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Leo McKern

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Australian-British actor (1920-2002)

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Reginald "Leo" McKern 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!

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Filmography 40

The Blue Lagoon1980 · ★ 6.1
The Omen1976 · ★ 7.4
Ladyhawke1985 · ★ 7.0
Damien - Omen II1978 · ★ 6.4
A Man for All Seasons1966 · ★ 7.3
Help!1965 · ★ 6.9
The French Lieutenant's Woman1981 · ★ 6.5
Ryan's Daughter1970 · ★ 7.1
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother1975 · ★ 6.0
The Day the Earth Caught Fire1961 · ★ 6.8
The Mouse That Roared1959 · ★ 6.3
Candleshoe1977 · ★ 6.9
Children of the Damned1964 · ★ 6.1
The Shoes of the Fisherman1968 · ★ 6.8
X: The Unknown1956 · ★ 6.1
King and Country1964 · ★ 7.2
Time Without Pity1957 · ★ 6.5
Alice in Wonderland1966
Yesterday's Enemy1959
Massacre in Rome1973
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film1959
Murder with Mirrors1985
Hot Enough for June1964
Nobody Runs Forever1968
A Tale of Two Cities1958
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien1999
Doctor in Distress1963
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders1965
King Lear1983
Chain of Events1958
The Inspector1962
Mr. Topaze1961
Rumpole's Return1980
Assignment K1968
Travelling North1987
The Chain1984
Murder in the Cathedral1951
Scent of Mystery1960
Web of Evidence1959
All for Mary1955

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Television 24

Play for Today1970
Great Performances1971
Rumpole of the Bailey1975
Screen Two1985
Space: 19991975
BBC Play of the Month1965
The Prisoner1967
The Adventures of Robin Hood1955
ITV Playhouse1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
The Wednesday Play1964
The Beatles Anthology1995
Screen One1989
The Wonderful World of Disney1954
Reilly: Ace of Spies1983
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
Sunday Night Theatre1950
Churchill's People1974
The World of Hammer1994
Festival1963
Armchair Theatre1956
Drama 61-671961
Shades of Greene1975
Our Mutual Friend1976

Awards 1

1983Officer of the Order of Australia

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About this person

Reginald "Leo" McKern 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 The Blue Lagoon (1980), Dr. Grogan in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985), and the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and second installments of The Omen series and Number Two in the TV series The Prisoner.

Country
Australia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2002 · aged 82
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23 languages

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