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Starring:

Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

Acting credits By Year of release

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

(Leslie Nielsen plays Dr. Rumack)

Director(s):
Starring:
Frank Gingerich • Morgan Gingerich • Annette O'Toole • Harry Groener • Martin Mull

2018

Stonerville

Director(s):
Bill Corcoran

Starring:
Pauly Shore • Alex Mauriello • Leslie Nielsen • Phil Morris • Patrick Cavanaugh

2011

Spanish Movie

(Leslie Nielsen plays Doctor Nielsen)

Director(s):
Javier Ruiz Caldera

Starring:
Alexandra Jimenez • Silvia Abril • Carlos Areces • Laia Alda • Oscar Lara

2009

Stan Helsing

Director(s):
Bo Zenga

Starring:
Steve Howey • Diora Baird • Kenan Thompson • Desi Lydic • Leslie Nielsen

2009

Superhero Movie

Director(s):
Starring:
Drake Bell • Sara Paxton • Christopher McDonald • Leslie NielsenKevin Hart
2008

An American Carol

(Leslie Nielsen plays Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa)

Director(s):
Starring:
Trace Adkins • Brandon Alter • Chriss Anglin • Geoffrey Arend • Scott Bailey

2008

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League

Director(s):
Richard Martin

Starring:
Greyston Holt • Jeff Carlson • Steve Carlson • David Hanson • Lynda Boyd

2008

Lipshitz Saves the World

Director(s):
Chris Koch

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Jack Carpenter • Ty Burrell • Brooklyn Decker • Ashleigh Brackett

2007

Music Within

Director(s):
Steven Sawalich

Starring:
Clint Jung • Melissa George • Marion Ross • Rebecca De Mornay • Janssen Van De Yacht

2007

Scary Movie 4

Director(s):
Starring:
Anna Faris • Regina Hall • Craig Bierko • Bill Pullman • Anthony Anderson
2006

Scary Movie 3

Director(s):
Starring:
Pamela Anderson • Jenny McCarthy • Marny Eng • Charlie Sheen • Simon Rex
2004

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

Director(s):
Tatyana IlinaMichael G. Johnson

Starring:
Wolfgang Volz • Rufus Beck • Hannes Jaenicke • Florence Joy • Volker Brandt

2004

Men With Brooms

Director(s):
Paul Gross

Starring:
James B. Douglas • Molly Parker • Paul Gross • Barbara Gordon • Michelle Nolden

2002

Chilly Dogs

Director(s):
Bob Spiers

Starring:
Skeet Ulrich • Natasha Henstridge • Leslie Nielsen • Rik Mayall • Lochlyn Munro

2001

Camouflage

Director(s):
James Keach

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Lochlyn Munro • Vanessa Angel • William Forsythe • Patrick Warburton

2001

2001: A Space Travesty

Director(s):
Allan A. Goldstein

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Ophelie Winter • Ezio Greggio • Peter Egan • Alexandra Kamp

2000

Family Plan

Director(s):
Fred Gerber

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Judge Reinhold • Eddie Bowz • Emily Procter • Zachary Browne

1997

Mr. Magoo

Director(s):
Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Kelly Lynch • Matt Keeslar • Nick Chinlund • Stephen Tobolowsky

1997

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Director(s):
Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Peter MacNicol • Steven Weber • Amy Yasbeck • Lysette Anthony

1996

Spy Hard

Director(s):
Rick Friedberg

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Nicollette Sheridan • Charles Durning • Marcia Gay Harden • Barry Bostwick
1996

Harvey

Director(s):
George Schaefer

Starring:
Harry Anderson • Leslie Nielsen • Swoosie Kurtz • Jonathan Banks • Jessica Hecht

1996

Rent a Kid

(Leslie Nielsen plays Harry Haber)

Director(s):
Fred Gerber

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Christopher Lloyd • Matt McCoy • Sherry Miller • Amos Crawley

1995

Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult

(Leslie Nielsen plays Lt. Frank Drebin)

Director(s):
Starring:
Leslie NielsenPriscilla Presley • George Kennedy • O.J. Simpson • Fred Ward
1994

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago

Director(s):
Carlo Vanzina

Starring:
Christian De Sica • Massimo Boldi • Leslie Nielsen • Nadia Rinaldi • Anna Falchi

1994

Surf Ninjas

Director(s):
Neal Israel

Starring:
Ernie Reyes Sr. • Ernie Reyes Jr. • Nicolas Cowan • John Karlen • Rob Schneider

1993

Digger

Director(s):
Rob Turner

Starring:
Adam Hann-Byrd • Joshua Jackson • Timothy Bottoms • Barbara Williams • Olympia Dukakis
1993

All I Want For Christmas

(Leslie Nielsen plays Santa)

