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We can hardly believe that he played episodic roles in 160 television movies or series and another 63 cinema films, and yet he became known almost exclusively as a white-haired old man from crazy parodies. Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Tulita. His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. Father, Ingvard Eversen Nielsen, was a lieutenant in the Canadian Mounted Police, born in Denmark. His acting career began at a much earlier age, when he was forced to lie to his father in order to avoid severe punishment. After moving to Alberta, the Royal Canadian Air Force to pursue a career as a shooter. As the saying goes, all good things will end one day, and just as he was about to go overseas, World War II ended. He then began working as a disc jockey at a radio station in Calgary. In 1948, he got his first small role in an episode of Studio One. He began receiving big offers, playing musicals, science fiction, drama, Ben-Hur, Western, in the acclaimed Tammy and Bachelor. then he became the white-haired all-powerful king of comedy, statesman, secret agent, president, dracula, exorcised devil, Santa, etc. On October 10, 2002, he was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada.
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