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Rumpole of the Bailey

TV's Best Loved Barrister
Premiered: Dec 17, 1975 | 7 seasons | 43 episodes

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Popularity: 59

Creator: John Mortimer
Details: 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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Name Character Episodes
Patricia Hodge Phyllida Trant 42
Leo McKern Horace Rumpole 42
Julian Curry Claude Erskine-Brown 42
Jonathan Coy Henry 42
Richard Murdoch Uncle Tom 42
Peter Blythe Samuel Ballard, Q.C. 30
Marion Mathie Hilda Rumpole 24
Bill Fraser Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham 24
Peter Bowles Guthrie Featherstone 17
Peggy Thorpe-Bates Hilda Rumpole 17
Joanna Van Gyseghem Marigold Featherstone 14
Maurice Denham Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans 12
Abigail McKern Liz Probert 12
Moray Watson George Frobisher 10
Samantha Bond Elizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert 6
Rosalyn Landor Fiona Allways 6
Derek Benfield Albert Handyside 4
Peter Cartwright 4
David Yelland Nick Rumpole 3
Struan Rodger 3
John Bardon 3
Neville Phillips 3
Phyllida Law 2
Joanna David 2
Peter Cellier 2
Tim Wylton 2
John Nettleton 2
Roger Brierley 2
Brian Hall 2
Edward de Souza Mr Bernard 2
Toni Palmer Vi Timson 2
Donald Pickering 2
Preston Lockwood 2
Ronnie Stevens 2
Leslie Phillips 1
Elizabeth Hurley 1
Brenda Blethyn 1
Eleanor David 1
Peter Jones 1
Paul Rogers 1
Tenniel Evans 1
John Welsh 1
John Welsh C. H. Wystan 1
T. P. McKenna 1
Julian Glover 1
Phil Davis 1
John Simm 1
Philip Bretherton 1
Joseph Marcell 1
Martin Jarvis 1
Julian Fellowes 1
Geoffrey Bayldon 1
Jane Asher 1
Douglas Hodge 1
Judy Cornwell 1
John Bluthal 1
Liz Fraser 1
Walter Sparrow 1
Lucy Speed 1
Peter Sallis 1
George Sweeney Jo 1
Eleanor Bron 1
William Simons 1
Gary Waldhorn 1
Paul Bigley 1
Jim Norton 1
Nigel Havers 1
James Greene 1
Ray Brooks 1
Judy Parfitt 1
Caroline Goodall 1
Saeed Jaffrey 1
Charles Edwards 1
Peter Benson 1
Maurice Roëves 1
Hugh Quarshie 1
Charles Kay 1
Denis Lill 1
Michael Elwyn 1
Roger Sloman 1
Bernard Archard 1
Constance Chapman 1
Patrick Ryecart 1
Edward Jewesbury 1
William Squire 1
Julian Holloway 1
Guy Henry 1
James Grout 1
Tony Caunter 1
Malcolm Sinclair 1
Christopher Benjamin 1
Emlyn Williams 1
James Villiers 1
Tony Doyle 1
Robin Sachs 1
Vernon Dobtcheff 1
Vernon Dobtcheff Magnus Piecan 1
James Maxwell 1
Graham Crowden 1
Benjamin Whitrow 1
Caroline Mortimer 1
Rosalind March 1
Rosemary Leach 1
Dave King 1
Anton Rodgers 1
Tyler Butterworth Roger Fabian 1
Michael Robbins 1
Stephen Greif 1
Antony Carrick 1
Ian Bartholomew 1
Kenneth Cope 1
John Grillo 1
Olu Jacobs 1
Angus Lennie 1
Ivor Roberts 1
Harry Fielder 1
Robert East 1
Faith Brook 1
Richard Owens 1
Richard Vernon 1
Dulcie Gray 1
Bryan Pringle 1
Sebastian Shaw 1
Lorelei King 1
Ken Jones 1
Terence Rigby 1
Chrissie Cotterill 1
David Beames 1
Alun Lewis 1
Paul Daneman 1
Tony Melody 1
Ann Way 1
Pauline Yates 1
Jo Kendall 1
Brian Stirner 1
Dominic Jephcott 1
Robert McBain Joseph Truscott 1
Richard Morant 1
Roland Culver 1
Jennifer Daniel 1
Michael Denison 1
Andrew Robertson 1
Olga Lowe Barmaid 1
David Quilter 1
Terence Budd 1
Frances White 1
Richard Albrecht Tony Maclay 1
Jim Dunk 1
Marcia Ashton 1
Margaret Whiting 1
John Quarmby 1
Derek Farr 1
Keith Jayne Jim Timson 1
John Wells 1
Sylvia Coleridge 1
Peter Spraggon Prison Officer 1
Edwin Brown Detective Inspector Arthur 1
Edwin Brown Chief Insp. 'Chalky' White 1
Artro Morris Mr. Winter 1
Robert Lang 1
Peter Jeffrey 1
Peter Jeffrey Sam Dogherty 1
Norman Rodway 1