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In 1957, he won the lead role opposite Debbie Reynolds in the romantic comedy Tammy and the Bachelor, which, as a Chicago Tribune critic wrote in 1998, made people consider Nielsen a dramatic actor and handsome romantic lead.
Nov 29, 2010 · Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career’s second act.
Nov 30, 2010 · (CNN) -- Actor Leslie Nielsen took comedy very seriously. Originally making his living as a dramatic actor in the 1950s, Nielsen transitioned into the world of comedy so successfully that...
Nov 29, 2010 · He didn't understand why he had been asked to host a comedy show, because he was neither a comedian nor a comic. A comedian, he explained, was someone who says funny things. A comic was someone...
Nov 28, 2010 · LOS ANGELES — Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career’s second...
Jul 2, 2020 · It’s impossible to say definitively that any comedy is funny, but Airplane!’s canonization in both cult and institutional precincts (the AFI chose it as the 10th greatest comedy ever made,...
Nov 29, 2010 · LOS ANGELES — Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career's second...
