Films like "The Naked Gun", "Scary Movie" and "Mr. Magoo» well-known Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen has died at the age of 84 in Fort Lauderdale, near his home. He died Sunday at a hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia, his agent John S. Kelly said. He became popular primarily through his collaboration with Sugar, Abraham & Sugar (ZAZ), who first played him in "The incredible journey in a crazy plane" (Airplane!) in a supporting role and then for the main role in the television series "Police Squad!" (The Naked Gun) occupied. The series was followed by three films from the series "The Naked Gun", which were shot between 1988 and 1994.
Most of his films since 1980 are classified as slapstick comedy, so their humor is based on simple puns and gags. Nielsen was a holder of the Order of Canada. Erik Nielsen, one of his brothers, was Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Defense between 1984 and 1986. Nielsen was born in 1926 and grew up in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), in the Northwest Territories. His father served as a Mountie and raised him very strictly, his mother was from Wales. Leslie Nielsen studied at the Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto before moving to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and then moving to Hollywood shortly afterwards.
Nielsen worked since 1950 as a television series actor and disc jockey for various radio stations. Having worked for over 30 years, he was known as a fairly serious actor, although he was a total joker behind the camera. This aspect of his personality received too little attention for years until Nielsen got a chance in the genre with the film "The Incredible Journey in a Mad Airplane" in 1980 and the bumbling doctor "Dr. Rumack” was allowed to mime. With the role of the clumsy Lt. But it was Frank Drebin who made his real breakthrough and we will probably always remember him with this role. But one thing we should not forget, this was only one side of the man and I would like to quote his nephew Doug Nielsen here:
He was truly a nice man. A very caring, naturally funny guy in day-to-day life, not just because someone wrote something on paper for him. He was a very tender-hearted man. He was one of my best friends and I loved him dearly. I'll miss him greatly.
We will all miss him! Leslie, thank you for the many carefree and amusing moments, we will miss you! The world is even less funny without you ...