History Creator / LeoMcKern

* ''Film/TheRunningJumpingAndStandingStillFilm'' (1959) as Man With Boxing Glove (uncredited)

* ''Film/TheOmen1976'' as Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)

[=McKern=] was born in UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}. He left school at a young age and worked in a factory where he suffered an accident which resulted in the loss of his left eye when he was 15. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he served as a sapper in the Australian Army's Royal Australian Engineers.

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he won accolades for many of his roles in spite of the difficulties imposed by his GlassEye and thick Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in 1952, and his television debut in ''The March of the Peasants'' (also in 1952).

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accolades for many of his roles, in spite of the difficulties imposed by having a GlassEye and native Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in 1952, and his television debut in ''The March of the Peasants'' (also in 1952).

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accolades for many of his roles, despite the difficulties imposed by having a GlassEye and an Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in 1952, and his television debut in ''The March of the Peasants'' (also in 1952).

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. He is most famous for playing the title role in ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' from 1978 to 1992 (having first played the role in an episode of ''Series/PlayForToday'' in 1975). He was also the most remembered of the multiple Number Twos to appear in ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''.

[=McKern=] was born in Sydney. He left school at a young age and worked in a factory where he suffered an accident which resulted in the loss of his left eye when he was 15. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he served as a sapper in the Australian Army's Royal Australian Engineers.

* ''Series/ScreenTwo'': "The Last Romantics (1992) as Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' (1967-68) as Number Two[=/=]Former Number Two

* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' (1978-92) as Horace Rumpole

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* ''[[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin]]'' (1992-93) as Captain Haddock (voice)

* ''{{Doctor in Distress|1963}}'' (1963) as Mr. Harry "Luther" Heilbronn

* ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'' (1980) as Paddy Button

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accoldaes for many of his roles, dispite the difficulties imposed by having a GlassEye and an Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in 1952, and his television debut in ''The March of the Peasants'' (also in 1952).

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[=McKern=] was born in Sydney. He left school at a young age and worked in a factory when he suffered an accident which resulted in the loss of his left eye when he was 15. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he served as a sapper in the Australian Army's Royal Australian Engineers.

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accoldaes for many of his roles, dispite the difficulties imposed by having a glass eye and an Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in (1952) and his television debut in ''The March of the Peasants'' in 1952.

* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey (1978-92) as Horace Rumpole

* ''Series/ReillyAceOfSpies'' (1983) as Zaharov

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. He is most famous for playing the title role in ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' from 1978 to 1992 (having first played the role in an episode of ''Series/PlayForToday'' in 1975). He was also the most remembered of the multiple Number Twos to appear in ''Series/ThePrisoner''.

* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) as Imperius

* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesSmarterBrother'' (1975) as Moriarty

* ''Theatre/KingLear'' (1983) as Gloucester

* ''Film/XTheUnknown'' (1956) as Insp. 'Mac' McGill

* ''[[Literature/MollFlanders The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders]]'' (1965) as Squint

Working until 1999, [=McKern=] died in a nursing home in Bath in 2002.

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accoldaes for many of his roles, dispite the difficulties imposed by having a glass eye and an Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in (1952) and his television debut in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' in 1955.

He made his stage debut in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, [=McKern=] moved to the United Kingdom to be with her, and they married in 1946. He became a member the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCpmany) in Stratford-upon-Avon, and won accoldaes for many of his roles, dispite the difficulties imposed by having a glass eye and an Australian accent. He made his film debut in ''Murder in the Cathedral'' in (1952) and his television debut in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' in 1955.