Director(s):
Robert Lieberman

Starring:
Harley Jane Kozak • Jamey Sheridan • Ethan Embry • Kevin Nealon • Thora Birch
1991

The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear

Director(s):
Starring:
Leslie NielsenPriscilla Presley • George Kennedy • O.J. Simpson • Robert Goulet
1991

Chance of a Lifetime

Director(s):
Jonathan Sanger

Starring:
Betty White • Leslie Nielsen • Ed Begley Jr. • Michael Tucci • Ann Turkel

1991

Krofft Late Night

Director(s):

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • The Krofft Puppets • Bo Derek • Anne Bloom • Jeff Joseph

1991

Repossessed

Director(s):
Bob Logan

Starring:
Linda Blair • Ned BeattyLeslie Nielsen • Anthony Starke • Thom Sharp

1990

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Director(s):
Starring:
Leslie NielsenPriscilla Presley • Ricardo Montalban • George Kennedy • O.J. Simpson
1989

Dangerous Curves

Director(s):
David Lewis

Starring:
Tate Donovan • Grant Heslov • Danielle von Zerneck • Valerie Breiman • Karen Lynn Scott

1988

Wrongfully Accused

Director(s):
Pat Proft

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Richard Crenna • Kelly LeBrock • Melinda McGraw • Michael York

1988

Fatal Confession a Father Dowling Mystery

Director(s):
Christopher Hibler

Starring:
Tom Bosley • Tracy Nelson • Robert Prescott • Mary Wickes • Susan Blakely

1987

Nuts

Director(s):
Martin Ritt

Starring:
Barbra Streisand • Richard Dreyfuss • Maureen Stapleton • Karl Malden • Eli Wallach

1987

Nightstick

Director(s):
Joseph L. Scanlan

Starring:
Bruce Fairbairn • Kerrie Keane • Walker Boone • Tony De Santis • David Mucci

1987

Home Is Where the Hart Is

Director(s):
Rex Bromfield

Starring:
Valri Bromfield • Stephen E. Miller • Deanne Henry • Martin Mull • Eric Christmas

1987

Soul Man

(Leslie Nielsen plays Mr. Dunbar)

Director(s):
Starring:
C. Thomas Howell • Rae Dawn Chong • Arye Gross • James Sikking • Leslie Nielsen

1986

Reckless Disregard

Director(s):
Harvey Hart

Starring:
Tess Harper • Leslie Nielsen • Ronny Cox • Henry Ramer • Kate Lynch

1986

The Patriot

Director(s):
Frank Harris

Starring:
Gregg Henry • Simone Griffeth • Michael J. Pollard • Jeff Conaway • Stack Pierce

1986

Blade In Hong Kong

Director(s):
Reza Badiyi

Starring:
Patricia Duff • Ken Fagen • John Greene • Diana Haye • David Ho

1985

Murder Among Friends

Director(s):
David Greene

Starring:
Sally Kellerman • Tony Margulies • Leslie Nielsen • Joy Michelle Moore

1985

Strikers Mountain

Director(s):
Alan Simmonds

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • August Schellenberg • Mimi Kuzyk • Bruce Greenwood • Jessica Steen

1985

Cave In

Director(s):
Georg Fenady

Starring:
Dennis Cole • Susan Sullivan • Leslie Nielsen • Julie Sommars • Sheila Larken

1983

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

Director(s):
Georg Fenady

Starring:
James MacArthur • Desi Arnaz Jr. • Char Fontane • Richard Gilliland • Leslie Nielsen

1983

Airplane! II: The Sequel

(Leslie Nielsen plays Dr. Rumack (uncredited))

Director(s):
Ken Finkleman

Starring:
Lloyd Bridges • Raymond Burr • Chuck Connors • Rip Torn • John Dehner
1982

Foxfire Light

Director(s):
Allen Baron

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Tippi Hedren • Faye Grant • Barry Van Dyke • Lara Parker

1982

Creepshow

Director(s):
Starring:
Hal Holbrook • Adrienne Barbeau • Fritz Weaver • Leslie Nielsen • Carrie Nye

1982

Twilight Theatre

Director(s):
Perry Rosemond

Starring:
Roddy McDowall • Steve Martin • Candy Clark • Rosemary Clooney • Pam Dawber

1982

Wrong Is Right

Director(s):
Richard Brooks

Starring:
Sean Connery • George Grizzard • Robert Conrad • Katharine Ross • G.D. Spradlin

1982

Prom Night

Director(s):
Paul Lynch

Starring:
Leslie NielsenJamie Lee Curtis • Casey Stevens • Anne-Marie Martin • Antoinette Bower

1981

A Choice of Two

Director(s):
John Howe

Starring:
Alexandra Bastedo • Nuala Fitzgerald • Richard Fitzpatrick • Ken James • Budd Knapp

1981

The Creature Wasn't Nice

Director(s):
Bruce Kimmel

Starring:
Cindy Williams • Bruce Kimmel • Leslie Nielsen • Gerrit Graham • Patrick Macnee

1981

Airplane!

