Leslie Nielsen, a serious actor who became a comic star with his career-changing roles in “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” comedies, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.

Leslie Nielsen, a serious actor who became a comic star with his career-changing roles in “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” comedies, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.

Leslie Nielsen’s life celebrated at open-casket cocktail party. By Jose Lambiet. Dec 8, 2010. As the jazzy soundtrack of The Naked Gun blared on the speakers and Canadian mounties saluted, actor ...

From “The Poseidon Adventure” to “Airplane!,” how Leslie Nielsen became an all-purpose embodiment of the parodic principle itself.

Leslie Nielsen, who traded in his dramatic persona for inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in "Airplane!" and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in "The Naked Gun" comedies, died on ...