Leslie Nielsen's Hollywood career kicked off with a bang, with his first starring role resulting in an Oscar-winning hit in the form of Forbidden Planet. The actor, remembered primarily for his roles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leslie Nielsen was in line to play Frank Drebin again in The Naked Gun 4, but the movie never happened. (Paramount/Alamy) ...

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Some say directing is 90% casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110%. The choice of Nielsen for “Police Squad!” and the subsequent “Naked Gun” movies deserves a ...

In some critical cases, the funniest way to deliver a line of dialogue is in the most serious way possible and no one understood that better than Leslie Nielsen. While much of his early work primarily ...

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Some say directing is 90 percent casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110 percent. The choice of Nielsen for "Police Squad!" and the subsequent "Naked Gun" ...

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Paul Walter Hauser, left, and Liam Neeson in a scene from "The Naked Gun." (Frank Masi/Paramount Pictures via AP) Some say directing is 90% casting. In ...

Some say directing is 90% casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110%. The choice of Nielsen for “Police Squad!” and the subsequent “Naked Gun” movies deserves a ...