Frank Drebin having "the best sex she's ever had". While he works under Ed, in "Police Squad", he works with Norberg (Peter Lupus). In the "Naked Gun" series, he works with Nordberg (O. J. Simpson). Drebin has held the rank of Sergeant and Lieutenant Detective. He and Ted Olson (Ed Williams) are the only characters that appeared in both "Police Squad!" and the "Naked Gun" films and were portrayed by the same actors. Frank Drebin Franklin "Frank" Drebin is a fictional character in the "Police Squad!" series and "The Naked Gun" movies played by Leslie Nielsen. In 2008, Drebin was selected by
The Long and the Short and the Tall (play) then unknown O'Toole, who turned the character into a Cockney. O'Toole's understudy who never appeared was Michael Caine. Caine later played O'Toole's role on a Scottish tour of the play with Frank Finlay as Sergeant Mitchem and Terence Stamp as Whitaker. The play was filmed for British TV in 1959 with the play's original cast.<ref>TV Adaptation at IMDB The Long and the Short and the Tall (play) The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play written by British playwright Willis Hall. Set in the Second World War, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London