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Leslie Nielsen

July 2020

  • Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hays in Airplane!, a film that never pauses for a laugh, because there’s another one coming.

    Airplane! at 40: the best spoof comedy ever made?

    The tirelessly joke-packed 1980 film might have dated in some ways but its relentless desire to amuse still makes it an undeniable winner

May 2020

  • ‘Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue’ … Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen and Peter Graves in the 1980 movie Airplane!

    How we made
    How We Made: Airplane!

    ‘Leslie Nielsen had this machine that made fart noises. He’d let rip while you were filming dialogue with him’

March 2016

  • George Kennedy

    George Kennedy obituary

    Actor known for his roles in Cool Hand Luke, the Naked Gun trilogy and Airport

February 2016

  • Phoograph of ad for Forbidden Planet

    Reports of my death
    Clive James: ‘Leslie Nielsen made a gun of his fingers and shot me. I shot back’

    In my career as a television interviewer, Nielsen was up there with William Shatner as the funniest man I ever met

May 2015

  • Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun (1988)

    Comedy heroes
    The Pajama Men on Leslie Nielsen: 'All class – and a complete moron'

    The absurdist standup duo applaud the silver-haired master of deadpan comedy

December 2013

  • Ed Helms (left), who has signed up to star in a remake of Naked Gun, which starred Leslie Nielsen

    Naked Gun reboot unveils star Ed Helms

    The Hangover star is to take on the role of the bumbling detective following the death of Leslie Nielsen in 2010

October 2013

  • Groucho Marx

    Film blog
    Top 10 comedy movies

  • Gordon Hill

    The joy of six
    The Joy of Six: referees and sporting match officials

April 2013

  • Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun (1988)

    Film blog
    A Naked Gun reboot? Now that really would be a Scary Movie

    Stuart Heritage: Either David Zucker is trying to distract us from his latest turkey or we're all staring down the barrel of another Naked Gun movie

February 2011

  • Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 33 1/3

    Academy awards 2011: Leslie Nielsen remembered by Oscar

    Academy pays tribute to star of Airplane! and the Naked Gun series Leslie Nielsen who died in November aged 84

January 2011

  • Anne Francis

    Anne Francis obituary

    Star of the cult sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet

December 2010

  • 1980, STAR WARS - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    The Empire Strikes Back and The Pink Panther saved for future generations

  • mark wahlberg

    The populist
    From a boxing Marky Mark, to badly-named death-metallers, this week's winners and losers

  • the legend of paul and paula east side stories

    This week's new film events

  • Shallow Grave

    Close up
    Close up: Guardian film news, reviews and much, much more

29 November 2010

  • Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen: the doyen of deadpan

    From Forbidden Planet to Scary Movie
  • Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen: Naked fun

    Comedian Chris Addison salutes his comedy hero

    • Leslie Nielsen obituary

    • Leslie Nielsen: a career in pictures

    • Film blog
      Leslie Nielsen: a career in clips

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