Even more appropriate is how Seth MacFarlane convinced Liam Neeson to make The Naked Gun, as he knows the Irish actor’s chops ...

By the end of his career, Emmy-nominated actor Lloyd Bridges had fully embraced his comedic chops, starring in parody films ...

For her next role, Pamela Anderson is cutting loose. Earlier this year, the actor made a major comeback with a stellar turn ...

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.

Countless superlatives have been launched at Christopher Nolan as he gradually ascended to his current status as one of modern cinema’s most acclaimed and influential auteurs, but few have gone out on ...

Yep, Leslie Nielsen, who died yesterday at the age of 84, was that kind of guy. A jokester inside a leading man's body. A straight man with comedic instincts.

In Airplane!, Leslie Nielsen's Dr. Rumack comes into play when several passengers mysteriously fall ill, leading him to ask flight attendant Elaine (Julie Hagerty), what the in-flight meal was.

Leslie Nielsen, the actor best known for starring in such comedies as Airplane! and the Naked Gun film franchise, died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home in Ft. ...

Leslie Nielsen played Clarence Darrow on stage. Following Airplane! and 1988’s The Naked Gun , Nielsen was forever typecast as a comic actor, which he was perfectly willing to embrace.

George and Barbara Bush got even with Leslie Nielsen for the slapstick liberties the actor took with them in ”Naked Gun 1/2.” At a White House soiree at which Nielsen was a guest, Bush scowled ...