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	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Obituary: Leo McKern
		Leo McKern, who has died aged 82, was best known and admired for his most famous character, the crumpled, combative defence barrister Horace Rumpole in John Mortimer's television series, Rumpole Of The Bailey.
		McKern was a meat porter, and drew slides for the cinema, though he was also sacked for selling under-the-counter goods to pensioners.
		McKern returned to the theatre in 1995, as Old Hobson in Hobson's Choice at Chichester, giving a performance that was a nice blend of pathos and northern humour (his last West End performance was in the same play two years ago).
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,762200,00.html (1027 words)

	McKern, Leo
		Starring as the wily, overweight, jaded-but-dedicated defense attorney for seven seasons, McKern brought an intelligent, acerbic style to the character which was applauded by critics, audiences and creator Mortimer and ascribed to the character just as the character was inscribed on McKern's acting persona.
		These roles in McKern's decades of television experience are notable on three levels: their connection to general recurring themes, their development of a recognizable, familiar character function and their demonstration of the actor's particular talents.
		McKern's varied multi media career--from movies such as the lightweight Beatles' Help to the epic Lawrence of Arabia to plays such as Othello--may not be remembered by most fans, but the depth of talent required for such diversity is critically acknowledged in reviews of Rumpole of the Bailey.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/mckernleo/mckernleo.htm (1059 words)

	Encyclopedia: Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rumpole of the Bailey is a television series created and written by British writer John Mortimer, QC and starring Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients.
		Reginald Leo McKern (March 16, 1920 - July 23, 2002), better known simply as Leo McKern, was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British television programs, movies and in over 200 stage roles.
		Leo McKern, who has died aged 82, was best known and admired for his most famous character the crumpled, combative defence barrister Rumpole of the Bailey in the television series by John Mortimer.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leo-McKern (1346 words)

	Limerick Leader - July 27th, 2002 - News - Why city mourns death of Rumpole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE death of actor Leo McKern, well known for his role in hit TV series Rumpole of the Bailey, was being mourned in the city this week.
		Leo McKern 82, who starred in such films as The Mouse That Roared, Help, Lawrence of Arabia and The French Lieutenant's Woman died this Monday at a nursing home near his residence in Bath in Western England.
		Leo McKern was married to actress Jane Holland and had two daughters, Abigail and Harriet.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/20020727/news03.html (346 words)

	Leo McKern dies -- star of 'Rumpole of Bailey' / Australian appeared on stage, film, TV
		Leo McKern, a distinguished character actor who was indelibly identified with the short, round and irascible English barrister of television's popular "Rumpole of the Bailey" series, died Tuesday in Bath, England, after a long illness.
		McKern starred in the series based on the Rumpole stories of writer and former barrister John Mortimer.
		McKern started his television career in 1967 with a role as the repressive "No. 2" in "The Prisoner," the British drama starring Patrick McGoohan that became a cult classic.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/07/24/MN196530.DTL&type=printable (487 words)

	Vale Leo McKern, much more than just old Rumpole - theage.com.au
		McKern was in England and Cox in Melbourne.
		The local bishop, McKern's role, was one of the few people who tolerated and later supported Damien in his many battles with the church to secure a better life for the lepers.
		McKern, for whom producers were often a source of much chagrin, was one of the many prominent members of the international cast who supported the director.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/26/1027497410729.html (953 words)

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		Leo McKern at 82, Rumpole of the Bailey
		LONDON -- Leo McKern, the Australian actor who gained fame as a curmudgeonly barrister in "Rumpole of the Bailey," died Tuesday at the age of 82, his agent said.
		The distinctive appearance of McKern's fleshy face was due in part to a glass left eye, the result of an accident when he was a 15-year-old engineer's apprentice.
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	Leo 'Rumpole' McKern dies - theage.com.au
		McKern suffered from diabetes and other health problems and was transferred to the nursing home a few weeks ago.
		McKern enjoyed spells at the Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company and won critical acclaim for his role as Thomas Cromwell in the film version of A Man For All Seasons in 1966.
		His portrayal of the crumpled defence barrister was a hit with viewers and his reference to wife Hilda as "she who must be obeyed" became a signature phrase and part of the vocabulary.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/23/1027332379539.html (328 words)

