Leo McKern was born on March 16, 1920 in Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia.
On July 23, 2002 Leo McKern passed away in Bath, England,
following a long illness.
Reginald McKern is Leo McKern birth name.
In 1946 Leo McKern and Jane Holland were married she is also
an actress you might remember her from A SON IS BORN. The
couple remained married until McKerns death, they have two
children.
Leo McKern and Jane Holland's daughter Abigail McKern was
in TALKING TO STRAGE MEN and on the TV series RUMPOLE OF THE
BAILEY playing Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert.
After John Houseman passed away Leo McKern became the spokesman
for Smith-Barney.
In 1957 Leo McKern changed roles, he became a writer and
wrote the play CHAIN OF EVENTS, staring Dermot Walsh and Susan
Shaw. The play was directed by Gerald Thomas who is known
for directing every CARRY ON film ever made including CARRY
ON COLUMBUS.
Playing the role of Horace P. Rumpole in TV series RUMPOLE
OF THE BAILEY is the part that made Leo McKern a popular on
TV. McKern's daughter, Abigail McKern, was also on the series
playing a female barrister Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert, Abigail
replaced actress Samantha Bond in the role.
A glass eye is something that very few actors might have
in common, but that is the case for Leo McKern, Peter Falk
and Sammy Davis Jr. All three of them have one eye made out
of glass. Leo McKern last his eye as the result of an accident
that occured when he was a teen.
The movie MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL was Leo McKern screen debut
in 1952.
Playing Bishop Maigret in MOLOKAI: THE STORY OF FATHER DAMIEN
in 1999 was Leo McKern last movie.
A train robber in THE HORSE WITHOUT A HEAD in 1963 was the
first Disney movie Leo McKern was in the second one was in
1977 as a con man opposite Jodie Foster in CANDLESHOE.
Taking a uncredited role in 1976 playing Carl Bugenhagen
in THE OMEN led Leo McKern to a credited role in 1978 it was
the sequal to THE OMEN playing the same role in DAMIEN: OMEN
II.
Leo McKern's other notable credits include...
