Leo McKern - biography

“It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.”

“I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt.”

“If I get an obit in the Times, they will say, of course, known to millions as Rumpole.”

Leo McKern has appeared in the following films:
All for Mary (1955)
X: The Unknown (1956)
Time Without Pity (1957)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Beyond This Place (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)
Jazz Boat (1960)
Scent of Mystery (1960)
The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film (1960)
Mr. Topaze (1961)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Inspector (1962)
Doctor in Distress (1963)
Hot Enough for June (1964)
King and Country (1964)
Help! (1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Assignment K (1968)
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Rappresaglia (1973)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975)
Candleshoe (1977)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
The Chain (1984)
Ladyhawke (1985)
A Foreign Field (1993)
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)