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Leo McKern (1920–2002)

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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)... See full bio »

Born:

Reginald McKern
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

(age 82) in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
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1999 Molokai
Bishop Maigret
 
1996 Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (TV movie)
Alexander Petrov
 
1995 Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dad Rudd
 
1994 Good King Wenceslas (TV movie)
Duke Phillip
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Cyril
– A Foreign Field (1993) … Cyril
 
1978-1992 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
Horace Rumpole
– Rumpole on Trial (1992) … Horace Rumpole
– Rumpole and the Family Pride (1992) … Horace Rumpole
– Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson (1992) … Horace Rumpole
– Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle (1992) … Horace Rumpole
– Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice (1992) … Horace Rumpole
See all 42 episodes »
 
1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
– The Last Romantics (1992) … Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
 
1988 Theatre Night (TV series)
Halvard Solness
– The Master Builder (1988) … Halvard Solness
 
1987 Travelling North
Frank
 
1987 Great Performances (TV series)
Sancho Zancas
– Monsignor Quixote (1987) … Sancho Zancas
 
1985 Ladyhawke
Father Imperius the Monk
 
1985 Murder with Mirrors (TV movie)
Inspector Curry
 
1984 The Chain
Thomas
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series)
Zaharov
– Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses (1983) … Zaharov
– Dreadnoughts and Crosses (1983) … Zaharov
– The Visiting Fireman (1983) … Zaharov
– An Affair with a Married Woman (1983) … Zaharov
 
1983 King Lear (TV movie)
Gloucester
 
1982 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Edwin Coote
– The Boxwallah (1982) … Edwin Coote
 
1975-1981 Play for Today (TV series)
Horace Rumpole / Sir Frederick Carlion
– Country (1981) … Sir Frederick Carlion
– Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) … Horace Rumpole
 
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Dr. Grogan
 
1981 The Comet Is Coming! (TV movie)
Voice of the Comet (voice)
 
1980 Rumpole's Return (TV movie)
Horace Rumpole
 
1980 The Blue Lagoon
Paddy Button
 
1979 The House on Garibaldi Street (TV movie)
David Ben-Gurion
 
1979 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (TV movie)
Professor (voice: English version)
 
1979 Lieutenant Kije (TV movie)
Voice of Tsar
 
1978 The Nativity (TV movie)
Herod
 
1978 Damien: Omen II
Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)
 
1977 Candleshoe
Harry Bundage
 
1977 The Savage (TV movie)
Gauguin
 
1977 Drama (TV series)
Estragon
– Waiting for Godot by Beckett (1977) … Estragon
 
1976 The Omen
Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)
 
1976 Our Mutual Friend (TV mini-series)
Mr. Boffin
– Episode #1.7 (1976) … Mr. Boffin
– Episode #1.6 (1976) … Mr. Boffin
– Episode #1.5 (1976) … Mr. Boffin
– Episode #1.4 (1976) … Mr. Boffin
– Episode #1.3 (1976) … Mr. Boffin
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1976 Space: 1999 (TV series)
Companion Gwent
– The Infernal Machine (1976) … Companion Gwent
 
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Moriarty
 
1975 Shades of Greene (TV series)
Henry
– Cheap in August (1975) … Henry
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
King Penda
– The Coming of the Cross (1975) … King Penda
 
1975 Coming of the Cross (TV movie)
 
1974 2nd House (TV series)
– Frank's for the Memory (1974)
 
1973 Massacre in Rome
Gen. Kurt Maelzer
 
1973 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Azdak
– Caucasian Chalk Circle (1973) … Azdak
 
1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Leo
– Afternoon at the Festival (1973) … Leo
 
1972 The Man Who Shot the Albatross (TV movie)
Bligh
 
1970 Ryan's Daughter
Thomas Ryan
 
1968 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Robert Kelvin
– On the Eve of Publication (1968) … Robert Kelvin
 
1968/I The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Leone
 
1968 Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
Capt. Grimes
 
1968 The High Commissioner
Flannery (uncredited)
 
1967-1968 The Prisoner (TV series)
Number Two / Former Number Two
– Fall Out (1968) … Former Number Two
– Once Upon a Time (1968) … Number Two
– The Chimes of Big Ben (1967) … Number Two
 
