Leslie Nielsen Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Leslie Nielsen filmography covers 47 movie titles and 43 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Leslie Nielsen movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Forbidden Planet (1956) as Commander John J. Adams
• Ransom! (1956) as Charlie Telfer
• The Opposite Sex (1956) as Steve Hilliard
• Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) as Peter Brent
• The Sheepman (1958) as Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe
• Dark Intruder (1965) as Brett Kingsford
• Counterpoint (1967) as Victor Rice
• The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) as Major Fred Gifford
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as Captain Harrison
• Day of the Animals (1977) as Paul Jenson
• Halloween (1978) as Commander John J. Adams (archive footage)
• City on Fire (1979) as Mayor William Dudley
• Airplane! (1980) as Dr. Rumack
• Prom Night (1980) as Mr. Hammond
• Creepshow (1982) as Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
• Wrong Is Right (1982) as Mallory
• Spaceship (1983) as Capt. Jamieson
• Soul Man (1986) as Mr. Dunbar
• Nuts (1987) as Allen Green
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) as Frank Drebin
• Repossessed (1990) as Father Jebedaiah Mayii
• All I Want For Christmas (1991) as Santa
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) as Lt. Frank Drebin
• Surf Ninjas (1993) as Colonel Chi
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) as Lt. Frank Drebin
• S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994) as Lucio Cinico
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) as Count Dracula
• Rent-a-Kid (1995) as Harry Haber
• Spy Hard (1996) as Dick Steele
• Family Plan (1997) as Harry Haber
• Mr. Magoo (1997) as Mr. Quincy Magoo
• Wrongfully Accused (1998) as Ryan Harrison
• 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) as Richard 'Dick' Dix
• Santa Who? (2000) as Santa Claus
• Camouflage (2001) as Jack Potter
• Chilly Dogs (2001) as Clive Thorton / Cab Driver
• Men with Brooms (2002) as Gordon Cutter
• Scary Movie 3 (2003) as President Baxter Harris
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) as President Baxter Harris
• Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007) as Dr. Rumack (archive voice)
• Music Within (2007) as Bill Austin
• An American Carol (2008) as Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa
• Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008) as Mayor of Charlestown
• Superhero Movie (2008) as Uncle Albert Adams
• Spanish Movie (2009) as Doctor Nielsen
• Stan Helsing (2009) as Kay
• O.J.: Made in America (2016) as Self (archive footage)

Leslie Nielsen television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Leslie Nielsen; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• 227
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lloyd Ashley; Rudy Cox
• Barnaby Jones as Edward Brendon
• Bonanza as Sheriff Paul Rowan
• Cannon as Joe Gilbert; Weller Dane; Erich Strasser
• Columbo as A.J. Henderson; Peter Hamilton
• Daniel Boone as William Russell
• Due South as Sgt. Buck Frobisher
• Family Guy as Dr. Rumack (archive footage)
• Fantasy Island as Doctor Whitfield
• Gunsmoke as Jess Trevor
• Hawaii Five-O as Brent
• Highway to Heaven as Richard R. Benson
• Ironside
• It Takes a Thief as SIA Security Man
• Kojak as Michael Hagar
• Kung Fu as Vincent Corbino
• MAS*H as Col. Buzz Brighton
• Murder, She Wrote as David Everett; Captain Daniels
• Night Gallery as Col. Dennis Malloy; The Phantom (segment "Phantom of What Opera?")
• Police Squad! as Lt. Frank Drebin
• Raw as Leslie Nielsen
• Rawhide as Eli Becker
• S.W.A.T.
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mr. Grainger
• The Big Valley as Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway
• The F.B.I. as Hudson
• The Fugitive as Harold Cheyney; Martin C. Rowland
• The Golden Girls as Lucas
• The Love Boat as Hank Hardaway; Russ Blanchard; Dan Michaels
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as General Maximilian Harmon
• The Mod Squad as Rusty Bryson
• The Ray Bradbury Theater as Fantoccini
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco as John T. Connor
• The Virginian as John Hagen; Cleve Mason; Harry Lightfoot
• The Wild Wild West as Major General Ball
• The Wonderful World of Disney as Colonel Francis Marion; Col. Francis Marion
• The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Penn
• Vega$
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Wagon Train as Brian Conlin; Jeremy Dow
• Who's the Boss?

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Leslie Nielsen's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.