| Leslie Nielsen  AKA Leslie William Nielsen
Born: 11-Feb-1926
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Airplane! Military service: Royal Canadian Air Force (aerial gunner, World War II) When Leslie Nielsen was a small child, his father, a Canadian Mountie, moved the family close to the Arctic Circle. Nielsen contracted rickets there, which left him bowlegged. Nielsen was as a disc jockey before he began performing on stage in the late 1940s, and landed his first television appearance -- out of more than 1500 -- in 1950. During the first 30 years of his acting career, he was frequently cast as an authority figure. He became known for his dramatic roles, including the soap opera Peyton Place, the science fiction epic Forbidden Planet, and the camp classic The Poseidon Adventure. He was also, as in Tammy and the Bachelor opposite Debbie Reynolds, cast as a tall, dark and rather wooden leading man. He worked steadily, but it wasn't until he got the part of Dr. Rumack in 1980's Airplane! that Nielsen exposed his comedic side. His other comedies include the sitcom Police Squad, three Naked Gun movies, and such severely unfunny attempts as Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Mr. Magoo, and Wrongfully Accused. Nielsen is now semi-retired.
Brother: Eric Nielsen (former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada)
Brother: Gilbert Nielsen (half brother)
Wife: Monica Boyer (m. 1950, div. 1956)
Wife: Alisande Ullman (m. 1958, div. 1973)
Wife: Brooks Oliver (m. 1981, div. 1983)
Wife: Barbaree Earl (m. 2001)
High School: Victoria Composite High School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6541 Hollywood Blvd.
Canada's Walk of Fame 2001
Endorsement of Coors 1991
Endorsement of Domino's Pizza 2004
Naturalized US Citizen
Danish Ancestry Paternal
Welsh Ancestry Maternal
TELEVISION
Police Squad! Lt. Frank Drebin
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Superhero Movie (27-Mar-2008)
Music Within (5-Jan-2007)
Scary Movie 4 (12-Apr-2006)
Scary Movie 3 (20-Oct-2003)
Men with Brooms (8-Mar-2002)
Kevin of the North (19-Dec-2001)
Camouflage (9-Jan-2001)
Santa Who? (19-Nov-2000)
2001: A Space Travesty (31-Oct-2000)
Wrongfully Accused (23-Jul-1998)
Safety Patrol (29-Mar-1998)
Family Plan (12-Mar-1998)
Mr. Magoo (25-Dec-1997)
Spy Hard (24-May-1996)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (22-Dec-1995)
Rent-a-Kid (04-Nov-1995)
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (18-Mar-1994)
Surf Ninjas (12-Aug-1993)
All I Want for Christmas (11-Nov-1991)
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (28-Jun-1991)
Repossessed (14-Sep-1990)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (2-Dec-1988)
Nuts (20-Nov-1987)
Soul Man (24-Oct-1986)
Creepshow (12-Nov-1982)
Wrong Is Right (16-Apr-1982)
The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981)
Prom Night (18-Jul-1980)
Airplane! (2-Jul-1980)
City on Fire (24-May-1979)
Little Mo (5-Sep-1978)
Viva Knievel! (15-Jul-1977)
Day of the Animals (13-May-1977)
The Poseidon Adventure (12-Dec-1972)
Change of Mind (1-Oct-1969)
How To Commit Marriage (7-Jul-1969)
Counterpoint (19-Jan-1968)
Rosie! (22-Nov-1967)
The Reluctant Astronaut (14-Jun-1967)
Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
Beau Geste (7-Sep-1966)
The Plainsman (26-Aug-1966)
Harlow (23-Jun-1965)
The Sheepman (7-May-1958)
Tammy and the Bachelor (14-Jun-1957)
The Opposite Sex (26-Oct-1956)
Forbidden Planet (15-Mar-1956)
Ransom! (24-Jan-1956)
Author of books:
The Naked Truth (1993, memoir, with David Fisher)
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