Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO was an Australian-born English actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and movies, and more than 200 stage roles. McKern was born Reginald McKern in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Vera and Norman Walton McKern and attended Sydney Technical High School. After an accident at age 15 he lost his left eye. He first worked as an engineering apprentice, then as an artist, followed by serving in the Australian Army during World War II. During the war, he made his first stage appearance in Sydney in 1944. Having fallen in love with... actress Jane Holland, McKern moved to England to be with her and they married in 1946. He soon became a regular performer at London's Old Vic theatre and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, despite the difficulties posed by his glass eye and Australian accent. In 1949, he played Forester in Love's Labour's Lost at the Old Vic. His most notable Shakespearean role was as Iago to Anthony Quayle's Othello in 1952.
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| Birthdate: | March 16, 1920 |
| Birthplace: | Sydney |
| Date of death: | July 23, 2002 |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Also known as: | Reginald McKern |