Leo McKern Leo McKern Reginald McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002), known professionally as Leo McKern, was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in "Help!" (1965), Thomas Cromwell in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), Tom Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (1970), Paddy Button in "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), Dr. Grogan in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981), Father Imperius in "Ladyhawke" (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom
Melissa Leo Leo lives in Stone Ridge, New York. In 1987, she had a son, John Matthew "Jack" Heard, with actor and former boyfriend John Heard. She considers director Adam Davenport a "son of sorts". Leo publicly rejected the label of feminist in statements made during a 2012 interview with "Salon": "I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. I would never say that." She reiterated these sentiments in a 2017 interview. Melissa Leo Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is