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Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Harry Bundage in Candleshoe (1977), Paddy Button in ...
Leo McKern. Actor: Ladyhawke. Although he sounded very British, Leo McKern was an Australian. By the time he was 15 years old, he had endured an accident that left him without his left eye. A glass eye replaced it - one might conjecture for the better, as far as making McKern a one-day actor of singular focus (no pun intended; his face had that extremely focused look).
Leo McKern, the Australian-born actor who became famous for the most English of roles in Rumpole of the Bailey, has died aged 82.He had been ill for some time and died at a nursing home near his ...
Jul 24, 2002 · Leo McKern, the veteran stage and screen actor who became best known for his television role as the shrewd and exasperating British barrister ''Rumpole of the Bailey,'' died yesterday at a nursing ...
Mar 18, 2024 · The Inside Scoop on Leo McKern’s Influence in “The Prisoner” Ask any cast or crew member who had the privilege to work with McKern on “The Prisoner” and you would unfurl tales of a man whose humor and gravity in equal measure informed his acting and his relationships.
Jul 24, 2002 · Leo McKern, a distinguished character actor who was indelibly identified with the short, round and irascible English barrister of television's "Rumpole of the Bailey" series, died Tuesday in Bath ...
Jul 24, 2002 · "Leo had been very unwell for some time and he died this morning," his agent said. McKern, who enjoyed a distinguished stage career spanning five decades, was married to actress Jane Holland and ...
Jul 24, 2002 · Leo McKern, the rubbery-face character actor who won fans for playing the TV role of the tobacco-loving, blustery barrister, "Rumpole of the Bailey," died July 22 in Bath, England, of natural causes.
Jul 24, 2002 · Leo McKern, the actor who died yesterday aged 82, won his reputation in classical roles; to the public at large, however, he was known chiefly for his portrayal of the lead in the television ...
Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in Help! , Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons , Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter , Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon , Dr. Grogan in The French Lieutenant's Woman , Father Imperius in ...
