
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 |
Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog | Frank Drebin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-02-12 |
Series | The Explorers | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | Pumper Pups | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | The Art Linkletter Show | 2017 | |
Series | Katie and Orbie | Unknown | 2017 |
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 |
Series | Doctor*Ology | Unknown | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest | Dr. Rumack (archive voice) | 2007-09-23 |
Movie | Scary Movie 4 | Präs. 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 | Himself | 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 | Men with Brooms | Gordon Cutter | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | Camouflage | Jack Potter | 2001-01-09 |
Movie | Chilly Dogs | Clive Thorton / Cab Driver | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Liocracy | 2001-04-01 | |
Series | Liography | Terrence Brynne McKennie | 2001-04-21 |
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 | Wrongfully Accused | Ryan Harrison | 1998-07-23 |
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 |
Movie | Spy Hard | Dick Steele | 1996-05-24 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Series | Life and Times | Unknown | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | Harvey | Dr. Chumley | 1996-10-19 |
Movie | Rent-a-Kid | Harry Haber | 1995-01-01 |
Series | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Unknown | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Willowby's butler | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Count Dracula | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1994-03-18 |
Series | The Danny Baker Show | Unknown | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | S.P.Q.R. - 2000 e ½ anni fa | Lucio Cinico | 1994-12-15 |
Series | Due South | Unknown | 1994-09-22 |
Movie | Digger | Arthur Evrensel | 1993-04-22 |
Movie | The Unknown Marx Brothers | Narrator | 1993-08-18 |
Movie | Surf Ninjas | Colonel Chi | 1993-08-20 |
Movie | Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier | Himself | 1993-11-03 |
Series | Terry Wogan's Friday Night | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | 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 | The Patriot | Admiral Frazer | 1986-07-25 |
Movie | Reckless Disregard | 1986-03-11 | |
Movie | Soul Man | Mr. Dunbar | 1986-10-24 |
Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Harry Ingersoll | 1985-03-15 |
Series | Doris Day's Best Friends | Unknown | 1985-07-16 |
Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Series | Shaping Up | Buddy Fox | 1984-03-20 |
Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
Series | Who's the Boss? | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
Series | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
Series | Showbiz Today | Unknown | 1984-10-29 |
Movie | The Night The Bridge Fell Down | Paul Warren | 1983-02-28 |
Movie | The Creature Wasn't Nice | Capt. Jamieson | 1983-07-01 |
Series | Twilight Theater | 1982-02-13 | |
Movie | Foxfire Light | Reece Morgan | 1982-01-01 |
Series | Police Squad! | Lt. Frank Drebin | 1982-03-04 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Dr. Rumack (archive footage) | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | Wrong Is Right | Mallory | 1982-04-16 |
Movie | Creepshow | Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") | 1982-11-12 |
Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
Series | Aloha Paradise | Unknown | 1981-02-25 |
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 |
Movie | City on Fire | Mayor William Dudley | 1979-07-11 |
Series | The Chisholms | Unknown | 1979-03-29 |
Movie | Little Mo | Nelson Fisher | 1978-09-05 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Series | Lucan | Unknown | 1977-05-22 |
Movie | The Dawson Patrol | Narrator | 1977-03-25 |
Movie | Viva Knievel! | Stanley Millard | 1977-06-10 |
Movie | Day of the Animals | Paul Jenson | 1977-05-13 |
Movie | The Amsterdam Kill | Riley Knight | 1977-12-26 |
Series | What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? | Unknown | 1977-12-08 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Project: Kill | John Trevor | 1976-10-01 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Can Ellen Be Saved? | Arnold Lindsey | 1974-02-06 |
Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Celebrity Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1974-04-01 |
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 | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Columbo | Peter Hamilton | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Incident in San Francisco | Lt. Brubaker | 1971-02-28 |
Movie | They Call It Murder | 1971-12-17 | |
Movie | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Harry Walsh | 1971-11-30 |
Series | Sarge | Unknown | 1971-09-21 |
Series | Monty Nash | Unknown | 1971-09-18 |
Movie | Night Slaves | Sheriff Henshaw | 1970-09-29 |
Movie | The Aquarians | Official | 1970-10-24 |
Movie | Hauser's Memory | Joseph Slaughter | 1970-11-24 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Movie | Deadlock | Lt. Sam Danforth | 1969-02-22 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The Protectors | Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth | 1969-02-22 |
Movie | How to Commit Marriage | Phil Fletcher | 1969-07-07 |
Movie | Four Rode Out | Mr Brown | 1969-01-01 |
Series | Bracken's World | Unknown | 1969-09-19 |
Series | The Movie Game (US) | Unknown | 1969-09-08 |
Movie | Change of Mind | Sheriff Webb | 1969-10-08 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
Movie | Shadow Over Elveron | Sheriff Verne Drover | 1968-03-05 |
Series | It Takes a Thief | S.I.A. Security Man | 1968-01-09 |
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 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Dayton's Devils | 1968-10-01 | |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
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 | Counterpoint | Victor Rice | 1967-12-22 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Movie | Rosie! | Cabot Shaw | 1967-11-22 |
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 | 1966-09-07 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Movie | Harlow | Richard Manley | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | Dark Intruder | Brett Kingsford | 1965-07-25 |
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 | Peyton Place | Kenneth Markham | 1964-09-15 |
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 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 | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Your First Impression | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
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 | Forbidden Planet | Commander John J. Adams | 1956-03-23 |
Movie | The Opposite Sex | Steve Hilliard | 1956-11-15 |
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 |
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 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1951-10-14 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Out There | Unknown | 1951-10-28 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Starlight Theatre | Unknown | 1950-04-02 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Stage 13 | Unknown | 1950-05-03 |
Series | The Trap | Unknown | 1950-04-29 |
Series | Sure As Fate | Unknown | 1950-07-04 |
Series | Danger | Unknown | 1950-09-26 |
Series | The Web | 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 |