	Leo Rumpole McKern: Final Verdict
		This was Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey.
		McKern recalled: "He said that he was sorry, but that with only one eye it would be absolutely hopeless." But by 1947, he began to get roles in tours of Europe, and in 1949 he made his debut with the Old Vic in Love's Labour's Lost.
		Leo McKern was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1983 —; the same year he published his memoirs, Just Resting.
	sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/art_profiles/article_1115.asp (1158 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts news \| Leo McKern, 1920 - 2002
		His portrayal was a hit with viewers and his reference to wife Hilda as "she who must be obeyed" became part of the nation's vocabulary.
		The ITV series which followed continued for a decade and a half, and McKern was happy to play the same character for so long.
		This was a part in which McKern could show his physical skill and energy, but also was an unnerving experience as the Tamburlaine, Donald Wolfit, was given to distracting the audience's attention from everyone on stage except himself.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/story/0,11711,761992,00.html (1444 words)

	Leo McKern, star of Rumpole, dies at 82 - smh.com.au
		The Sydney-born actor Leo McKern, who played the quick-witted, crumpled-faced TV barrister Rumpole of the Bailey, died last night at a nursing home, near Bath, in Britain's south-west.
		McKern enjoyed spells at the Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company, among others, and won critical acclaim for his role as Thomas Cromwell in the film version of A Man For All Seasons in 1966.
		McKern is survived by his wife, Jane, and his daughters, Abigail, a British-based actor, and Harriet, who works in the Australian film industry.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/23/1027332380521.html (711 words)

	Obituary: Leo McKern [Rumpole of the Bailey]
		Leo McKern, the actor who died yesterday aged 82, won his reputation in classical roles; to the public at large, however, he was known chiefly for his portrayal of the lead in the television series Rumpole of the Bailey, written by John Mortimer.
		Leo Reginald McKern was born at Sydney on March 16 1920 into a family which had migrated from Limerick in 1864.
		Leo McKern, the definative Number Two of "The Prisoner" series, and a fine,fine "Horace Rumpole" of the Rumphole of the Baily Series.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/721229/posts (1501 words)

	BeatleLinks Fab Forum - Leo McKern
		McKern was moved to the nursing home a few weeks before his death, and had suffered from diabetes and other health problems.
		LONDON (AP) — Leo McKern, the Australian actor who gained fame as a curmudgeonly barrister in ``Rumpole of the Bailey,'' died Tuesday at the age of 82, his agent said.
		McKern appeared as No. 2, the authoritarian figure who died at the end of each episode, to be replaced by another actor in the next.
	www.beatlelinks.net /forums/printthread.php?t=8386 (965 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Leo McKern, Australian actor who was TV's Rumpole, dead at 82
		LONDON – Leo McKern, the Australian actor who gained fame as a curmudgeonly barrister in "Rumpole of the Bailey," died Tuesday at the age of 82, his agent said.
		McKern starred as Horace Rumpole in 44 episodes between 1975 and 1992, playing a crafty lawyer given to quoting poetry, swilling "Chateau Thames Embankment" at Pomeroy's wine bar, and dueling at home with his wife Hilda – "she who must be obeyed."
		McKern's film roles included "The Mouse That Roared" (1959), The Beatles' "Help!" (1965), "A Man for all Seasons" (1966), "Ryan's Daughter" (1970), and "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981).
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20020723-1356-obit-mckern.html (441 words)

	Goodbye Rumpole \| Ground Force New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leo McKern, best known for his portrayal of the titular character of John Mortimer’s Rumpole of the Bailey, passed away, after a serious illness, at the reasonably ripe old age of 82.
		Of course Leo McKern was more than a one-role actor, though his other film and telly roles tended to pale in comparison with his more famous creation.
		McKern also had a long and distinguished career on the stage, though his appearances in all mediums had diminished greatly in the last few years.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_television/93829 (460 words)

	Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Mortimer wrote the Rumpole screenplays for Leo McKern, who portrays the portly barrister on the BBC TV series.
		On this audiotape, McKern reads two short stories from "Rumpole's Last Case." The chosen stories are "Rumpole and the Blind...
		Even though the fun of Rumpole is in the writing and the play on words, Leo McKern makes Rumpole come alive....
	www.freeglossary.com /Leo_McKern (367 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Obituary: Leo McKern
		Leo McKern also brought his distinctive features to film, marking up some notable credits after his 1952 debut appearance in Murder in the Cathedral.
		With magisterial mock grandeur and imperiousness, McKern brought an intelligent, acerbic style to the character that was applauded by audiences and critics alike.
		Despite being held in such high esteem, McKern was convinced that being short and stocky made him unattractive to audiences and suffered throughout his life from huge stage fright.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/1422476.stm (587 words)