1968 Assignment K
Smith
 
1966 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
Duchess
 
1966 A Man for All Seasons
Cromwell
 
1965-1966 Sunday Night (TV series documentary)
Socrates
– The Death of Socrates (1966) … Socrates
– The Drinking Party (1965) … Socrates
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Mark
– Case Suspended (1966) … Mark
 
1965 Love Story (TV series)
Theo Sandman
– A Cure for Tin Ear (1965) … Theo Sandman
 
1965 Help!
Clang
 
1965 Tea Party (TV movie)
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Squint
 
1964 King & Country
Capt. O'Sullivan
 
1964 Agent 8 3/4
Simoneva
 
1964 They All Died Laughing
Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery
 
1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Roublot
– The Horse Without a Head: The Key to the Cache (1963) … Roublot
– The Horse Without a Head: The 100,000,000 Franc Train Robbery (1963) … Roublot
 
1963 Doctor in Distress
Harry Heilbronn
 
1962 Lisa
Brandt
 
1962 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Billy Driscoll
– Drama '62: No Decision (1962) … Billy Driscoll
 
1962 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (TV movie)
Dr. Clitterhouse
 
1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Bill Maguire
 
1959-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Charles Warren / Jerry
– Danger! Men Working (1961) … Jerry
– The Girl in the Market Square (1960) … Charles Warren
– No Gun, No Guilt (1959)
 
1961 Sykes and A... (TV series)
– Sykes and a Stranger (1961)
 
1957-1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Chris Christopherson / Doctor / Linus Hobbs
– Private Potter (1961) … Doctor
– The Staring Match (1957) … Linus Hobbs
– Anna Christie (1957) … Chris Christopherson
 
1961 I Like Money
Muche
 
1960 Saturday Playhouse (TV series)
Sheridan Whiteside
– The Man Who Came to Dinner (1960) … Sheridan Whiteside
 
1960 The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (short)
 
1960 Jazz Boat
Inspector
 
1960 Scent of Mystery
Tommy Kennedy
 
1959 The Mouse That Roared
Benter
 
1959 Yesterday's Enemy
Max
 
1959 Web of Evidence
McEvoy
 
1958 A Tale of Two Cities
Attorney General-Old Bailey
 
1957 The Critical Point (TV movie)
Dr. Andrew Mortimer
 
1957 Anna Christie (TV movie)
Chris Christopherson
 
1957 Hour of Mystery (TV series)
Lt. Kolski
– Confess, Killer (1957) … Lt. Kolski
 
1957 Confess, Killer
Lt Kolski
 
1957 Time Without Pity
Robert Stanford
 
1957 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV series)
Sergeant Campeau
– The Volunteer (1957) … Sergeant Campeau
 
1957 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Grogan
– Heaven and Earth (1957) … Grogan
 
1956 X: The Unknown
Insp. McGill
 
1955 All for Mary
Gaston Nikopopoulos
 
1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Herbert of Doncaster / Sir Roger de Lisle
– The Moneylender (1955) … Herbert of Doncaster
– The Coming of Robin Hood (1955) … Sir Roger de Lisle
 
1952 The March of the Peasants (TV series)
Josh Grober
– Traitors (1952) … Josh Grober
– The Tower Plot (1952) … Josh Grober
– The King's Game (1952) … Josh Grober
 
1951 Murder in the Cathedral
Third Knight
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1958 Chain of Events (radio play)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1990 Horizon (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Making an Honest Fiver (1990) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1984 The Voyage of Bounty's Child (documentary)
Narrator
 
1979 Now You're Talking (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1978 The Last Tasmanian (documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1972 Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley
Himself - Narrator
 
1970 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– We're the Last of the Travelling Circuses (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Bird's-Eye View (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Man on the Move (1969) … Himself - Narrator
 
1968/II The Shoes of the Fisherman (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 Mafia No! (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1966) … Himself
 
1964 Tempo (TV series)
– Crime to Remember (1964)
– A Vision of England (1964)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - (Memorial Tribute)
 
2003 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
2002 RIP 2002 (TV documentary)
 
1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Robin Hood: The Movie (video)
Sir Roger De Lisle
 
1990 The Prisoner Video Companion (video documentary)
 

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

After a year of shooting "Ryan's Daughter": "I don't like to be paid £500 a week for sitting down and playing Scrabble." See more »

Trivia:

His daughter, Abigail McKern, replaced actress Samantha Bond in the role of a female barrister Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert in his series Rumpole of the Bailey. See more »

Trademark:

Gravelly voice See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces