Leslie Nielsen
1926-2010
What a shocker huh? I mean Leslie Nielsen had been working so long and all the way up his passing if I might add. It’s bizarre in that I was just watching Naked Gun 2 on TV yesterday, what a tragedy to lose “The Olivier of Spoofs” as Roger Ebert once called him. It didn’t even matter if he was starring in an awful movie, Leslie always gave 100% and was always a pleasure to watch.
Getting his big break with the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet (1956), Leslie started off his career as your typical straightforward leading man. He followed this with a series of roles for MGM studios (Ransom! (1956), The Opposite Sex (1956) and Hot Summer Night (1957) and various appearances on television. In 1972 he played the captain in the popular disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure, but it was until 1980 that he truly found his calling… Airplane. One of the greatest comedies of all time with one of the greatest comedy roles of all time. Dr. Rumack arguably has some of the best lines and Leslie plays it masterfully with stone faced demeanor. Thus from there on he would come to be known as not just a good actor, but a great comedic talent.
Leslie would of course go on to do the classic Naked Gun series playing the serious yet always oblivious Lt. Frank Drebin. This would build a lifelong working relationship with the Zucker brothers and only further Leslie’s status as the go-to actor for spoof/parody films. Though most of these were fairly hit or MISS, Leslie seemed to enjoy his work and that enthusiasm always rubbed off on viewers.
Leslie passed away from pneumonia today at hospital near his Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84 years old and will be greatly missed.
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