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Leo McKern

Australian actor (1920–2002)

Reginald "Leo" McKern (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. His notable roles include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Harry Bundage in Candleshoe (1977), Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Dr. Grogan in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985), and the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and second instalments of The Omen series and Number Two in the TV series The Prisoner.

Early life

Reginald McKern was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Vera (née Martin) and Norman Walton McKern. Known as "Leo" from a young age, he attended Sydney Technical High School.^[1] On leaving school, he initia

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Leo J Kern (1896 - 1970)

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Born [location unknown]

Ancestors

Son of Nicholas J. Kern and Charlotte Green

Brother of Albert Perry Kern[half], Alta (Kern) Mcdonald[half], Nellie May Kern[half], Ellsworth Kern[half], Nichols Kern[half], Nicholas Jeramiah Kern[half], Arthur Kern[half], Hazel B (Kern) Bruns, Helen (Kern) Stealy and Russell Kern

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at age 74 [location unknown]

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Biography

Leo was born in 1896. He was the son of Nicholas Kern and Charlotte Green. He passed away in 1970.

Fact: Residence (1900) Cedar Falls city Ward 1 & 4, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Waterloo Ward 1, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Bremer County, Iowa, United States
Fact: Military Draft Registration (27 Apr 1942) Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Fact: Burial (1970) Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States of America
Fact: Residence Waterloo, Black Hawk,
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). He failed to complete Sydney Technical High School, though his interest in engineering prompted him to transfer into the role of engineering apprentice (1935 to 1937). He expanded his horizons in a different direction with a two-year stint (1937-1940) at a commercial art college. By then World War II was escalating toward Australia, and he volunteered for service with the Engineering Corp of the Australian Army (1940 to 1942). But yet one more career move was needed, and that while the war moved northward away from Australia when America joined the fight. He studied acting and debuted on stage in 1944. He also met an Australian stage actress (Jane Holland), and mutual attraction took its course. In 1946 she had acting opportunities in England,