Frank Drebin 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 "Empire" magazine as one of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time". In 2000, "TV Guide" named him to its list of the 25 greatest TV detectives, ranking him #23. He was also named by UGO.com as one of "The 100 Best Heroes of All Time". Frank Drebin is a member of Police Squad, a special department of the police force, where he served for many years. In the original
Tall Timbers (film) of the William Hatfield story "Big Timber" as their next film after "Thoroughbred" (1936), starring an imported Hollywood actor. However Cinesound made "Orphans of the Wilderness" and "It Isn't Done" instead. Eventually Hall decided not to adapt Hatfield's story, which the author later turned into a novel. He instead used an original story by Frank Hurley also set in the timber industry. This story was rewritten by Frank Harvey. Hall claims the script had no connection with the 1926 Australasian Films picture "Tall Timber", which he had never seen. The two stars, Shirley Ann Richards and Frank Leighton, had both