In Forbidden Planet
, he was the prototype of starship captains for generations to come...
In Creepshow
, he was a jealous husband with a video obsession who received his comeuppance in true EC Comics fashion...
In the final episode
* of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uL4po2DFdLap_VXG2cFTKAikKnB6Ff_SJK5P6X0xXnrbqNc7WSmvAcfoO-uz1FIkEOjsJ4rV66xYGur0VeOFwrHIRs38RAW3asl9GcfaINK4-QMK5kf9VD_X9bPBxosksTz7S8JRNS6Os6nqEIUwJDle9E1ibkd3g0HGw6UJ8=s0-d)
, he was the last man to try (and fail) to kill Napoleon Solo...
And, as the Swamp Fox
, he was Disney's attempt at another franchise based on a real-life American hero like Davy Crockett
!
(DYK: Nielsen sang the show's theme song!)
(DYK: Nielsen sang the show's theme song!)
But this is how I remember Leslie Nielsen.
*The final 2-part episode of U.N.C.L.E.
, "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair". was released theatrically as How to Steal the World.
*The final 2-part episode of U.N.C.L.E.