Changes: Leslie Nielsen

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Leslie William Nielsen was a Canadian actor, comedian, and producer.

He is best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Frank Drebin in the short-lived comedy television show, Police Squad! and The Naked Gun film trilogy.

For Disney, he played Lucas, Blanche's uncle and Dorothy's eventual husband in The Golden Girls series finale One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest. Baxter the Butler in the 1995 Christmas special, Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree, Dick Steele in the 1996 Hollywood Pictures film, Spy Hard, Mr. Magoo in the 1997 film of the same name, Mr. Penn in the 1998 Disney television film, Safety Patrol, Santa Claus in Santa Who?, and Col. Francis Marion in The Swamp Fox.

He also narrated The Boy Who Flew with Condors and Katie and Orbie.

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 {{Infobox Real Person
-|image = 220px-Leslie Nielsen.jpg
+|image = Leslie_Nielsen.jpg
 |name = Leslie Nielsen, [[Wikipedia:Order of Canada|OC]]
 |born = Leslie William Nielsen<br>[[February 11]], [[1926]]<br>Regina, Saskatchewan, [[Canada]]
 |died = [[November 28]], [[2010]] (aged 84)<br>Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]], [[United States]]
 |cause of death = [[Wikipedia:Pneumonia|Pneumonia]]
-|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American<br>[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px]] Canadian
+|nationality = [[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px]] Canadian
-|occupation(s) = Actor
+|occupation(s) = Actor, comedian, producer
-|years active = [[1948]]-2010
+|years active = [[1948]]-[[2010]]
-|spouse = Monica Boyar ([[1950]]-[[1956]])<br>Alisande Ullman ([[1958]]-[[1973]])<br>Brooks Oliver ([[1981]]-[[1983]])<br>Barbaree Earl ([[2001]]-2010, his death)
+|spouse = Monica Boyar ([[1950]]-[[1956]])<br>Alisande Ullman ([[1958]]-[[1973]])<br>Brooks Oliver ([[1981]]-[[1983]])<br>Barbaree Earl ([[2001]]-[[2010]]; his death)
-|children = Maura and Thea (with Alisande Ullman)
+|children = Maura and Thea (with Alisande Ullman)}}'''Leslie William Nielsen''' was a Canadian actor, comedian, and producer.
-}}'''Leslie William Nielsen''', [[Wikipedia:Order of Canada|OC]] ([[February 11]], [[1926]] - [[November 28]], [[2010]]) was a Canadian-born and American-naturalized actor and comedian.
+He is best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Frank Drebin in the short-lived comedy television show, ''Police Squad!'' and ''The Naked Gun'' film trilogy.
-He played Mr. Magoo in the [[1997]] [[Mr. Magoo|film of the same name]] Mr. Penn in the [[1998]] Disney television film, ''[[Safety Patrol]] ''and narrated The Boy Who Flew with Condors and played Col. Francis Marion in The Swamp Fox of ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he played Lucas, Blanche's uncle and Dorothy's eventual husband in [[The Golden Girls]] series finale ''One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest''. Baxter the Butler in the [[1995]] Christmas special, ''Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree'', Dick Steele in the [[1996]] [[Hollywood Pictures]] film, ''[[Spy Hard]]'', [[Mr. Quincy Magoo|Mr. Magoo]] in the [[1997]] [[Mr. Magoo|film of the same name]], Mr. Penn in the [[1998]] Disney television film, ''[[Safety Patrol]]'', [[Santa Claus]] in ''[[Santa Who?]]'', and Col. Francis Marion in ''[[The Swamp Fox (TV series)|The Swamp Fox]]''.
+He also narrated ''The Boy Who Flew with Condors'' and ''Katie and Orbie''.
+==Disney Roles==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="150" spacing="small">
+Quincy Magoo blink.png|'''[[Mr. Quincy Magoo]]'''<br>(''[[Mr. Magoo]]'')
+px-Santa-nielsen.jpg|'''[[Santa Claus]]'''<br>(''[[Santa Who?]]'')
+</gallery>
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