Leslie Nielsen
11 February 1926 - 28 November 2010
Actor
An authoritative presence in such films as Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Nielsen found greater success subverting this straight image with a series of deadpan performances in films including Airplane! (1980), The Naked Gun (1988) and two sequels, Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) among many others.