(Leslie Nielsen plays Dr. Rumack)

Starring:
Robert Hays • Julie Hagerty • Leslie Nielsen • Lloyd Bridges • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1980

OHMS

Director(s):
Dick Lowry

Starring:
Ralph Waite • David Birney • Talia Balsam • Dixie Carter • Charley Lang

1980

Institute For Revenge

Director(s):
Ken Annakin

Starring:
Sam Groom • Lauren Hutton • Lane Binkley • T.J. McCavitt • Robert Coote

1979

City On Fire

Director(s):
Alvin Rakoff

Starring:
Barry Newman • Susan Clark • Shelley Winters • Leslie Nielsen • James Franciscus

1979

Riel

(Leslie Nielsen plays Major Crozier)

Director(s):
George Bloomfield

Starring:
Raymond Cloutier • Roger Blay • Lloyd Bochner • James Bradford • Lee Broker

1979

Little Mo

Director(s):
Daniel Haller

Starring:
Michael Learned • Anne Baxter • Glynnis O'Connor • Claude Akins • Anne Francis

1978

The Dawson Patrol

Director(s):
Peter Kelly

Starring:
George R. Robertson • James B. Douglas • Tim Henry • Neil Dainard • Leslie Nielsen

1978

The Mad Trapper

Director(s):
Harvey Hart

Starring:
Oliver Reed • Len Cariou • Leslie Nielsen • Gordon Tootoosis

1978

The Amsterdam Kill

Director(s):
Robert Clouse

Starring:
Robert Mitchum • Richard Egan • Leslie Nielsen • Bradford Dillman • Keye Luke

1977

Viva Knievel!

Director(s):
Gordon Douglas

Starring:
Evel Knievel • Gene Kelly • Lauren Hutton • Red Buttons • Leslie Nielsen

1977

Sixth and Main

Director(s):
Christopher Cain

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Beverly Garland • Roddy McDowall • Leo Penn • Joe Maross

1977

Day of the Animals

Director(s):
William Girdler

Starring:
Christopher George • Leslie Nielsen • Lynda Day George • Richard Jaeckel • Michael Ansara

1977

Grand Jury

Director(s):
Christopher Cain

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Bruce Davison • Barry Sullivan • Sharon Thomas Cain • Meredith MacRae

1976

Project Kill

Director(s):
William Girdler

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Gary Lockwood • Nancy Kwan • Vic Silayan • Vic Diaz

1976

Brinks: The Great Robbery

Director(s):
Marvin J. Chomsky

Starring:
Carl Betz • Stephen Collins • Burr DeBenning • Michael V. Gazzo • Cliff Gorman
1976

Can Ellen Be Saved

Director(s):
Harvey Hart

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Katherine Cannon • Michael Parks • John Saxon • Louise Fletcher

1974

Amanda Fallon

Director(s):
Jack Laird

Starring:
Jane Wyman • Laurie Prange • Kathleen Nolan • Leslie Nielsen • Pat O'Brien

1973

...And Millions Die!

Director(s):
Leslie H. Martinson

Starring:
Richard Basehart • Susan Strasberg • Peter Sumner • Joseph Fürst • Alwyn Kurts

1973

The Letters

Director(s):
Paul KrasnyGene Nelson

Starring:
John Forsythe • Pamela Franklin • Ida Lupino • Dina Merrill • Ben Murphy

1973

The Return of Charlie Chan

Director(s):
Daryl DukeLeslie H. Martinson

Starring:
Ross Martin • Richard Haydn • Louise Sorel • Joseph Hindy • Kathleen Widdoes

1973

Snatched

Director(s):
Sutton Roley

Starring:
Howard Duff • Leslie Nielsen • Sheree North • Barbara Parkins • Robert Reed

1973

The Poseidon Adventure

Director(s):
Ronald Neame

Starring:
Gene Hackman • Ernest Borgnine • Red Buttons • Carol Lynley • Roddy McDowall

1972

Incident In San Francisco

Director(s):
Don Medford

Starring:
Richard Kiley • Leslie Nielsen • Dean Jagger • John Marley • Tim O'Connor

1971

They Call It Murder

Director(s):
Walter Grauman

Starring:
Jim Hutton • Lloyd Bochner • Jo Ann Pflug • Robert J. Wilke • Edward Asner

1971

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

Director(s):
Bob Wynn

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Bradford Dillman • James Daly • Angie Dickinson • Robert J. Wilke

1971

Four Rode Out

Director(s):
John Peyser

Starring:
Pernell Roberts • Sue Lyon • Julian Mateos • Leslie Nielsen • Maria Martin

