Lenny McLean
Lenny McLean
09.04.1949 - 28.07.1998 (49 years) (London - England - UK)
Leonard John McLean (9 April 1949 – 28 July 1998), also known as "The Guv'nor", was an English boxer, bouncer, criminal and prisoner, author, businessman, bodyguard, enforcer, weightlifter, television presenter and actor, and has been referred to as "the hardest man in Britain". McLean's pugilist reputation began in the East End of London in the late 1960s and was sustained through to the mid-1980s. He has stated that he had been involved in up to 4,000 unlicensed fight contests. McLean stated in his autobiography that he has been well known in the criminal underworld. As a respected and feared figure, he often associated with such people as the Kray twins, Henry Simpson, Ronnie Biggs and Charles Bronson. He was also known in the London nightclub scene as a bouncer, where he often managed security. In his later life, McLean became an actor, playing Barry The Baptist in Guy Ritchie's 1998 British gangster comedy film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.