FrameThrower · Actors · Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
3 films · 290 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1982–1994
Born 11 February 1926 · Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada · died 28 November 2010
Leslie William Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in over one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 290 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1982–1994
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- ACTRA Award2003
- Canada's Walk of Fame2001
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 290 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Leslie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 43% of their frames are day — the look of the work Leslie takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 290 frames from Leslie Nielsen's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.