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Leslie Nielsen (born February 11, 1926 in Regina,
 Saskatchewan, Canada) is an
actor and comedian.

He studied at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio
Arts in Toronto before going to the United States.

Initially Nielsen was a serious dramatic actor,
appearing in such 1950s films as the science
fiction classic Forbidden Planet or as the ship's
captain in 1972's The Poseidon Adventure. 
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s he was a
staple television guest star, appearing countless
times as a doctor, lawyer, or police official, and
even in his own brief series Bold Ones|The Bold
Ones.  With his serious demeanor and serious
silver-haired appearance, he immediately lent
gravitas to any drama he was in.

It was this image that was comedically reversed in
the 1980 film comedy Airplane!, so effectively
that his career suddenly became one of starring in
a succession of broad, kitchen sink comedies. 
These included Police Squad! and the subsequent
The Naked Gun series and a large number of other
spoofs and comedies. His movies have sent up
disaster movies, hospital dramas, vampire and
horror movies, action movie|action blockbusters,
etc.

His brother, Erik Nielsen, is a former Prime
Minister of Canada|Deputy Prime Minister of
Canada. The sibling relationship serves as the
premise of an HBO satirical documentary entitled
The Canadian Conspiracy in which Leslie Nielsen
appears, along with other prominent Canadian born
media personalities.

Leslie Nielsen has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame at 6541 Hollywood Blvd, and has been inducted
into Canada's Walk of Fame.

== Filmography ==
* Forbidden Planet (1956)
* Swamp Fox (TV series)|Swamp Fox (1959-1961 TV
series)
* Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place (1965 TV
series)
* The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
* Day of the Animals (1977)
* Airplane! (1980)
* Prom Night (1980)
* Naked Space (movie)|Spaceship (1981, retitled
Naked Space)
* Police Squad! (1982)
* Creepshow (1982)
* The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(1988)
* Repossessed (1990)
* The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
* Surf Ninjas (1993)
* The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
* Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
* Spy Hard (1996)
* Mr. Magoo (1997)
* Wrongfully Accused (1998)
* 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
* Men with Brooms (2002) 
* Scary Movie 3 (2003)

==External links== 
*imdb name|id=0000558|name=Leslie Nielsen
*http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=B526
64 All Movie Guide entry for Leslie Nielsen