Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)

Plot.
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
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Cast & Crew.

Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole

Bill Fraser
Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham

Rosalyn Landor
Fiona Allways

Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant

Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown

Robin Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves

Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.

Maureen Darbyshire
Dianne

Maurice Denham
Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans

Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom

John Mortimer
Creator / Writer

Jonathan Coy
Henry

Mary Motture
Stage Director

Denys Graham
Hoskins

Jacqueline Davis
Producer

Abigail McKern
Liz Probert

Lloyd Shirley
Executive Producer

Samantha Bond
Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert

Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer

Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole

Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hilda Rumpole

Robert Tronson
Director

Herbert Wise
Director

John Gorrie
Director

Bill Hays
Director

Jim Goddard
Director

James Cellan Jones
Director

Michael Simpson
Director

Peter Hammond
Director

Derek Bennett
Director

Tony Dean Smith
Director

Robert Knights
Director

Stuart Burge
Director

Ralph Michael
Mr Justice Everglade

Liz Fraser
Bobby Dogherty

Jane Asher
Kathy

John Welsh
C. H. Wystan

Peter Childs
Fred Timson

Peter Jeffrey
Sam Dogherty

David Hanson
Jasper James

Robert McBain
Joseph Truscott

Tom Chadbon
Det. Sgt. Smedley

Tyler Butterworth
Roger Fabian

David Yelland
Nick Rumpole

Peter Bowles
Guthrie Featherstone

Joanna Van Gyseghem
Marigold Featherstone

Moray Watson
George Frobisher

Derek Benfield
Albert Handyside

Norman Ettlinger
Percy Hoskins

Richard Albrecht
Tony Maclay

Edward de Souza
Mr Bernard

Edwin Brown
Chief Insp. 'Chalky' White

Toni Palmer
Vi Timson

Keith Jayne
Jim Timson

Sean Clarke
'Peanuts' Molloy

Frank Coda
Uncle Cyril Timson

Sheila Collings
Auntie Doris

Bob Curtiss
Uncle Dennis

Stephen Gordon
Warder

Joyce Windsor
Secretary

David Rolfe
Brigadier Humphries

Vernon Dobtcheff

Rosalind March

Roger Sloman

Terence Rigby

Alex Tetteh-Lartey

Benjamin Whitrow

Robin Sachs

Richard Owens

William Simons

Michael Denison

Maurice Roëves

Ramsay Gilderdale

David Waller

Neville Barber

James McKenna

Malcolm Storry

Jim Dunk

Constance Chapman

Norman Rodway

Christopher Benjamin

Olu Jacobs

Bernard Archard

Tony Doyle

Antony Carrick

Richard Morant

Robert James

Tony Caunter

Judy Parfitt

Caroline Goodall

Derek Farr

Hugh Walters

Russell Porter

Michael Melia

Brenda Blethyn

Ian Bartholomew

Paul Bigley

Lorelei King

Andrew Robertson

Guy Henry

George Malpas

Brian Stirner

Peter Cartwright

Struan Rodger

Patrick Ryecart

Eleanor David

Anton Rodgers

David Quilter

James Villiers

Gordon Gostelow

Marcia Ashton

Jeffery Dench

Roger Brierley

Tim Wylton

Ronnie Stevens

Donald Pickering

Rosemary Leach

Richard Vernon

Peter Jones

Lucy Speed

Malcolm Sinclair

Gary Waldhorn

Dominic Jephcott

Geoffrey Bayldon

Jo Kendall

Caroline Holdaway

Robert Lang

Walter Sparrow

Frances White

Eleanor Bron

Charles Kay

Angus Lennie

Denys Hawthorne

Chrissie Cotterill

Paul Rogers

Julian Glover

Tenniel Evans

Michael Robbins

Margaret Whiting

James Maxwell

Joan Bakewell

Saeed Jaffrey

Caroline Mortimer

Peter Benson

Howard Attfield

Jeillo Edwards

Sebastian Shaw

Elizabeth Adare

Dulcie Gray

John Grillo

Joseph Marcell

Marc Sinden

Graham Crowden

Michael Elwyn

Edward Jewesbury

Denis Lill

William Squire

Leslie Phillips

Harry Fielder

Peter Sallis

Geoffrey Chater

Roland Culver

Nigel Havers

Phil Davis

Philip Bretherton

Stephen Greif

Kate Buckley

Charles Edwards

Kay Stonham

Ray Marioni

Hugh Quarshie

Julian Holloway

Jennifer Daniel

Pauline Yates

Bryan Pringle

Faith Brook

Preston Lockwood

Alun Lewis

James Greene

John Bardon

Neville Phillips

Peter Cellier

David Beames

John Wells
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1975
StatusEnded
Seasons7
Episodes42
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The popularity of the TV series led to the stories being presented in other media, including books and radio.
The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey".
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