Leslie Nielsen

ActorProductionProducer Feb 11 (died age 84) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 1944–2016 (72 year career)

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Biography

Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a Canadian-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…

Known For

Film

Halloween

Commander John J. Adams (archive footage)

Film

Airplane!

Dr. Rumack

Film

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Frank Drebin

Film

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Lt. Frank Drebin

Film

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Lt. Frank Drebin

Film

Scary Movie 3

President Baxter Harris

Film

Forbidden Planet

Commander John J. Adams

Film

The Poseidon Adventure

Captain Harrison

Filmography

Acting (274)

Movies (137)

O.J.: Made in America

2016

as Self (archive footage)

8.4

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Stonerville

as Producer

Stan Helsing

as Kay

Spanish Movie

as Doctor Nielsen

Superhero Movie

as Uncle Albert Adams

5.3

An American Carol

2008

as Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa

4.2

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League

2008

as Mayor of Charlestown

5.0

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2007

as Dr. Rumack (archive voice)

Music Within

as Bill Austin

Scary Movie 4

as President Baxter Harris

5.5

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006

as Self

4.5

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

2006

as Self

7.0

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

2004

as (Mouseking) (voice)

6.1

Scary Movie 3

2003

as President Baxter Harris

6.0

Noël Noël

2003

as Narrator (english version)

Men with Brooms

as Gordon Cutter

Camouflage

as Jack Potter

Chilly Dogs

as Clive Thorton / Cab Driver

5.3

2001: A Space Travesty

2000

as Richard 'Dick' Dix

Santa Who?

as Santa Claus

Wrongfully Accused

as Ryan Harrison

Safety Patrol!

as Mr. Penn

Mr. Magoo

as Mr. Quincy Magoo

Family Plan

as Harry Haber

Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video

as Himself

Spy Hard

as Dick Steele

Harvey

as Dr. Chumley

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

1995

as Baxter

5.9

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

as Count Dracula

Rent-a-Kid

as Harry Haber

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Lt. Frank Drebin

WWE SummerSlam 1994

as Himself

World's Funniest Commercials

1994

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

as Self

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago

1994

as Lucio Cinico

4.8

Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way

1994

as Leslie Nielsen

2.7

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

1994

as Self - Audience Member

The Unknown Marx Brothers

as Self - Narrator

Surf Ninjas

as Colonel Chi

Digger

as Arthur Evrensel

Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier

1993

as Himself

6.5

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991

as Lt. Frank Drebin

6.8

All I Want For Christmas

as Santa

Chance of a Lifetime

as Lloyd Dixon

Repossessed

as Father Jebedaiah Mayii

5.2

Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation

as Host

The Railway Dragon

as Narrator (voice)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

as Frank Drebin

Dangerous Curves

as Greg Krevske

Nightstick

as Thad Evans

Nuts

as Allen Green

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

1987

as Senator Erdain

8.0

Home Is Where the Hart Is

1987

as Sheriff Nashville Schwartz

Soul Man

as Mr. Dunbar

The Patriot

as Admiral Frazer

The Canadian Conspiracy

1986

as Self

5.0

Reckless Disregard

1985

as Bob Franklin

Blade in Hong Kong

1985

as Harry Ingersoll

Striker's Mountain

as Jim McKay

Spaceship

as Capt. Jamieson

Cave-In!

as Joe Johnson

Creepshow

as Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")

Twilight Theatre

Wrong Is Right

as Mallory

Foxfire Light

as Reece Morgan

Police Squad!

as Lieutenant Frank Drebin

Airplane!

as Dr. Rumack

Prom Night

as Mr. Hammond

Dive to the Edge of Creation

1980

as Self - Narrator

OHMS

1980

as Governor

5.0

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

1980

as Paul Warren

5.9

Riel

1979

as Major Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier

6.0

Institute for Revenge

1979

as Counselor Hollis Barnes

5.0

City on Fire

1979

as Mayor William Dudley

5.0

Halloween

1978

as Commander John J. Adams (archive footage)

Little Mo

as Nelson Fisher

Sixth and Main

as John Doe

The Amsterdam Kill

as Riley Knight

Day of the Animals

as Paul Jenson

The Dawson Patrol

as Narrator

Grand Jury

as John Williams

Viva Knievel!

as Stanley Millard

Brinks: The Great Robbery

1976

as Agent Norman Houston

Project: Kill

1976

as John Trevor

4.6

King of the Underwater World

1975

as Self

The Outlaw Cats of Colossal Cave

1975

as Narrator

Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience

1975

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Can Ellen Be Saved?

as Arnold Lindsey

Snatched

as Bill Sutter

Journey to the Outer Limits

1973

as (voice)

6.2

Amanda Fallon

1973

as Mr. Cummings

The Letters

1973

as Derek Childs

6.2

The Return of Charlie Chan

1973

as Alexander Hadrachi

4.8

...And Millions Die!

1973

as Jack Gallagher

4.0

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as Captain Harrison

7.1

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

as Harry Walsh

They Call It Murder

Incident in San Francisco

as Lt. Brubaker

The Aquarians

as Official

Night Slaves

as Sheriff Henshaw

Hauser's Memory

as Joseph Slaughter

Change of Mind

as Sheriff Webb

Deadlock

as Lt. Sam Danforth

Trial Run

as Jason Harkness

Four Rode Out

as Mr Brown

How to Commit Marriage

as Phil Fletcher

Cocoon

as Brent

Companions in Nightmare

1968

as Dr. Neesden

4.0

The Wild Heart

1968

as Narrator

Dayton's Devils

1968

as Frank Dayton

1.0

How to Steal the World

1968

as General Maximilian Harmon

5.2

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

as Sheriff Verne Drover

6.5

Code Name: Heraclitus

1967

as Fryer

Counterpoint

1967

as Victor Rice

6.0

Rosie!

1967

as Cabot Shaw

The Boy Who Flew with Condors

1967

as Narrator

6.0

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967

as Major Fred Gifford

Gunfight in Abilene

as Grant Evers

The Plainsman

as Col. George Armstrong Custer

Beau Geste

as Lt. De Ruse

Harlow

as Richard Manley

Dark Intruder

as Brett Kingsford

See How They Run

as Elliot Green

Night Train to Paris

as Alan Holiday

The Velvet Alley

as Eddie Kirkley

The Sheepman

1958

as Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe

6.9

Hot Summer Night

1957

as William Joel Partain

5.6

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957

as Peter Brent

7.0

Forbidden Planet

1956

as Commander John J. Adams

7.2

The Vagabond King

1956

as Thibault d'Aussigny

The Opposite Sex

as Steve Hilliard

Ransom!

as Charlie Telfer

The Battle of Gettysburg

1955

as Narrator (voice)

5.8

Dark Possession

1954

as Dr. Roger Waring

The Lost Will of Dr. Rant

1951

as Bill

Television (137)

Lipshitz Saves the World

as Himself

Gameshow Marathon

Robson Arms

as Caldo Vasco

Tubridy Tonight

Zeroman

as Zeroman (voice)

Chilly Beach

as Santa (voice)

Odd Job Jack

Liocracy

Liography

as Terrence Brynne McKennie

Family Guy

1999

as Dr. Rumack (archive footage)

7.4

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

1999

as Self

4.6

Harvey

1999

as Dr. Chumley

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

as Mr. Penn

6.7

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Life and Times

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

as Self

7.1

Due South

1994

as Sgt. Buck Frobisher

7.5

The Danny Baker Show

1994

Cybermania '94 - The Ultimate Gamer Awards

1994

as Host

Raw

1993

as Leslie Nielsen

6.8

Katie and Orbie

1993

as Narrator

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

as Self

Herman's Head

as God

Flesh 'n' Blood

as Red Houser

Evening Shade

Father Dowling Mysteries

as Senator Erdain

Day by Day

Race for the Bomb

as Lewis Strauss

The Golden Girls

as Lucas

227

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

as Fantoccini

6.8

Doris Day's Best Friends

Murder, She Wrote

as Captain Daniels

Who's the Boss?

Highway to Heaven

Finder of Lost Loves

as Matthew Vail

Shaping Up

as Buddy Fox

Prime Times

as Self

Wogan

as Self

Police Squad!

as Lt. Frank Drebin

Twilight Theater

Aloha Paradise

as Grant Culberson

The Littlest Hobo

as Mayor Chester Montgomery

7.3

Backstairs at the White House

as Ike Hoover

Fantasy Island

as Doctor Whitfield

Vega$

The Love Boat

as Russ Blanchard

Lucan

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

S.W.A.T.

The Swiss Family Robinson

Sidestreet

Dinah!

as Self

The Manhunter

Kojak

as Michael Hagar

Barnaby Jones

as Edward Brendon

The Evil Touch

M*A*S*H

as Col. Buzz Brighton

7.9

The Streets of San Francisco

as John T. Connor

The Rookies

Assignment: Vienna

as Floyd Macklin

Kung Fu

as Vincent Corbino

Columbo

as Peter Hamilton

Cannon

as Joe Gilbert

Monty Nash

as Ross Carter

Sarge

Bearcats!

as Col. Ted Donovan

Night Gallery

as The Phantom (segment "Phantom of What Opera?")

7.8

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Mr. Cummings

Bracken's World

The Bold Ones: The Protectors

1969

as Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth

The Movie Game (US)

Hawaii Five-O

as Brent

The Name of the Game

It Takes a Thief

as SIA Security Man

The Mod Squad

as Rusty Bryson

Ironside

Judd for the Defense

Cimarron Strip

The F.B.I.

as Hudson

The Big Valley

as Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway

6.1

The Wild Wild West

1965

as Major General Ball

7.6

National Geographic Specials

as Narrator (voice)

Convoy

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Daniel Boone

as William Russell

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as General Maximilian Harmon

7.1

The Fugitive

1963

as Martin C. Rowland

7.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as John Joslin

Miss USA

as Self - Judge

The Farmer's Daughter

1963

5.0

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Dr. David Cord

5.3

Channing

1963

as Prof. Paul Stafford

7.0

The Art Linkletter Show

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mr. Grainger

The Virginian

as John Hagen

Your First Impression

Dr. Kildare

as Walter Burton

The Defenders

as Bob Garrison

The New Breed

as Lt. Price Adams

Route 66

Thriller

as Alan Patterson

Moment of Fear

Bonanza

as Sheriff Paul Rowan

Rawhide

as Eli Becker

The Swamp Fox

as Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox)

Naked City

as Norman Garry

Wagon Train

as Brian Conlin

Playhouse 90

as Ralph Mohr

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lloyd Ashley

Gunsmoke

as Jess Trevor

Folio

as Biff Loman

MGM Parade

1955

as Self

First Performance

1955

as Ted

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Colonel Francis Marion

7.8

Love Story

1954

General Electric Theater

1953

as Judge Wayne Douglas

6.4

Medallion Theatre

1953

Short Short Dramas

1952

Goodyear Television Playhouse

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Out There

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as C. K. Dexter Haven

Danger

The Web

Starlight Theatre

Stage 13

Sure As Fate

Suspense

Lights Out

The Clock

as David Kyle

Studio One

as Karl

Actors Studio

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Host

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video

1997

Executive Co-Producer

5.6

Spy Hard

1996

Executive Producer

5.4