Leslie Nielsen RIP

Leslie Nielsen, who starred in the Airplane! and Naked Gun film comedies, has died aged 84.

His agent says Nielsen died on Sunday at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was being treated for pneumonia.

The Canadian actor enjoyed a film and television career spanning more than 60 years but it probably best remembered for playing the bumbling cop Lt Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun franchise.

Nielsen went to Hollywood in the mid-1950s after performing in 150 live television dramas in New York.

With a craggily handsome face and blond hair he seemed ideal for a movie leading man.

He quickly became known as a serious actor, although behind the camera he was a prankster.

That was an aspect of his personality never exploited, however, until Airplane! was released in 1980 and became a hit

Nielsen died from complications from pneumonia. His wife Barbaree and friends were at his bedside, his agent John S. Kelly said in a statement.

Rip Leslie. A true legend. He deserved his own thread on here I feel. The Naked Gun Dvds will be getting a rewatching in the coming days. :clap:

Comical genius. RIP

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Grew up watching Police Squad. RIP Frank Drebin

" I don’t know where I’ll be then Doc, he said, but I sure won’t smell too good, that’s for sure."

A legend :clap:

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I believe I had him in the Celebrity Deaths, however…

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Not to hijack the thread, but Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back has also died today :frowning:

I think it’s serious. We need to get him to a hospital.
A hospital! What is it?
It’s a big building with patients but that’s not important now.

RIP

I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.

Looks like I picked a bad day to give up living.

Wilma I promise you, whatever scum did this not one man in this force will rest for one minute until he is behind bars… Now lets grab a bite to eat.

http://200movies1woman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/airplane.jpg

Ed: What I’m trying to say is that, Wilma, as soon as Nordberg is better, he’s welcome back at Police Squad.
Frank: …Unless he’s a drooling vegetable. But I think that’s only common sense.

I haven’t had this much sex since I was a boyscout leader!!
… ah, I mean, at the time I was dating a lot…

“Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.”

RIP. :frowning:

Airplane on Sky Modern Greats at the moment.

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Lloyd Bridges died ages ago bro :wink:

Felt it still worked though :smiley:

Airplane is the best one of them stupid comedy’s:

Rumack: Captain, how soon can you land?

Captain Oveur: I can’t tell.

Rumack: You can tell me. I’m a doctor.

Captain Oveur: No. I mean I’m just not sure.

Rumack: Well, can’t you take a guess?

Captain Oveur: Well, not for another two hours.

Rumack: You can’t take a guess for another two hours?

Old woman: Nervous?

Ted Striker: Yes.

Old woman: First time?

Ted Striker: No, I´ve been nervous before.

Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.

Rumack: I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.

Flight Control: Flight 209 you’re clear for takeoff.

Clarence Oveur: Roger.

Roger Murdock: Huh?

FC: LA departure frequency 123.9.

Clarence Oveur: Roger.

Roger Murdock: Huh?

Victor Basta: Request vector, over.

Clarence Oveur: What?

FC: Flight 209 clear for vector 324.

Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.

Clarence Oveur: Roger, Roger, what’s our vector, victor?

FC: Now we’re in radio clearance, over.

Clarence Oveur: That’s Clarence Oveur, over.

Victor Basta: Roger.

Roger Murdock: Huh?

FC: Roger, over.

Clarence Oveur: What?

Roger Murdock: Huh?

Victor Basta: Who?