Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: The Accidental Actor
Author(s): George Whaley
Biographies & Memoirs | Film, TV & Theatre
This long-awaited biography tells the story of a working-class Sydney boy who left Australian shores in the 1940s and went on to an extraordinary and renowned acting career. In England he become a major Shakespearean actor and made many films. Yet it was the gravelly-voiced, potato-faced Horace Rumpole in the long-running series Rumpole of the Bailey that made him a household name in Britain and Australia.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : UNSW Press
- : UNSW Press
- : 01 October 2008
- : 234mm X 153mm X 25mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : George Whaley
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : 792.02
- : 792.02
- : 312
- : 312
- : Biography & autobiography: film, television, music, theatre; Individual actors & performers; Films, cinema; Television
- : Biography & autobiography: film, television, music, theatre; Individual actors & performers; Films, cinema; Television
- : illustrations
- : illustrations