Leo McKern

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Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002) was an Australian-born English actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and movies, and more than 200 stage roles.

Most Popular Leo McKern Trailers

Total trailers found: 65

A Tale of Two Cities Trailer (1958)

07 February 1958

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay.

Yesterday's Enemy Trailer (1959)

10 September 1959

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy.

Candleshoe Trailer (1977)

16 December 1977

When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize.

X the Unknown Trailer (1956)

21 September 1956

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village.

The Mouse That Roared Trailer (1959)

17 July 1959

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid.

The Blue Lagoon Trailer (1980)

05 July 1980

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island.

Assignment K Trailer (1968)

16 February 1968

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.

The Omen Trailer (1976)

25 June 1976

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife.

Country Trailer (1981)

20 October 1981

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the business, Sir Frederick, is getting old.

Murder with Mirrors Trailer (1985)

20 February 1985

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is bound to occur.

King Lear Trailer (1983)

03 April 1983

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire Trailer (1961)

01 November 1961

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right.

The House on Garibaldi Street Trailer (1979)

28 May 1979

When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.

Doctor in Distress Trailer (1963)

30 July 1963

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis.

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Trailer (1965)

26 May 1965

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.

The Chain Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Ladyhawke Trailer (1985)

27 March 1985

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day.

Murder in the Cathedral Trailer (1951)

10 September 1951

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

The Horse Without a Head Trailer (1964)

09 March 1964

Five pampered French children with their wheeled, headless, toy horse accidentally become tangled up in a plot to rob the Dijon- Paris express of 100,000,000.

Damien - Omen II Trailer (1978)

09 June 1978

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school.

Nobody Runs Forever Trailer (1968)

22 August 1968

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder.

Mr. Topaze Trailer (1961)

04 April 1961

Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault.

Alice in Wonderland Trailer (1966)

28 December 1966

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

A Foreign Field Trailer (1993)

10 September 1993

Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy.

Scent of Mystery Trailer (1960)

12 January 1960

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

Web of Evidence Trailer (1959)

28 April 1959

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.

The French Lieutenant's Woman Trailer (1981)

28 August 1981

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles.

Children of the Damned Trailer (1964)

10 January 1964

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film Trailer (1959)

31 October 1959

A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread.

A Man for All Seasons Trailer (1966)

13 December 1966

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Chain of Events Trailer (1958)

30 September 1958

When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences

A Jolly Bad Fellow Trailer (1964)

15 March 1964

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off.

Rumpole's Return Trailer (1980)

30 December 1980

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher Trailer (1968)

30 October 1968

A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.

Monsignor Quixote Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor.

Ryan's Daughter Trailer (1970)

19 March 1970

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.

Jazz Boat Trailer (1960)

01 June 1960

A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.

An Afternoon at the Festival Trailer (1973)

06 May 1973

Ahead of a screening of his latest film a director converses with a prostitute, whilst his female star and estranged wife talks to a writer, his brother.

Good King Wenceslas Trailer (1994)

26 November 1994

Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.

All for Mary Trailer (1955)

21 December 1955

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord's daughter.

The Nativity Trailer (1978)

17 December 1978

The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Trailer (1975)

14 December 1975

After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes.

Time Without Pity Trailer (1957)

21 March 1957

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford.

The Boxwallah Trailer (1982)

31 July 1982

Edwin and Nancy Coote live in a dingy flat in Kensington, but still live in the reflected glory of the Indian Raj.

The Last Tasmanian Trailer (1978)

17 August 1978

The story of the genocide of the Tasmanian aborigine population by British settlers. Specifically Truganini, the last living full-blood aborigine.

Rumpole of the Bailey Trailer (1975)

16 December 1975

An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.

The Inspector Trailer (1962)

24 May 1962

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Travelling North Trailer (1987)

19 June 1987

Travelling North tells the story of Frank, a crotchety old man with an unending zest and passion for life and Frances his much younger companion travelling to Queensland to enjoy their retirement and each other.

The Master Builder Trailer (1988)

15 May 1988

Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself.

Massacre in Rome Trailer (1973)

04 October 1973

In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship.

King and Country Trailer (1964)

05 September 1964

During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.

The Shoes of the Fisherman Trailer (1968)

14 November 1968

All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope.

The Life of Galileo Trailer (1964)

29 April 1964

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

Help! Trailer (1965)

29 July 1965

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off).

The Sun Is God Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

A dramatised documentary of the life and work of JMW Turner.

The Last Romantics Trailer (1992)

29 March 1992

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.

On the Eve of Publication Trailer (1968)

27 November 1968

TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a summation of his life, addressed in his head to his lover, Emma.

Danger! Men Working Trailer (1961)

07 May 1961

In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.

Mafia No! Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A BAFTA award nominated documentary about Danilo Dolci's 1967 march across Sicily as an expression of his fight against poverty, corruption and violence, together with transcripts of an interview with Dolci.

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Trailer (1999)

17 March 1999

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.