About 100 family members and friends of the actor’s socialized near the open casket set up in one of the resort’s ballrooms. Some wiped away tears, others laughed quietly as they watched on a giant screen clips from famous the Canadian-born Nielsen’s films and TV shows, including Airplane!, The Naked Gun and TV’s Police Squad!.

No celebrity showed up, even though there had been a rumor last week that Priscilla Presley, Nielsen’s co-star in The Naked Gun, would be there.