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
Leo de Berardinis 2001, de Berardinis went into a coma after a plastic surgery, due to the error of an anesthesiologist. After seven years in a coma, he died in Rome on 18 September 2008. Plays: Leo de Berardinis Leo de Berardinis (3 January 1940 in Gioi – 18 September 2008 in Rome) was an Italian stage actor and theatre director. He was an important exponent of the Italian "avant-garde" theatre. Born in Gioi, a village in southern Campania, de Berardinis grew up in the Apulian city of Foggia. After his first experiences as stage actor in the company of Carlo Quartucci, he