Long before he perfected that deadpan look past the camera or anyone had dreamt of calling him Shirley, Nielsen was a stern-jawed leading man with a serious swirl of hair.
Forbidden Planet was just his second film, a sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest which is credited with paving the way for the original Star Trek series and which launched Nielsen to semi-stardom.
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Niksterino
Nov 30th 2010, 15:56
Wow, this list went up to twenty?? Really? Look, I liked the guy as much as anyone else, but judging by Twitter, Facebook etc. you would think he's the most important actor of our generation.
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kaysad
Nov 30th 2010, 16:10
funniest old guy ever! funniest cop ever! funniest comedy actor ever! funniest white haired man ever! funniest shirley ever!
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Nashnash
Nov 30th 2010, 18:21
"...the actor’s last screen appearance to date..." I hope that, "to date" was just a typo.
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Toursiveu
Dec 1st 2010, 18:22
You include the terrible Prom Night but forget the wonderful Creepshow, by George A. Romero? I haven't seen Repossessed since it was released on VHS but I remember the gag about Sean Penn punchies the paparazzi. Scary Movie 4 : not very funny except for this bit of dialogue : -The President : Get me Homer Landskirty! -His advisor : Sir, do you mean "Homeland Security"?
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ChrisWootton
Dec 2nd 2010, 12:28
Good call on Creepshow. I'd also include Day of the Animals, just because he has a fight to the death with a bear... he loses.... obviously. Actually after all these years I find that Naked Gun 33 1/3 is the one with the most consistent laughs
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ManMadeMonkey
Dec 2nd 2010, 18:59
Naked Gun is his masterpiece and is qute simply a masterpiece of comedy. One of the funniest films ever. He was a truly hilarious actor. RIP Leslie Nielsen.
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jceaser
Dec 4th 2010, 6:29
Forbidden Planet still one of the great sci fi films of all time.
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