Leo McKern In 1983, McKern was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the performing arts. He frequently travelled between England and Australia both to visit family and friends, and to appear in various films and plays. As he was frightened of flying, he booked tickets to travel on cargo ships. This gave him time and peace to read scripts and contracts, with the added benefit of feeling he was on holidays. McKern informed his daughter Abigail that he suffered from stage fright, which became harder to control with age. He also worried that his stout frame
James Leo Ryan (actor) James Leo Ryan (actor) James Leo Ryan , also known as Jimmy or Jim, is an American stage, film, and television actor. He is one of three children and an alumnus of Loy Norrix High School and Denison University. He was recently interviewed for the Inside Acting Podcast. Ryan has appeared as Marlon in the short film "The Ropes", as Yosef in film "Species III", and as a dancer in the 2000 film "Psycho Beach Party". In 2006, he appeared as a paralyzed man in the Hallmark Channel movie "Though None Go with Me", in the short film "Haunted Prison",