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"TV's Best Loved Barrister"
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.
409 Cast Members
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
42 Episodes
Jonathan Coy
Henry
38 Episodes
Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown
32 Episodes
Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom
33 Episodes
Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
25 Episodes
Peter Blythe
Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
21 Episodes
Marion Mathie
Hilda Rumpole
24 Episodes
Maureen Darbyshire
Dianne
22 Episodes
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hilda Rumpole
16 Episodes
Peter Bowles
Guthrie Featherstone
16 Episodes
Robin Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
15 Episodes
Denys Graham
Hoskins
15 Episodes
Abigail McKern
Liz Probert
15 Episodes
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Marigold Featherstone
14 Episodes
Moray Watson
George Frobisher
9 Episodes
Peter Cartwright
Mr Keith
4 Episodes
Denis Lill
Mr. Bernard
7 Episodes
Bill Fraser
Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
5 Episodes
Eric Dodson
Jack Pommeroy
5 Episodes
Frank Mills
Figgis 'Fig' Newton
4 Episodes
