Leo McKern

Deceased · Born: Mar 16, 1920 · Died: Jul 23, 2002

Personal Details

Born Mar 16, 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parents

Norman Walton McKern
Vera McKern

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002) was an Australian-born English actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and movies, and more than 200 stage roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article leo McKern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

1999

Molokai as Bishop Maigret

1995

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection as Dad Rudd

1994

Good King Wenceslas

Good King Wenceslas as Duke Phillio

1993

Screen One as Cyril

Screen One as Cyril

1992

Screen Two as Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

Screen Two as Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

1987

Travelling North

Travelling North as Frank

Great Performances

Great Performances as Sancho Zancas

1985

Great Performances

Great Performances as Sancho Zancas

Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors as Insp. Curry

Ladyhawke as Father Imperius

1984

The Voyage of Bounty's Child

The Voyage of Bounty's Child as Narrator

The Chain as Thomas

1983

King Lear as Gloucester

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies as Zaharov

1981

Play for Today as Sir Frederick Carlion

1980

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey as Horace Rumpole

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon as Paddy Button

1979

The House on Garibaldi Street

The House on Garibaldi Street as David Ben-Gurion

1978

The Last Tasmanian

The Last Tasmanian as Narrator (voice)

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey as Horace Rumpole

1977

Candleshoe as Harry Bundage

1975

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Moriarty

Play for Today as Horace Rumpole

Space: 1999 as Companion

1973

Massacre in Rome

Massacre in Rome as Gen. Kurt Maelzer

1970

Ryan's Daughter

Ryan's Daughter as Thomas Ryan

1968

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play as Robert Kelvin

Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher

Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher as Captain Grimes

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman as Cardinal Leone

Assignment K as Smith

1967

The Prisoner as Former Number Two

1966

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons as Thomas Cromwell

1965

Help! as Clang

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Gauner Squint

1964

They All Died Laughing

They All Died Laughing as Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery

Agent 8 3/4 as Simoneva

King & Country as Capt. O'Sullivan

Disneyland as Roublot

1963

Doctor in Distress

Doctor in Distress as Harry Heilbronn

1962

Lisa as Brandt

1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Bill Maguire

I Like Money as Muche

1960

Jazz Boat as Supr. Baker

Scent of Mystery

Scent of Mystery as Tommy Kennedy

1959

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy as Max

Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence as McEvoy

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared as Benter

1957

Time Without Pity

Time Without Pity as Robert Stanford

1956

X the Unknown as Inspector McGill

1955

All for Mary as Gaston Nikopopoulos

Robin Hood: The Movie

Robin Hood: The Movie as Sir Roger De Lisle

1951

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral

appearances

1979

Now You're Talking

Now You're Talking

writing

1958

Chain of Events

Chain of Events as Writer