Leslie William Nielsen OC was an actor, comedian and producer. He appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters. His half-uncle, Jean Hersholt, was an actor known for his portrayal of Dr. Christian on radio, television and films. His older brother, Erik Nielsen, was a Canadian Member of Parliament, cabinet minister, and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1986.
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Zeroman (2004)
Starring as Zeroman
(14 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Less Than Zero (Jan 11, 2005)
- Episode 1x13: Crack of Doom (Jan 4, 2005)
- Episode 1x12: Alpha Beta V.H.Les (Nov 28, 2004)
- Episode 1x11: Disorder in the Court (Nov 14, 2004)
- Episode 1x10: Les Than Zero (Nov 7, 2004)
- Episode 1x09: Zman of Alcatruss (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 1x08: The Humidifier (Oct 24, 2004)
- Episode 1x07: Son of Zeroman (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 1x06: Peace Off (Oct 10, 2004)
- Episode 1x05: Mutton in Common (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 1x04: Artificial Intolerance (Sep 26, 2004)
- Episode 1x03: Supersuit and Ty Required (Sep 19, 2004)
- Episode 1x02: Hamsassin (Sep 12, 2004)
- Episode 1x01: Smotherly Love (Sep 11, 2004)
So Graham Norton (1998)
Guest starring as Leslie Nielsen
- Episode 3x14: Lynda Carter, Leslie Nielsen (Mar 10, 2000)
Due South (1994)
Guest starring as Sgt. Buck Frobisher
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x13: Call of the Wild (2) (Mar 14, 1999)
- Episode 4x12: Call of the Wild (1) (Mar 14, 1999)
- Episode 2x14: All the Queen's Horses (Apr 11, 1996)
- Episode 1x03: Manhunt (Oct 6, 1994)
Live & Kicking (1993)
Guest starring as Leslie Nielsen
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Nov 20, 1993) [Special Guest Star]
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Guest starring as Leslie Nielsen
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1998-08-10: Leslie Nielsen, David Roth, Teresa Witherspoon (Aug 10, 1998)
- Episode 1997-12-18: Leslie Nelson, Michelle Yeoh, Hanson (Dec 18, 1997)
- Episode 1996-05-23: Leslie Nielsen, Daphne Zuniga, Bring in Da Funk (May 23, 1996)
Father Dowling Mysteries (1987)
Guest starring as Senator Erdain
- Episode S01 Special: A Father Dowling Mystery: Fatal Confession (Nov 30, 1987)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Guest starring as Lucas Hollingsworth
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x26: One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (2) (May 9, 1992)
- Episode 7x25: One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (1) (May 9, 1992)
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Guest starring as Fantoccini
- Episode 1x01: Marionettes, Inc. (May 21, 1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Captain Daniels
- Episode 1x14: My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean (Feb 10, 1985)
Guest starring as David Everett
- Episode 3x06: Dead Man's Gold (Nov 9, 1986)
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
Guest starring as Colonel Matthew Vail
- Episode 1x16: Aftershocks (Feb 16, 1985)
Wogan (1982)
Guest starring as Leslie Nielsen
- Episode 11x66: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley (Jun 19, 1991)
Police Squad! (1982)
Starring as Det. Frank Drebin
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (Jul 8, 1982)
- Episode 1x05: Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (Jul 1, 1982)
- Episode 1x04: Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) (Mar 25, 1982)
- Episode 1x03: The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (Mar 18, 1982)
- Episode 1x02: Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (Mar 11, 1982)
- Episode 1x01: A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) (Mar 4, 1982)
Aloha Paradise (1981)
Guest starring as Grant Culbertson
- Episode 1x03: Sydney's Old Flame / Everett and the Wolf / Lurp's in Love (Mar 11, 1981)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Starring as Chief Usher Ike Hoover
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: The Roosevelts (Feb 12, 1979)
- Episode 1x02: The Coolidges and Hoovers (Feb 5, 1979)
- Episode 1x01: The Tafts, Wilsons and Hardings (Jan 29, 1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Russ Blanchard
- Episode 1x10: Dear Beverly / The Strike / Special Delivery (Dec 3, 1977)
Guest starring as Dan Michaels
- Episode 1x22: Parents Know Best / A Selfless Love / The Nubile Nurse (Feb 25, 1978)
Guest starring as Hank Hardaway
- Episode 2x24: Ages of Man / Families / Bo 'N Sam (Mar 10, 1979)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Emile Bouvier
- Episode 3x17: Playgirl / Smith's Valhalla (Jan 26, 1980)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Leslie Nielsen
