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Leo McKern
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Actor Born: March 16, 1920 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 23, 2002 in Somerset, England Biography:Jowly, curmudgeonly Australian actor "Leo McKern" was seen in over 200 stage productions during his five-decade career. After several comic-villain film assignments, McKern briefly became an icon of the Swingin' '60s with his portrayal of the blustering cult leader in the "Beatles"' "Help" (1965). He has since been seen as Cromwell in "A Man For All Seasons" (1966), as Professor Moriarty in "Gene Wilder"'s "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1986), and as a pigheaded ex-communist civil engineer in "Travelling North" (1986), a role which won him several industry awards. In the late 1970s, "Leo McKern" scored an enormous hit as the title character in the British TV series Rumpole of the Bailey, which ran off and on from 1977 through 1992. "Rumpole" has been both bogy and blessing to McKern, as he revealed to "Vanity Fair" magazine in 1995: "I consider that my best performance ever was as... Full Biography
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