Leslie Nielsen - Milestones

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• 2002: Had featured role in "Men with Brooms"
• 2000: Portrayed an amnesiac Kris Kringle in "Santa Who?", a presentation of "The Wonderful World of Disney" (ABC)
• 1999: Appeared as Dr Chumley in the small screen remake of "Harvey"
• 1998: Played lead in the broad comedy "Wrongfully Accused"
• 1997: Had title role in live-action version of "Mr. Magoo"
• 1996: Starred in the spoof "Spy Hard"
• 1995: Played title role in Mel Brooks' "Dracula: Dead and Loving It"
• 1994: Originated part of Mountie Buck Frobisher in an episode of the CBS series "Due South"; reprised role in 1996 episode
• 1994: Had yet another turn as Frank Drebin in "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult"
• 1993: Published a fake "autobiography", "Leslie Nielsen The Naked Truth"
• 1992: Played the man who won the heart of Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur) in the finale of the NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls"
• 1991: Once again played Drebin in the sequel "Naked Gun 2-1/2: The Smell of Fear"
• 1988: Reprised TV role of Frank Drebin in the big screen comedy "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!"
• 1987: Co-starred as Barbra Streisand's murder victim in "Nuts"
• 1986: Played recurring role of Max Muldoon, Mona's beau, on "Who's the Boss?" (ABC)
• 1984: Had lead role of an aging health club owner in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Shaping Up"
• 1982: Had featured role in the horror anthology film "Creepshow"
• 1982: Starred as bumbling detective Frank Drebin in the cult ABC sitcom "Police Squad!"; only six episodes aired
• 1980: First collaboration with the Zucker brothers, "Airplane!"
• 1979: Toured USA in one-man stage show, "Darrow"
• 1979: Portrayed the chief usher of the White House staff in the NBC miniseries "Backstairs at the White House"
• 1972: Was the ship's captain in the "disaster" film "The Poseidon Adventure"
• 1970: Cast as the head of a motion picture studio in "Bracken's World" (NBC)
• 1966: Played George Armstrong Custer in "The Plainsman"
• 1966: Co-starred in the big screen remake of "Beau Geste"
• From 1957 to 1958: Cast as Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion in "Swamp Fox", a limited series aired on "Walt Disney" (ABC)
• 1957: Starred opposite Debbie Reynolds in "Tammy and the Bachelor"
• 1956: Played the ship's commander in the cult sci-fi movie "Forbidden Planet"
• 1954: Moved to Hollywood when put under contract by Paramount
• 1950: Made TV debut in the "Studio One" production "Battleship Bismarck"
• 1949: Moved to NYC
• Toured USA and Great Britain in one-person stage show "Leslie Nielsen as Clarence Darrow"
• Hosted the syndicated documentary series "The Explorers"
• Served in Canadian Air Force during WWII
• Spent his boyhood living near the Arctic Circle
• Worked as a disc jockey and announcer on Canadian radio; also was a radio engineer
• Portrayed Dr Vincent Markham on the ABC primetime serial "Peyton Place"
• Headlined the ABC police drama series "The New Breed"
• Headlined the NBC rotating series "The Protectors"
• Co-wrote and starred in "2001: A Space Travesty" (lensed 1999)