Ed Williams, the actor best known for his roles in the “Police Squad!” TV show and the original “Naked Gun” films, has died.

He taught broadcasting for years, then played the lab scientist Ted Olson opposite Leslie Nielsen on the small and big screen ...

Before Leslie Nielsen was the deadpan master of spoof comedy, he was the unhinged alpha in a 1970s eco-horror about nature ...

Ed Williams, an actor best known for playing Ted Olson, the lab scientist who made all sorts of comical gadgets in the Naked ...

Before he passed away, actor Leslie Nielsen made sure we'd still be laughing long after he was gone. The comedy legend proved ...

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Paul Walter Hauser, left, and Liam Neeson in a scene from "The Naked Gun." (Frank Masi/Paramount Pictures via AP) Some say directing is 90% casting. In ...

A few things have changed since “The Naked Gun” was unholstered in 1988: Ronald Reagan is no longer president, if someone calls you the GOAT you no longer want to punch him, and the movie’s beloved ...

Some say directing is 90% casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110%. The choice of Nielsen for “Police Squad!” and the subsequent “Naked Gun” movies deserves a ...

Ed Williams, best known for his roles Ted Olson on ABC’s Police Squad!, which he later reprised in the original Naked Gun ...

Some say directing is 90 percent casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110 percent. The choice of Nielsen for "Police Squad!" and the subsequent "Naked Gun" ...