“SURELY you can’t be serious.” That line, said not by Leslie Nielsen but to him (by Robert Hays, the ostensible male lead of “Airplane!,” the movie in question), might be taken to sum up ...

George and Barbara Bush got even with Leslie Nielsen for the slapstick liberties the actor took with them in ”Naked Gun 1/2.” At a White House soiree at which Nielsen was a guest, Bush scowled ...

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From the 28th floor of the Point of Americas complex, Leslie Nielsen – aka Lt. Frank Drebin – could look out over the beach, Port Everglades and downtown Fort Lauderdale. The star of “The ...

Leslie Nielsen is best known for playing bumbling cop Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun series and the doctor in Airplane! who hated being called Shirley. Yet the Canadian actor spent nearly 30 years ...