Leslie Nielsen - Matted Autograph - 5.5x9

Autographed VHS box cover of Leslie Nielsen's "Naked Gun 2"

During the late '80s and early '90's, I ran a chain of video rental stores.  During that period, I mailed VHS box covers to actors requesting their signatures so that I could display them in  our stores (and in my home).  This is one of the many responses received.

After decades as a leading man in genre motion pictures like "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and "The Plainsman" (1966), Nielsen inserted his serious, authoritative persona into the parody-based comedies of the Zucker brothers and enjoyed a highly successful second career arc in films like "Airplane" (1980) and especially the "Naked Gun" series (1988, 1991, 1994), as well as "Scary Movie 3" (2003) and "Scary Movie 4" (2006). The key to the silver-haired leading man's timeless success was his deadpan delivery and seeming obliviousness to situations rife with sight gags and slapstick comedy.