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Reginald McKern, AO, known professionally as 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. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Dr. Grogan in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in Rumpole of the Bailey. He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and second installments of The Omen series.
Birth Name
Reginald McKern
Born
Tuesday, 16 March 1920
Died
Tuesday, 23 July 2002
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
Molokai | Bishop Maigret | 1999 |
Federation | Henry Parkes | 1999 |
The Beatles Anthology | Clang | 1995 |
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | Dad Rudd | 1995 |
Good King Wenceslas | Duke Phillio / Duke Phillip | 1994 |
The Prisoner Video Companion | (archive footage) | 1990 |
Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing | Narrator | 1990 |
Screen One | Cyril | 1989 |
Travelling North | Frank | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
Molokai | Bishop Maigret | 1999 |
Federation | Henry Parkes | 1999 |
The Beatles Anthology | Clang | 1995 |
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | Dad Rudd | 1995 |
Good King Wenceslas | Duke Phillio / Duke Phillip | 1994 |
The Prisoner Video Companion | (archive footage) | 1990 |
Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing | Narrator | 1990 |
Screen One | Cyril | 1989 |
Travelling North | Frank | 1987 |
Ladyhawke | Imperius / Father Imperius | 1985 |
Murder with Mirrors | Insp. Curry / Inspector Curry | 1985 |
Screen Two | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch | 1985 |
The Voyage of Bounty's Child | Narrator | 1984 |
Terror in the Aisles | Carl Bugenhagen | 1984 |
The Chain | Thomas | 1984 |
Reilly: Ace of Spies | Zaharov | 1983 |
King Lear | Gloucester | 1983 |
The French Lieutenant's Woman | Dr. Grogan | 1981 |
The Blue Lagoon | Paddy Button | 1980 |
The House on Garibaldi Street | David Ben-Gurion | 1979 |
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe | Professor | 1979 |
The Nativity | King Herod / Herod | 1978 |
The Last Tasmanian | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1978 |
Damien: Omen II | Carl Bugenhagen | 1978 |
Candleshoe | Bundage / Harry Bundage | 1977 |
The Omen | Carl Bugenhagen | 1976 |
Our Mutual Friend | Mr. Boffin | 1976 |
Rumpole of the Bailey | Horace Rumpole | 1975 |
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Moriarty | 1975 |
Arena | Self | 1975 |
Space: 1999 | Companion Gwent | 1975 |
Massacre in Rome | Gen. Kurt Maelzer | 1973 |
Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley | Self - Narrator | 1972 |
Great Performances | Sancho Zancas | 1971 |
Play for Today | Sir Frederick Carlion / Horace Rumpole | 1970 |
Ryan's Daughter | Thomas Ryan | 1970 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Leo | 1969 |
The Shoes of the Fisherman | Cardinal Leone | 1968 |
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher | Captain Grimes | 1968 |
60 Minutes | Himself - Actor (segment "Rumpole of the Bailey") (archive footage) | 1968 |
The High Commissioner | Flannery | 1968 |
Assignment K | Smith | 1968 |
ITV Playhouse | Edwin Coote | 1967 |
The Prisoner | Number Two / Former Number Two | 1967 |
Alice in Wonderland | Duchess | 1966 |
A Man for All Seasons | Thomas Cromwell | 1966 |
BBC Play of the Month | Azdak | 1965 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Mark | 1965 |
Help! | Clang | 1965 |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Squint / Gauner Squint | 1965 |
Tea Party | Disson | 1965 |
King & Country | Captain O'Sullivan / Capt. O'Sullivan | 1964 |
The Wednesday Play | Robert Kelvin | 1964 |
Horizon | Self - Narrator | 1964 |
They All Died Laughing | Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery | 1964 |
Children of the Damned | Inspector | 1964 |
Agent 8 3/4 | Simoneva | 1964 |
Doctor in Distress | Harry Heilbronn | 1963 |
Love Story | Theo Sandman | 1963 |
Lisa | Brandt | 1962 |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Bill Maguire | 1961 |
I Like Money | Muche | 1961 |
Drama 61-67 | Billy Driscoll | 1961 |
Jazz Boat | Inspector / Supr. Baker | 1960 |
Sykes and A... | Tommy Grando | 1960 |
Holiday in Spain | Tommy Kennedy | 1960 |
The Mouse That Roared | Benter | 1959 |
Yesterday's Enemy | Max | 1959 |
Web of Evidence | McEvoy | 1959 |
A Tale of Two Cities | Attorney General-Old Bailey / Old Bailey | 1958 |
Time Without Pity | Robert Stanford | 1957 |
X the Unknown | Inspector McGill / Insp. 'Mac' McGill | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Sam Arlen / Jerry McMahon / Charles Warren | 1956 |
ITV Play of the Week | Adolf Verloc / Grogan | 1955 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Roger de Lisle / Herbert of Doncaster | 1955 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Linus Hobbs / Doctor / Chris Christopherson / Canoris | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Roublot | 1954 |
Murder in the Cathedral | Third Knight | 1951 |