkletter Show | Unknown | 2022 |
Movie | Stonerville | Producer | 2011-01-11 |
Movie | Spanish Movie | Doctor Nielsen | 2009-12-04 |
Movie | Stan Helsing | Kay | 2009-10-27 |
Movie | Superhero Movie | Uncle Albert Adams | 2008-03-27 |
Movie | Slap Shot 3: The Junior League | Mayor of Charlestown | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | An American Carol | Leslie Nielsen | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Music Within | Bill Austin | 2007-01-05 |
Movie | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest | Dr. Rumack (archive voice) | 2007-09-23 |
Movie | Scary Movie 4 | Präs. Baxter Harris | 2006-04-12 |
Series | Gameshow Marathon | Unknown | 2006-05-31 |
Movie | Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon | Himself | 2006-11-14 |
Movie | Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet | Self | 2006-11-14 |
Series | Robson Arms | Caldo Vasco | 2005-06-17 |
Series | Zeroman | Zeroman (voice) | 2004-09-01 |
Series | Tubridy Tonight | Unknown | 2004-10-16 |
Series | Chilly Beach | Unknown | 2003-09-03 |
Series | Odd Job Jack | Unknown | 2003-03-05 |
Movie | Scary Movie 3 | President Baxter Harris | 2003-10-24 |
Movie | Noël Noël | Narrator | 2003-12-13 |
Movie | Men with Brooms | Gordon Cutter | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | Chilly Dogs | Clive Thorton / Cab Driver | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Camouflage | Jack Potter | 2001-01-09 |
Series | Liography | Terrence Brynne McKennie | 2001-04-21 |
Series | Liocracy | 2001-04-01 | |
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 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | Harvey | Dr. Chumley | 1999-07-18 |
Movie | Safety Patrol | Mr. Penn | 1998-03-29 |
Movie | Wrongfully Accused | Ryan Harrison | 1998-07-23 |
Movie | Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video | Himself | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Family Plan | Harry Haber | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Mr. Magoo | Mr. Quincy Magoo | 1997-12-25 |
Movie | Spy Hard | Dick Steele | 1996-05-24 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Count Dracula | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Willowby's butler | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1994-03-18 |
Movie | Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way | Leslie Nielsen | 1994-01-01 |
Series | The Danny Baker Show | Unknown | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1994 | Himself | 1994-08-29 |
Series | Due South | Sgt. Buck Frobisher | 1994-09-22 |
Movie | S.P.Q.R. - 2000 e ½ anni fa | Lucio Cinico | 1994-12-15 |
Series | Cybermania '94 - The Ultimate Gamer Awards | Host | 1994-11-05 |
Movie | Digger | Arthur Evrensel | 1993-04-22 |
Movie | The Unknown Marx Brothers | Narrator | 1993-08-18 |
Movie | Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier | Himself | 1993-11-03 |
Movie | Surf Ninjas | Colonel Chi | 1993-08-20 |
Series | Terry Wogan's Friday Night | Himself | 1992-10-09 |
Movie | All I Want for Christmas | Santa | 1991-11-08 |
Movie | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Frank Drebin | 1991-06-28 |
Series | Herman's Head | God | 1991-09-08 |
Movie | Repossessed | Father Jebedaiah Mayii | 1990-09-14 |
Series | Evening Shade | Unknown | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | Dangerous Curves | Greg Krevske | 1989-07-07 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part II - Back to the Future Night | Host | 1989-11-17 |
Series | Day by Day | Unknown | 1988-02-29 |
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 | Nuts | Allen Green | 1987-11-20 |
Movie | Nightstick | Thad Evans | 1987-09-01 |
Movie | Reckless Disregard | 1986-03-11 | |
Movie | Soul Man | Mr. Dunbar | 1986-10-24 |
Movie | The Patriot | Admiral Frazer | 1986-07-25 |
Series | Doris Day's Best Friends | Unknown | 1985-07-16 |
Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Harry Ingersoll | 1985-03-15 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Lucas | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Striker's Mountain | Jim McKay | 1985-11-01 |
Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
Series | Shaping Up | Buddy Fox | 1984-03-20 |
Series | Who's the Boss? | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Captain Daniels | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Showbiz Today | Unknown | 1984-10-29 |
Series | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
Movie | The Night The Bridge Fell Down | Paul Warren | 1983-02-28 |
Movie | The Creature Wasn't Nice | Capt. Jamieson | 1983-07-01 |
Series | Police Squad! | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1982-03-04 |
Movie | Foxfire Light | Reece Morgan | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Wrong Is Right | Mallory | 1982-04-16 |
Series | Twilight Theater | 1982-02-13 | |
Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Dr. Rumack (archive footage) | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | Creepshow | Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") | 1982-11-12 |
Series | Aloha Paradise | Unknown | 1981-02-25 |
Movie | OHMS | Governor | 1980-01-02 |
Movie | Cave In! | Joe Johnson | 1980-04-12 |
Movie | Prom Night | Mr. Hammond | 1980-07-18 |
Movie | Airplane! | Dr. Rumack | 1980-07-02 |
Series | Backstairs at the White House | Ike Hoover | 1979-01-29 |
Series | The Chisholms | Unknown | 1979-03-29 |
