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[[Leslie Nielsen]] was a Canadian born actor and comedian. Originally trained at Toronto's Neighborhood Playhouse, he first became known as a dramatic lead debuting in ''The Vagabond King''. Though the movie wasn't a success, Nielsen soon achieved fame as Commander John J. Adams in ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', and subsequently starred in many films and television shows as a romantic or dramatic leading man

He is, however, best known for [[Leslie Nielsen Syndrome|his comedic career]], starting with a [[Casting Gag]] role in ''[[Airplane!]]'', where his deadpan delivery in the face of nonstop absurdity stole the film. The film's success rejuvenated his career, and Nielsen soon found himself starring in other comic works, most notably ''[[Police Squad!]]'' and ''[[~~The Naked Gun (Film)|~~The Naked Gun]]''. All together, he has appeared in over a hundred films and 1,500 television programs.

He is, however, best known for [[Leslie Nielsen Syndrome|his comedic career]], starting with a [[Casting Gag]] role in ''[[Airplane!]]'', where his deadpan delivery in the face of nonstop absurdity stole the film. The film's success rejuvenated his career, and Nielsen soon found himself starring in other comic works, most notably ''[[Police Squad!]]'' and ''[[The Naked Gun]]''. All together, he has appeared in over a hundred films and 1,500 television programs.

He died of complications from pneumonia in November 2010.

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* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]

* [[Market-Based Title]]: In Spain, some of his comedic movies are renamed to "verb related to the movie" + ''como puedas'' (as you can):

** ''Aterriza como puedas'' ([[~~Airplane! (Film)|~~Airplane!]])

** ''Aterriza como puedas'' ([[Airplane!]])

** ''Agárralo como puedas'' (''[[~~The Naked Gun (Film)|~~The Naked Gun]]'')

** ''Agárralo como puedas'' (''[[The Naked Gun]]'')

** ''Espía como puedas'' (''[[Spy Hard]]'')

** ''Acampa como puedas'' (''Family Plan'')

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* ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]''

* ''[[Airplane!]]''

* ''[[The Canadian Conspiracy]]'', a 1985 HBO [[Mockumentary]] which riffs on the fact that his older brother Erik was Deputy Prime Minister to [[Canadian Politics|Brian Mulroney]], and included a whole bunch of Canadians in Hollywood (including both [[Lorne Greene]] and [[Lorne Michaels]], to say nothing of [[William Shatner]] and [[Michael J Fox]]) trying to subvert the US government. Yes.

* ''[[The Canadian Conspiracy]]'', a 1985 HBO [[Mockumentary]] which riffs on the fact that his older brother Erik was Deputy Prime Minister to [[Canadian Politics|Brian Mulroney]], and included a whole bunch of Canadians in Hollywood (including both [[Lorne Greene]] and [[Lorne Michaels]], to say nothing of [[William Shatner]] and [[Michael J. Fox]]) trying to subvert the US government. Yes.

* ''[[Creepshow]]''

* ''[[Due South]]''

* ''[[Dracula Dead and Loving It]]''

* ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]''

* ''[[Men ~~With Brooms (Film)|Men With~~ Brooms]]''

* ''[[Men with Brooms]]''

* ''[[~~Mr. Magoo (Animation)|~~Mr. Magoo]]'' (live-action movie)

* ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' (live-action movie)

* ''[[Police Squad!]]''

** ''[[~~The Naked Gun (Film)|~~The Naked Gun]]'' series, a sequel to ''Police Squad!''

** ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' series, a sequel to ''Police Squad!''

* ''[[Scary Movie]] 3&4''

* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111049/ S.P.Q.R.: 2000 and a half years ago]'', an Italian comedy movie among many starring veteran actors Massimo Boldi and Christian De Sica; this movie - otherwise rather forgettable - is known for having been graced by Leslie Nielsen himself.