- Episode 14x13: Leslie Nielsen / Cowboy Junkies (Feb 18, 1989)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Edward Brendon
- Episode 2x11: The Killing Defense (Dec 2, 1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Guest starring as Inspector John T. Connor
- Episode 2x04: Before I Die (Oct 4, 1973)
Cannon (1971)
Guest starring as Erich Strasser
- Episode 4x10: The Man Who Couldn't Forget (Nov 20, 1974)
Guest starring as Joe Gilbert
- Episode 3x13: Valley of the Damned (Dec 5, 1973)
Guest starring as Weller Dane
- Episode 5x06: The Man Who Died Twice (Oct 15, 1975)
The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969)
Starring as Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Memo From the Class of '76 (Mar 8, 1970)
- Episode 1x05: A Thing Not of God (Feb 1, 1970)
- Episode 1x04: The Carrier (Jan 11, 1970)
- Episode 1x03: Draw a Straight Man (Dec 14, 1969)
- Episode 1x02: If I Should Wake Before I Die (Oct 26, 1969)
- Episode 1x01: A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time (Sep 28, 1969)
- Episode S01 Special: Deadlock - Pilot Movie (Feb 22, 1969)
Bracken's World (1969)
Starring as John Bracken (Season 2)
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Will Freddy's Real Father Please Stand Up? (Dec 11, 1970)
- Episode 2x03: Jenny, Who Bombs Buildings (Oct 2, 1970)
- Episode 2x01: Love It or Leave It, Change It or Lose It (Sep 18, 1970)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Rusty Bryson
- Episode 4x16: Deal with the Devil (Jan 11, 1972)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Brent
- Episode 1x01: Cocoon (1) (Sep 20, 1968)
Guest starring as Colonel Farraday
- Episode 7x07: We Hang Our Own (Oct 22, 1974)
Columbo (1968)
Guest starring as Peter Hamilton
- Episode 1971-12-15: Lady in Waiting (Dec 15, 1971) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as A.J. Henderson
- Episode 1975-11-02: Identity Crisis (Nov 2, 1975) [Special Guest Star]
It Takes a Thief (1968)
Guest starring as S.I.A. Security Man
- Episode 1x01: A Thief is a Thief (a.k.a. Magnificent Thief) (Jan 9, 1968)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Guest starring as Major General Ball
- Episode 1x09: The Night of the Double-Edged Knife (Nov 12, 1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Guest starring as William Russell
- Episode 1x11: Mountain of the Dead (Dec 17, 1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Guest starring as General Maximilian Harmon
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x16: The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (2) (Jan 15, 1968)
- Episode 4x15: The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (1) (Jan 8, 1968)
The Farmers Daughter (1963)
Guest starring as not listed
- Episode 3x22: Steve, Boy Bohemian (Feb 18, 1966)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Ben Stratton
- Episode 8x01: Long Ride Home (Sep 17, 1969)
Guest starring as Harry Lightfoot
- Episode 4x12: The Laramie Road (Dec 8, 1965)
Guest starring as Cleve Mason
- Episode 4x28: No Drums, No Trumpets (Apr 6, 1966)
Guest starring as Winthrop
- Episode 6x15: The Fortress (Dec 27, 1967)
The New Breed (1961)
Starring as Lieutenant Price Adams
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x35: So Dark the Night (May 29, 1962)
- Episode 1x29: Thousands and Thousands of Miles (Apr 17, 1962)
- Episode 1x28: The Man with the Other Face (Apr 10, 1962)
- Episode 1x17: Care is no Cure (Jan 23, 1962)
- Episode 1x14: The All-American Boy (Jun 22, 1962)
- Episode 1x05: The Compulsion to Confess (Oct 31, 1961)
- Episode 1x01: No Fat Cops (Oct 3, 1961)
Route 66 (1960)
Guest starring as Mark Christopher
- Episode 1x11: A Fury Slinging Flame (Dec 30, 1960)
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Tom Sebring
- Episode 1x23: Three Thousand Suspects (Mar 24, 1960)
Rawhide (1959)
Guest starring as Eli Becker
- Episode 1x18: Incident Below the Brazos (May 15, 1959) [Special Guest Star]
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Jeremy Dow / Jeff Durant
- Episode 4x14: The Jeremy Dow Story (Dec 28, 1960)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Guest starring as Rudy Cox
- Episode 6x38: Ambition (Jul 4, 1961)
Guest starring as Lloyd Ashley
- Episode 4x05: The Two Million Dollar Defense (Nov 2, 1958)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Colonel Francis Marion
(8 episodes)
- Episode 7x12: Horses for Greene (Jan 15, 1961)
- Episode 7x11: A Woman's Courage (Jan 8, 1961)
- Episode 6x16: A Case of Treason (Jan 22, 1960)
- Episode 6x15: Redcoat Strategy (Jan 15, 1960)
- Episode 6x14: Day of Reckoning (Jan 8, 1960)
- Episode 6x13: The Swamp Fox: Tory Vengeance (Jan 1, 1960)
- Episode 6x05: Brother Against Brother (Oct 30, 1959)
- Episode 6x04: The Birth of the Swamp Fox (Oct 23, 1959)