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 | Day of the Animals | Paul Jenson | 1977-05-13 |
Movie | Sixth and Main | John Doe | 1977-01-01 |
Series | Lucan | Unknown | 1977-05-22 |
Movie | The Dawson Patrol | Narrator | 1977-03-25 |
Movie | Viva Knievel! | Stanley Millard | 1977-06-10 |
Series | The Love Boat | Dan Michaels | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | The Amsterdam Kill | Riley Knight | 1977-12-26 |
Series | What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? | Unknown | 1977-12-08 |
Movie | Brinks: The Great Robbery | Unknown | 1976-03-26 |
Movie | Project: Kill | John Trevor | 1976-10-01 |
Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Celebrity Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1974-04-01 |
Movie | Can Ellen Be Saved? | Arnold Lindsey | 1974-02-06 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Barnaby Jones | Edward Brendon | 1973-01-28 |
Movie | Journey to the Outer Limits | (voice) | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | ...And Millions Die! | Jack Gallagher | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | Snatched | Bill Sutter | 1973-01-31 |
Movie | The Letters | Derek Childs | 1973-03-03 |
Series | Kojak | Michael Hagar | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | The Return of Charlie Chan | Alexander Hadrachi | 1973-07-01 |
Series | The Evil Touch | Unknown | 1973-06-19 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Captain Harrison | 1972-12-13 |
Series | Assignment Vienna | Unknown | 1972-09-28 |
Series | Kung Fu | Vincent Corbino | 1972-10-14 |
Series | Cannon | Weller Dane | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | Incident in San Francisco | Lt. Brubaker | 1971-02-28 |
Series | Columbo | Peter Hamilton | 1971-09-15 |
Series | Sarge | Unknown | 1971-09-21 |
Movie | They Call It Murder | 1971-12-17 | |
Movie | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Harry Walsh | 1971-11-30 |
Series | Monty Nash | Unknown | 1971-09-18 |
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 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The Protectors | Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth | 1969-02-22 |
Movie | Four Rode Out | Mr Brown | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | Deadlock | Lt. Sam Danforth | 1969-02-22 |
Movie | How to Commit Marriage | Phil Fletcher | 1969-07-07 |
Movie | Change of Mind | Sheriff Webb | 1969-10-08 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
Series | Bracken's World | Unknown | 1969-09-19 |
Series | The Movie Game (US) | Unknown | 1969-09-08 |
Movie | How to Steal the World | General Maximilian Harmon | 1968-09-18 |
Movie | Shadow Over Elveron | Sheriff Verne Drover | 1968-03-05 |
Series | It Takes a Thief | S.I.A. Security Man | 1968-01-09 |
Movie | Cocoon | Brent | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Dayton's Devils | Unknown | 1968-10-01 |
Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Dr. Neesden | 1968-11-23 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 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 |
Movie | Counterpoint | Victor Rice | 1967-12-22 |
Movie | The Beast That Walks Like a Man | Rowan Houston | 1967-11-30 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Col. George Armstrong Custer | 1966-08-01 |
Movie | Beau Geste | Lt. De Ruse | 1966-09-07 |
Movie | Dark Intruder | Brett Kingsford | 1965-07-25 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Movie | Harlow | Richard Manley | 1965-06-23 |
Series | Convoy | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
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 | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | See How They Run | Elliott Green | 1964-10-07 |
Series | Channing | Prof. Paul Stafford | 1963-09-18 |
Series | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Your First Impression | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mr. Grainger | 1962-09-20 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The Defenders | Unknown | 1961-09-16 |
Series | The New Breed | Lt. Price Adams | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Moment of Fear | Unknown | 1960-07-01 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | The Velvet Alley | Eddie Kirkley | 1959-01-22 |
Series | The Swamp Fox | 1959-10-23 | |
Movie | The Sheepman | Col. Stephen Bedford | 1958-05-01 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 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 | First Performance | Unknown | 1956-10-03 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Battle of Gettysburg | Narrator | 1955-12-01 |
Movie | Dark Possession | Dr. Roger Waring | 1954-02-15 |
Series | Love Story | Unknown | 1954-04-20 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Medallion Theatre | Unknown | 1953-07-11 |
Series | Short Short Dramas | Unknown | 1952-09-30 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1951-10-14 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Out There | Unknown | 1951-10-28 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Stage 13 | Unknown | 1950-05-03 |
Series | Starlight Theatre | Unknown | 1950-04-02 |
Series | The Web | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Danger | Unknown | 1950-09-26 |
Series | Sure As Fate | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | The Clock | Unknown | 1949-05-16 |
Series | Actors Studio | Unknown | 1948-09-26 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |