Leslie Nielsen

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Rip the Runway 2013' on BET

2013-03-19 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES Arrow Jessica De Gouw reprises her role as...

UCLA Festival of Preservation turns spotlight on Julie Harris, TV

2013-03-15 05:00:00

The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation turns its spotlight on the small screen with a tribute Saturday to the television work of an award-winning actress and a celebration March 23 of an acclaimed but short-lived ABC anthology...

'Scorecasting' by Moskowitz and Wertheim

2011-02-26 00:00:00

Sports holds many truths to be self-evident: Defense wins championships. It's smart strategy to bench a player who is in foul trouble. Teams perform better at home than on the road. When a basketball player gets a hot hand, it's best to feed that shooter....

Remembering Leslie Nielsen

2010-11-29 16:33:08

Brand X Files: Oscar hosts announced. Leslie Nielsen dies. 'Spider-Man' hits Broadway.

2010-11-29 16:35:05

The Morning Fix: Is Ari Emanuel the next Don Draper? 'Tangled' shines at box office. Anne Hathaway and James Franco as Oscar hosts? RIP Leslie Nielsen.

2010-11-29 16:33:04

An odd 'Let It Be' cover hits the net: Huey Lewis, Lou Ferrigno, Tonya Harding, Ricki Lake, Leslie Nielsen, others gather to sing the Beatles

2010-12-06 16:34:35

Weekend Agenda: Cirque Berzerk, Leslie Nielsen Drink Along, 'Do The Right Thing'

2011-01-07 16:35:37

The Morning Fix: Big media worry FCC is overreaching on conditions for Comcast-NBC deal. Some 'Desperate Housewives' desperate for raises. 'Green Hornet' hopes to sting `Dilemma.'

2011-01-14 16:33:08

Leslie Nielsen dies at 84; serious actor became a comic star

2010-11-29 00:00:00

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. Nielson died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home,...

Anne Francis dies at 80; costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic 'Forbidden Planet'

2011-01-03 00:00:00

Anne Francis, who costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later played the title role in "Honey West," the mid-1960s TV series about a sexy female private detective with a pet ocelot, died Sunday. She was 80. Francis, who...

Peter Graves succeeds in an impossible mission

2010-03-14 17:37:17

When Peter Graves was honored last month at the Ojai Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award, the 83-year-old actor was hoping they would screen Billy Wilder's 1953 classic "Stalag 17" in which he played a Nazi spy placed among American POWs in...

Claim to fame: Comic actor who shined in the "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" films, loved flatulence jokes and inscribed "Let 'er rip" on his tombstone. Died Nov. 28, 2010, of pneumonia. Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, 1300 SE 10th Ave., Fort Lauderdale.

2011-09-30 11:33:00

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Leslie Nielsen of Airplane and Naked Gun fame, is buried amid Fort Lauderdale's first families in Evergreen Cemetery. The bench facing Nielsen's gravestone says "Sit down whenever you can. -Leslie Nielsen."

2011-06-02 00:00:00

Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis in "Forbidden Planet"

2011-01-03 07:46:36