Not just a very good comic actor. I saw Leslie Nielsen do a one-man play about the life of Clarence Darrow at the Malvern Festival Theatre once and he was jaw-droppingly good. Carried the whole show (obviously) and made a play about American history/law, which sounds yawn-mongous, extraordinarily interesting and moving.
Felt very sad this morning when I found out he'd passed away.
RIP Leslie.
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