1970

Night Slaves

Director(s):
Ted Post

Starring:
James Franciscus • Lee Grant • Scott Marlowe • Andrew Prine • Tisha Sterling

1970

Hausers Memory

Director(s):
Boris Sagal

Starring:
David McCallum • Susan Strasberg • Helmut Käutner • Lilli Palmer • Leslie Nielsen

1970

The Aquarians

Director(s):
Don McDougall

Starring:
Ricardo Montalban • Jose Ferrer • Leslie Nielsen • Chris Robinson • Katherine Woodville

1970

Trial Run

Director(s):
William A. Graham

Starring:
James Franciscus • Janice Rule • Leslie Nielsen • Diane Baker • John Vernon
1969

Change of Mind

Director(s):
Robert Stevens

Starring:
Raymond St. Jacques • Susan Oliver • Janet MacLachlan • Leslie Nielsen • Donnelly Rhodes

1969

How to Commit Marriage

Director(s):
Norman Panama

Starring:
Bob Hope • Jackie Gleason • Jane Wyman • Leslie Nielsen • Maureen Arthur

1969

Counterpoint

Director(s):
Ralph Nelson

Starring:
Charlton Heston • Maximilian Schell • Kathryn Hays • Leslie Nielsen • Anton Diffring

1968

Companions In Nightmare

Director(s):
Norman Lloyd

Starring:
Gig Young • Anne Baxter • Patrick O'Neal • Dana Wynter • Leslie Nielsen

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

Director(s):
James Goldstone

Starring:
James Franciscus • Shirley Knight • Leslie Nielsen • Franchot Tone • James Dunn

1968

Daytons Devil's

Director(s):
Jack Shea

Starring:
Rory Calhoun • Leslie Nielsen • Lainie Kazan • Eric Braeden • Barry Sadler

1968

The Reluctant Astronaut

Director(s):
Edward Montagne

Starring:
Don Knotts • Leslie Nielsen • Joan Freeman • Jesse White • Jeanette Nolan

1967

Gunfight In Abilene

Director(s):
William Hale

Starring:
Bobby Darin • Emily Banks • Leslie Nielsen • Donnelly Rhodes • Don Galloway

1967

Rosie!

Director(s):
David Lowell Rich

Starring:
Rosalind Russell • Sandra Dee • Brian Aherne • Audrey Meadows • James Farentino

1967

Code Name: Heraclitus

Director(s):
James Goldstone

Starring:
Stanley Baker • Leslie Nielsen • Jack Weston • Sheree North • Kurt Kasznar

1967

Beau Geste

Director(s):
Douglas Heyes

Starring:
Guy Stockwell • Doug McClure • Leslie Nielsen • Telly Savalas • David Mauro

1966

The Plainsman

Director(s):
David Lowell Rich

Starring:
Don Murray • Guy Stockwell • Abby Dalton • Bradford Dillman • Henry Silva

1966

Harlow

Director(s):
Gordon Douglas

Starring:
Carroll Baker • Red Buttons • Raf Vallone • Angela Lansbury • Peter Lawford

1965

Dark Intruder

Director(s):
Harvey Hart

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Peter Mark Richman • Judi Meredith • Gilbert Green • Charles Bolender

1965

See How They Run

Director(s):
David Lowell Rich

Starring:
John Forsythe • Senta Berger • Jane Wyatt • Pamela Franklin • Franchot Tone

1964

Night Train to Paris

Director(s):
Robert Douglas

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Aliza Gur • Dorinda Stevens • Eric Pohlmann • Edina Ronay

1964

The Sheepman

Director(s):
George Marshall

Starring:
Glenn Ford • Shirley MacLaine • Leslie Nielsen • Mickey Shaughnessy • Edgar Buchanan

1958

Tammy and the Bachelor

Director(s):
Joseph Pevney

Starring:
Debbie Reynolds • Leslie Nielsen • Walter Brennan • Mala Powers • Sidney Blackmer

1957

Hot Summer Night

Director(s):
David Friedkin

Starring:
Leslie Nielsen • Colleen Miller • Edward Andrews • Jay C. Flippen • James Best
1957

Ransom!

Director(s):
Alex Segal

Starring:
Glenn Ford • Donna Reed • Leslie Nielsen • Juano Hernandez • Robert Keith

1956

The Vagabond King

(Leslie Nielsen plays Thibault d'Aussigny)

Director(s):
Michael Curtiz

Starring:
Kathryn Grayson • Oreste Kirkop • Rita Moreno • Cedric Hardwicke • Walter Hampden

1956

The Opposite Sex

Director(s):
David Miller

Starring:
June Allyson • Joan Collins • Dolores Gray • Ann Sheridan • Ann Miller

1956

Forbidden Planet

Director(s):
Starring:
Walter Pidgeon • Anne Francis • Leslie Nielsen • Warren Stevens • Jack Kelly

1956