The following is the complete filmography of Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen.
 Nielsen in 1982 | |
| Film | 115 |
|---|---|
| Television series | 66 |
| Others | 5 |
Films
edit| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Battle of Gettysburg | Narrator | |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Charlie Telfer | Film debut, as an actor |
| Forbidden Planet | Commander John J. Adams | First starring role | |
| The Vagabond King | Thibault | ||
| The Opposite Sex | Steve Hilliard | ||
| 1957 | Hot Summer Night | William Joel Partain | |
| Tammy and the Bachelor | Peter Brent | ||
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Colonel Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe | |
| 1964 | Night Train to Paris | Alan Holiday | |
| See How They Run | Elliot Green | First television movie | |
| 1965 | Harlow | Richard Manley | |
| Dark Intruder | Brett Kingsford | ||
| 1966 | The Plainsman | Colonel George Armstrong Custer | |
| Beau Geste | Lieutenant De Ruse | ||
| 1967 | Code Name: Heraclitus | Fryer | |
| Gunfight in Abilene | Grant Evers | ||
| The Reluctant Astronaut | Major Fred Gifford | ||
| Counterpoint | Victor Rice | ||
| Rosie! | Cabot Shaw | ||
| 1968 | How to Steal the World | General Maximilian Harmon | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. film |
| Dayton's Devils | Frank Dayton | ||
| Companions in Nightmare | Dr. Neesden | ||
| 1969 | Deadlock | Lieutenant Sam Danforth | |
| Trial Run | Jason Harkness | ||
| How to Commit Marriage | Phil Fletcher | ||
| Change of Mind | Sheriff Webb | ||
| 1970 | Four Rode Out | Mr. Brown | |
| Night Slaves | Sheriff Henshaw | ||
| The Aquarians | Official | ||
| Hauser's Memory | Joseph Slaughter | ||
| 1971 | Incident in San Francisco | Lieutenant Brubaker | |
| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Harry Walsh | ||
| They Call It Murder | Frank Antrim | ||
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | Captain Harrison | |
| 1973 | Snatched | Bill Sutting | |
| Amanda Fallon | Mr. Cummings | ||
| The Return of Charlie Chan | Alexander Hadrachi | ||
| And Millions Will Die | Jack Gallagher | ||
| 1974 | Can Ellen Be Saved | Arnold Lindsey | |
| 1975 | Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience | Narrator | |
| 1976 | Brinks: The Great Robbery | Agent Norman Houston | |
| Project Kill | Jonathan Trevor | ||
| Grand Jury | John Williams | ||
| 1977 | Day of the Animals | Paul Jenson | |
| Viva Knievel! | Stanley Millard | ||
| The Amsterdam Kill | Riley Knight | ||
| Sixth and Main | John Doe | ||
| 1978 | Little Mo | Nelson Fisher | |
| The Mad Trapper | |||
| 1979 | The Albertans | Don MacIntosh | |
| Institute for Revenge | Counselor Hollis Barnes | ||
| Riel | Major Crozier | ||
| City on Fire | Mayor William Dudley | ||
| 1980 | OHMS | Governor | |
| Airplane! | Dr. Rumack | First comedy role | |
| Prom Night | Mr. Raymond Hammond | ||
| 1981 | A Choice of Two | Unknown | |
| 1982 | Twilight Theater | Various Characters | |
| Murder Among Friends | Unknown | ||
| Creepshow | Richard Vickers | "Something To Tide You Over" segment | |
| Wrong Is Right | Franklin Mallory | ||
| Foxfire Light | Reece Morgan | ||
| 1983 | Prime Time | Unknown | |
| The Night the Bridge Fell Down | Paul Warren | ||
| Cave-In! | Joseph 'Joe' Johnson | ||
| The Creature Wasn't Nice (Spaceship) | Captain Jamieson | ||
| 1985 | Blade in Hong Kong | Harry Ingersoll | |
| Striker's Mountain | Jim McKay | ||
| 1986 | Reckless Disregard | Bob Franklin | |
| The Patriot | Admiral Frazer | ||
| Soul Man | Mr. Dunbar | ||
| 1987 | Nightstick | Thad Evans | |
| Home Is Where the Hart Is | Sheriff Nashville Schwartz | ||
| Nuts | Allen Green | Final non-comedy role | |
| 1988 | Dangerous Curves | Greg Krevske | |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Frank Drebin | ||
| 1989 | The Railway Dragon | Narrator | First animated film |
| 1990 | Repossessed | Father Jedediah Mayii | |
| 1991 | The Naked Gun 2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear | Frank Drebin | Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Priscilla Presley) |
| All I Want for Christmas | Santa Claus | Family holiday film | |
| Chance of a Lifetime | Lloyd Dixon | ||
| 1993 | Surf Ninjas | Colonel Chi | |
| Digger | Arthur Evrensel | ||
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult | Frank Drebin | |
| S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago | Lucio Cinico | ||
| 1995 | Rent-a-Kid | Harry Haber | |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Willowby's butler | ||
| Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Count Dracula | ||
| 1996 | Harvey | Dr. Chumley | |
| Spy Hard | Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 | ||
| 1997 | Family Plan | Harry Haber | |
| Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo | ||
| 1998 | Safety Patrol | Mr. Penn | |
| Wrongfully Accused | Ryan Harrison | ||
| 1999 | Pirates 4-D | Captain Lucky | 4D Cinema Show presented at various Busch Gardens amusement parks |
| 2000 | Santa Who? | Santa Claus | |
| 2001: A Space Travesty | Marshal Richard 'Dick' Dix | ||
| 2001 | Camouflage | Jack Potter | |
| Kevin of the North (Chilly Dogs) | Clive Thornton | ||
| 2002 | Men with Brooms | Gordon Cutter | |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | President Harris | |
| Noël Noël | English Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | President Harris | |
| 2007 | Music Within | Bill Austin | |
| 2008 | Superhero Movie | Uncle Albert | |
| An American Carol | Grampa / Osama Bin Nielsen | ||
| Slap Shot 3: The Junior League | Mayor of Charlestown | ||
| 2009 | Stan Helsing | Kay | |
| Spanish Movie | Doctor | ||
| 2011 | Stonerville | Producer | |
| N/A | The Waterman Movie | Ready Espanosa | Unfinished film; voice acting[1] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Clock | Season 1 Episode 53: "A Grave Plot" | |
| Season 2 Episode 1: "Prescription for Death" | |||
| 1950–1951 | The Web | Dennis | "Home for Christmas" [S1,E7] "You Killed Elizabeth" [S1,E30] |
| 1952 | Tales of Tomorrow | Robbie | Episode "Appointment On Mars" |
| 1953 | Jukebox Jury | Himself | |
| 1954 | Studio One | Dr. Roger Waring | Episode "Dark Possession"[2] |
| 1958 | First Performance | Ted | 'Panic at Parth Bay', episode, broadcast 7 October |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lloyd Ashley | Season 4 Episode 5: "The $2,000,000 Defense" | |
| 1959 | The Swamp Fox | Colonel Francis Marion | |
| Rawhide | Eli Becker | Season 1 Episode 18: "Incident Below the Brazos" | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Alan Patterson (lead role) | Episode "The Twisted Image" |
| Wagon Train | Jeremy Dow | Season 4 Episode 14: "The Jeremy Dow Story" | |
| The Untouchables | Tom Sebring | Episode "Three Thousand Suspects" | |
| Route 66 | Mark Christopher | Single episode | |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | District Attorney Rudy Cox | Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition" |
| The Islanders | Howard Cavanaugh | Episode "Willy's Millionaire" | |
| The New Breed | Lieutenant Price Adams | Regular | |
| 1963 | Channing | Professor Paul Stafford | Single episode |
| 1963–1965 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. David Cord & Paul Maytric | Two episodes: "One Step Down" & "The Green Felt Jungle" |
| 1963–1964 | The Fugitive | Martin C. Rowland & Harold Cheyney | Two episodes |
| 1964 | Wagon Train | Brian Conlin | Season 8 Episode 6: "The Brian Conlin Story" |
| Daniel Boone | William Russell | Single episode | |
| Your First Impression | As himself | Single episode | |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Steven Grainger | Season 2 Episode 13: "The Magic Shop" | |
| 1964–1969 | The Virginian | Various | Five episodes |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Capt. Wayne Adams | Single episode: "The Creature" |
| Peyton Place | Vincent and Kenneth Markham (twins)[3] | 19 episodes | |
| The F.B.I. | Army Chaplain Craig Fletcher | Single Episode: "Pound of Flesh" | |
| The Wild Wild West | General Ball | Single episode | |
| 1967 | Bonanza | Sheriff Paul Rowan | Episode: "The Unseen Wound" |
| 1968 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | General Maximillian Harmon | Single episode: "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair, Pt. 1 & 2" |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Protectors | Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth | Seven episodes |
| The Big Valley | Sergeant Major Earl Conway | One episode "Town of No Exit" | |
| Gunsmoke | Jess Trevor | Episode: "Time of the Jackals" | |
| 1969–1974 | Hawaii Five-O | Brent & Colonel Faraday | Two episodes |
| 1970 | Bracken's World | John Bracken | Fifteen Bracken's World episodes total |
| 1971 | Columbo: Lady in Waiting | Peter Hamilton | First of two Columbo appearances |
| Bearcats! | Colonel Ted Donovan | Episode "The Big Guns" | |
| Night Gallery | The Phantom, Colonel Dennis Malloy | Two episodes: "Phantom of What Opera?" and "A Question of Fear" | |
| 1973 | M*A*S*H | Colonel Buzz Brighton | Season 1 Episode 16: "The Ringbanger" |