	Great Character Actors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leo McKern is stout, but solid, with a craggy face set off by a large, bulbous, but beautiful nose and a wonderful, throaty voice.
		He was often cast in an authoritarian role as a military officer, a member of the religious hierarchy, an executive, an aristocrat, a judge or the like.
		He was born Reginald McKern on March 16, 1920 in Sidney, Australia.
	www.dougmacaulay.com /kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Leo&actor_last=McKern (399 words)

	Biography for Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leo McKern went to England in 1946, spending three years with the Old Vic and two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
		McKern has at least one thing in common with Peter Falk and Sammy Davis Jr.: one of his eyes is actually glass (the result of an accident that occured when he was a teen).
		McKern played half the title role in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970), archfiend Professor Moriarty in the spoof The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), an archeologist with apocalyptic secrets in The Omen (1976), and a comic con man opposite Jodie Foster in Disney's Candleshoe (1977).
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0571674/bio (603 words)

	Leo Mckern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the Commander, Bergman and Russell enter the visitor's craft, they find it occupied by the Companion (Leo McKern), who remains under the control of Gwent, a...
		Leo McKern's Long-Running Courtroom Drama Comes Out In A New...
		Leo McKern (LadyHawke, The Prisoner, The Omen, The Blue Lagoon) stars in this 14-DVD set containing the entire Thames Television production that ran on ITV in...
	www.wikiverse.org /leo-mckern (254 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		British actor Leo McKern, who played Clang in "Help!," and was known for many other roles including barrister Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series and perhaps the most significant No. 2 in the Patrick McGoohan series "The Prisoner," has died in a nursing home, reports the BBC.
		McKern had been ill for some time, suffering from diabetes and other problems.
		Fans regard McKern's No. 2 as the best No. 2 in the series and his bombastic style was a perfect foil to McGoohan's more subtle No. 6.
	abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /news/723leomckern.html (163 words)

	The Columnists.com has columns about entertainment, television, music, and screen classics
		McKern, 82, died on July 23--and nobody ever would have the temerity to cast anyone else in the role that McKern long ago made his permanent property.
		On top of that, McKern wasn't a very imposing presence and he had a glass eye, the result of an accident that cost him his left eye when he was just 15.
		McKern had followed actress Jane Holland to England in 1946 because he felt he was falling in love with her.
	www.thecolumnists.com /miller/miller224.html (1006 words)

	[Deathwatch] Leo McKern, actor, 82 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		'Rumpole of the Bailey' Actor Leo McKern Dies Tue Jul 23, 3:33 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran actor Leo McKern, most famous for his roles as the curmudgeonly barrister Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" television series, died Tuesday, his agent said.
		"Leo had been very unwell for some time and he died this morning," agent Richard Hatton told Reuters.
		McKern, who enjoyed a distinguished stage career spanning five decades, was married to actress Jane Holland and had two daughters -- Abigail who followed her father into the acting profession and Harriet, who works in the film industry.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2002-July/000190.html (174 words)

	Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961): Janet Munro, Edward Judd, Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most of these films were from a US perspective, but British writer-director Val Guest focuses here on the effects of the Cold War on those who are not directly involved in the Arms Race.
		McKern, in particular, is always watchable and even the relationship between Judd and Munro - both of them weary of life in one way or another - comes across as believable.
		The Museum of TV has a very thorough Leo McKern profile, while Janet Munro is profiled over at The Golden Years.
	www.citizencaine.org /films/day-the-earth-caught-fire.shtml (606 words)

	Mark Rubin Productions Inc. - Working with McKern
		A proposal, an offer, and a copy of the sample "Peter Ustinov reads The Orchestra" CD was sent to Mr.
		McKern's agent, who forwarded it to Leo, who said yes.
		Leo in person was every bit as warm and funny (and rumpled) as any fan of Rumpole
	www.markrubinproductions.com /working-mckern.htm (553 words)

	Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leo McKern was best known for playing Horace Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series for Thames TV, which began production in 1977 with sequential episodes produced on and off into the 90s.
		McKern's curmudgeonly barrister was popular in its American run under PBS' "Mystery!" banner as well.
		After some stage appearances in his native Australia, McKern arrived in Britain in 1946 and within a year was touring the provinces on stage....
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/193880 (510 words)

	BBC - BBC Four Drama - Country
		When Leo McKern died in August both the silver and the small screen lost one of the most distinctive actors of the 20th century.
		Bassoon voiced barrister Horace Rumpole was just one of the dazzling performances of the Australian born actor's illustrious career and in Richard Eyre's beautiful film Country we get to see a quite different one.
		Although it has taken Leo McKern's death for the piece to be seen again, there can be no denying the heartfelt power and poetry in Country, all captured in McKern's closing expression.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/cinema/features/country.shtml (334 words)

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