Editing Leslie Nielsen (section)

===Final acting years===
[[File:Leslie nielsen at moravian college.JPG|upright=0.8|thumb|Nielsen in March 2009 at [[DeSales University]] in [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania]]]]
Beginning in February 2007, Nielsen began playing a small role as a doctor in the humorous yet educational television show ''[[Doctor*Ology]]''. The show chronicles real-life medical techniques and technology on the [[Discovery Channel]]. Nielsen said:<ref name="YahooNe">{{cite news|title=Legendary Leslie Nielsen reluctant to slow down at 81|work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]|date=2 March 2007}}</ref>
{{Blockquote
|text=There are any number of things that you think about when you ponder if you hadn't been an actor, what would you be, and I've always said I'd like to be an astronaut or a doctor. I have such admiration for doctors. I just don't know how you go around to thank them enough for coming up with the world's most remarkable new discoveries.
}}

In 2007, Nielsen starred in the drama ''[[Music Within]]''. In 2008, he portrayed a version of [[Uncle Ben]] for ''[[Superhero Movie]]'', a spoof of [[superhero]] films. He then appeared in the 2008 parody ''[[An American Carol]]'', which David Zucker directed, produced, and co-wrote. He appeared in the 2009 parody ''[[Stan Helsing]]''. Nielsen portrayed the doctor in the Spanish horror comedy ''[[Spanish Movie]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34842/spanish-movie-looking-bring-some-comedy-spanish-horror |title=Spanish Movie Looking to Bring Some Comedy into Spanish Horror |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003125134/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34842/spanish-movie-looking-bring-some-comedy-spanish-horror |date=7 December 2009 |archive-date= 3 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a spoof comedy like ''Scary Movie'', but making fun of popular Spanish films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18301 |title='Spanish Movie' Spoofs Popular Flicks from Spain |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |date=7 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310012048/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18301 |archive-date= 10 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nielsen appeared in more than 100 films and 1,500 television episodes, portraying more than 220 characters.<ref name="CWOF">{{cite web|title=Leslie Nielsen, 2001 Inductee |work=Canadaswalkoffame.com |url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/leslie-nielsen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203215817/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/leslie-nielsen |archive-date= 3 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="1500Greensboro">{{cite news|last=Leonard|first=J.T.|title=Nielsen Serious About Clarence Darrow Role|work=Greensboro News and Record|date=10 February 2000|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GB&p_theme=gb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF88A65E1BB178&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|format=Fee required|access-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> From at least the early 1970s, he was a television commercial spokesperson for the [[Bank of Montreal]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Shell USA|Shell]] and [[Dollar Rent A Car|Dollar Rent-A-Car]], among many others; his earlier spots took advantage of his serious and authoritative persona, while later commercials were more humorous, mirroring his transition to comedic acting roles.