Leslie Nielsen

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Canadian-American comedian film actor human television actor

Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.

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Leslie William Nielsen 1

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instanceOf Canadian-American ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-02-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-11-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts ⓘ
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
ethnicGroup Danish descent ⓘ
Welsh descent ⓘ
familyName Nielsen ⓘ
fullName Leslie Nielsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leslie William Nielsen
genre comedy film ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
givenName Leslie ⓘ
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
knownFor deadpan comedic style ⓘ
transition from dramatic to comedic roles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryService Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
notableWork Airplane! ⓘ
Creepshow ⓘ
Forbidden Planet ⓘ
Mr. Magoo ⓘ
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult ⓘ
Police Squad! ⓘ
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ⓘ
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ⓘ
The Poseidon Adventure ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
parent Ingvard Eversen Nielsen ⓘ
Mabel Elizabeth Davies ⓘ
placeOfBirth Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ
relative Erik Nielsen ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
servedIn World War II ⓘ
sibling Erik Nielsen ⓘ
spouse Alisande Ullman ⓘ
Barbaree Earl Nielsen ⓘ
Brooke Hunter ⓘ
Monica Boyar ⓘ
voiceType baritone ⓘ
yearsActive 1948–2010 ⓘ

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Leslie Nielsen → fullName → Leslie Nielsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie William Nielsen
Counterpoint → starring → Leslie Nielsen ⓘ
Backstairs at the White House → stars → Leslie Nielsen ⓘ