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
Mark Pegg (actor) Mark Pegg (actor) Mark Pegg is a British actor and film producer. He first came to prominence as Detective Constable Tony Weir in the BBC production Our Friends in the North and has since appeared in many television and stage productions, including Frank Hauser's Chichester Festival Theatre's 1995 production of Hobson's Choice with Leo McKern.<ref name="http://www.cft.org.uk/1995"></ref> He trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. In 2006, he produced the feature film Heroes and Villains which starred James Corden and Jenny Agutter,<ref name="http://www.screendaily.com"></ref> and in 2007 he was the Executive Producer on Stuart Urban's Tovarisch, I Am