Cast
Leslie Nielsen portrayed Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad. Jerry Zucker explained that the name Drebin was picked blindly from the phone book. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker had met Nielsen when working on Airplane! (1980) and felt their kind of humor matched. The team felt Nielsen would be perfect as Drebin as the character lampooned the roles Nielsen had played in television dramas such as The Bold Ones: The Protectors and S.W.A.T.. Ed Williams co-starred as lab technician Ted Olson; Williams had been a science teacher for many years and had done a little acting. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker were amazed by his performance.
- Leslie Nielsen as Detective Frank Drebin
- Alan North as Captain Ed Hocken
- Peter Lupus as Officer Norberg
- Ed Williams as Ted Olson, Scientist
- William Duell as Johnny the Snitch
- Ronald "Tiny Ron" Taylor as Al
Of the main cast, Nielsen, Taylor & Wiliams were the only ones who returned and portrayed their original characters in The Naked Gun film series. Captain Ed Hocken was portrayed by George Kennedy in the film series, while O.J. Simpson played Officer Nordberg.
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