| Barnaby Jones | Edward Brendon | Season 2 Episode 11: "The Killing Defense" | |
| The F.B.I. | Eddy | Episode "Fool's Gold" | |
| 1973–1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Ofc. Joe Landers, Inspector John T. Connor & Big Jake Wilson | Three episodes |
| 1973–1974 | Cannon | Gilbert, Elliott Strawn, Weller Dane, Eric Strauss ? | 3x14 "Valley of The Damned", 4x10 "The Man Who Couldn't Forget", 5x06 "The Man Who Died Twice" |
| 1974 | Kojak | Michael Hagar | Single episode: "Loser Takes All" |
| Ironside | Peter Justin | Season 8 Episode 11: "The Over-the-Hill Blues" | |
| 1975 | Kung Fu | Vincent Corbino | Four episodes[4] |
| Columbo: Identity Crisis | Geronimo | Second of two Columbo appearances | |
| 1975, 1977 | Match Game | Himself (Panelist) | 10 episodes (total) |
| 1975–1976 | S.W.A.T. | Larry Neal / Vince Richie | Three episodes |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Russ Blanchard | Season 1 Episode 10: "Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Deliverys" |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Dan Michaels | Season 1 Episode 22: "Parents Know Best; A Selfless Love; The Nubile Nurse" |
| Fantasy Island | Doctor Whitfield | Season 1 Episode 10: "Superstar/Salem" | |
| 1979 | The Love Boat | Hank Hardaway | Season 2 Episode 24: "Ages of Man/Bo 'n Sam/Families" |
| Fantasy Island | Victor Conti | Season 2 Episode 14: "Seance/The Treasure" | |
| Backstairs at the White House | Ike Hoover/Chief Usher Ike Hoover | Three episodes: Episodes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3 | |
| 1980 | The Littlest Hobo | Mayor Chester Montgomery | Episode "Romiet and Julio" |
| Fantasy Island | Emile Bouvier | Season 3 Episode 17: "PlayGirl/Smith's Valhalla" | |
| 1982 | Police Squad! | Det. Frank Drebin | Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 1984 | Shaping Up | Buddy Fox | Five episodes |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Fantoccini | Episode "Marionettes, Inc." |
| 1985–1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Captain Daniels & David Everett | Two episodes |
| 1986–1987 | KTXL-TV News Promos | Himself | A series of commercials, promoting Sacramento TV station KTXL-TV's new satellite truck[5][6] and weekend 10 p.m. newscasts.[7] |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Richard R. Benson | Episode "Gift Of Life" |
| Race for the Bomb | Lewis Strauss | Two episodes | |
| 1987–1988 | Who's the Boss? | Max | Two episodes |
| 1988 | Day By Day | Jack Harper | Episode "Harper and Son" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Single episode |
| 1992 | The Golden Girls | Lucas Hollingsworth | Series finale |
| 1993 | Herman's Head | God | Single episode |
| 1994–1999 | Due South | Sergeant Buck Frobisher | Four episodes |
| 1993–1996, 2000–2002 | Katie and Orbie | Narrator | Seventy eight episodes |
| 1995 | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | Mr. Willowby's Butler, Baxter | Television Christmas special |
| 2001 | Liocracy | Terrence Brynne McKennie | |
| 2002 | Chilly Beach | Santa Claus | Single episode |
| This Is America with Dennis Wholey | Himself, Panelist | ||
| 2004 | Zeroman | Les Mutton / Zeroman | (Voice actor) Thirteen episodes |
| 2007 | Doctor*Ology | Himself, Host | |
| Lipshitz Saves the World | Lipshitz's mentor | Pilot | |
| Robson Arms | Cado Vasco | Three episodes | |
| Family Guy | Dr. Barry Rumack | Episode: "Blue Harvest" Archive audio |
Video
edit- 1980: Dive to the Edge of Creation (National Geographic Special)
- 1993: Bad Golf Made Easier
- 1994: Bad Golf My Way
- 1997: Stupid Little Golf Video
- 1997: National Geographic Video: The Savage Garden
- Nielsen also appeared in a promotional video for Layman Allen's mathematics game called Equations and in the Seaworld San Antonio Summer Nights 4-D show "Pirates 4-D".
References
edit- ^ Labrecque, Jeff (30 November 2010). "Leslie Nielsen's final film, 'The Waterman Movie,' remains in limbo, says the director". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Dark Possession". IMDb.
- ^ ""Peyton Place" Episode #1.106 (TV Episode 1965) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Television's Top 'Heavy'". Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. 10 March 1975. p. 3B. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "KTXL 1986 Promo - "War"". YouTube. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "KTXL 1986 Promo - "Inside the Control Room"". YouTube. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "KTXL 1987 Promo - "Seven Nights a Week"". YouTube. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2020.