Biography
After decades as a rather stolid, unexciting leading man in genre motion pictures like "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and "The Plainsman" (1966), Nielsen inserted his serious, authoritative persona into the parody-based comedies of the Zucker brothers and enjoyed a highly successful second career arc in films like "Airplane" (1980) and especially the "Naked Gun" series (1988, 1991, 1994), as well as "Scary Movie 3" (2003) and "Scary Movie 4" …
LATEST CREDITS
Titanic Too: It Missed the Iceberg | Actor (has been mentioned for a role. ) |
Hot Summer Night | William Joel Partain |
Shaping Up | Buddy Fox |
The Swamp Fox | Francis Marion |
Can Ellen Be Saved? | Arnold Lindsey |
Santa Who? | Santa Claus |
Rent-a-Kid | Actor |
ABC Presents Krofft Late Night | Leslie Peters |
The Unknown Marx Brothers | Narration |
All I Want For Christmas | Santa |
Mr. Magoo | Mr Magoo |
ABC's World's Funniest Commercials | Host |
Circus of the Stars Goes to Disneyland | Ringmaster |
Prime Times | Host |
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Harry Walsh |
Cybermania '94: The Ultimate Gamer Awards | Host |
Twilight Theater | Host |
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | Lieutenant Frank Drebin |
Television's Comedy Classics | Host |
Prom Night | Mr. Hammond |
Savage Garden | Host |
Camouflage | Actor |
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear | Lieutenant Frank Drebin |
National Lampoon's Comedy Playoffs | Host |
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League | Actor |
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