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TV series · 1975

Rumpole of the Bailey

“TV's Best Loved Barrister”

First aired 17 December 1975 Drama / Comedy / Crime TMDB ↗

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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Richard Murdoch
as Uncle Tom
68
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
as Hilda Rumpole
61
Robin Bailey
as Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
56
Leo McKern
as Horace Rumpole
55
Marion Mathie
as Hilda Rumpole
50
Denys Graham
as Hoskins
49
Abigail McKern
as Liz Probert
20
Everyone else (89) ↓
Sebastian Shaw
as Mr. Justice Skelton
70
Emlyn Williams
as Harold Brittling
70
Ralph Michael
as Mr Justice Everglade
68
Bill Fraser
as Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham
67
Maurice Denham
as Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans
65
Maurice Denham
as Wedding Guest
65
Derek Farr
as Rev. Mordred Skinner
63
Michael Denison
as Napier Lee
60
William Squire
as Sir Daniel Derwent
59
Edward Burnham
as Sego
58
Paul Rogers
as Tommy Pierce
58
Peter Jones
as Major Johnnie Pageant
55
Graham Crowden
as Sir Hector MacAuliffe
53
Bernard Archard
as Jarvis Allen
53
Faith Brook
53
Leslie Phillips
as 'Boxey' Horne
51
Ronnie Stevens
50
George Malpas
49
James Grout
48
James Grout
as Mr. Justice Ollie Oliphant
48
Neville Phillips
as Posnet
48
Neville Phillips
as Usher
48
Moray Watson
as George Frobisher
47
Peter Jeffrey
as Sam Dogherty
46
Norman Rodway
as Morry Machin
46
Dave King
as Monty Mantis
46
T. P. McKenna
as Jean Pierre O'Higgins
46
Liz Fraser
as Bobby Dogherty
45
Ken Jones
as Charlie Wheeler
45
Michael Robbins
as Cyril Timson
45
Angus Lennie
45
James Villiers
as Sir Arthur Remnant
45
James Maxwell
44
Edward de Souza
as Mr Bernard
43
Edward de Souza
as Mr. Bernard
43
Denys Hawthorne
as Lt. Col. Borders
43
Phyllida Law
as Honoria Bird
43
Phyllida Law
as Mrs. Thripp
43
Trevor Baxter
as Maurice Nooks
43
Ray Marioni
42
Anton Rodgers
as Ken Aspen
42
Peter Blythe
as Samuel Ballard, Q.C.
41
Peter Blythe
as Samuel Ballard Q.C.
41
Tony Doyle
40
Christopher Benjamin
40
Bryan Pringle
40
Roger Brierley
as Roach
40
Rosemary Leach
as Mrs. Ida Tempest
39
Peter Bowles
as Guthrie Featherstone
39
Maurice Roëves
38
Benjamin Whitrow
38
Terence Rigby
as Mr. Perivale Blythe
38
Julian Curry
as Claude Erskine-Brown
38
Julian Curry
as Claude Erskine Brown
38
Jim Norton
as F.I.G. Newton
37
John Tordoff
as Bernard Whelpton
37
Eleanor Bron
as Maggie Hartley
37
George Innes
as Hugh Timson
37
Ray Brooks
as Tony Timson
36
Michael O'Hagan
as Sydney Cox
35
William Simons
as Det. Sgt. Wilmer
35
Joanna Van Gyseghem
as Marigold Featherstone
34
John Grillo
as Judge Teasdale
33
Michael Elwyn
as Mr. Medway
33
Denis Lill
as Mr. Bernard
33
Julian Holloway
as Howard Swainton
31
Stephen Greif
as Martyn Vanberry
31
Richard Morant
as Ward-Webster
30
Patricia Hodge
as Phyllida Trant
29
Roger Sloman
as Cliff Worsley
29
Julian Fellowes
26
Neil Daglish
as Det. Sergeant Banks
26
Shaughan Seymour
as Oliver Bowling
26
Malcolm Sinclair
as Peter Lambert
25
Phil Davis
as Tony Timson
22
Jonathan Coy
as Henry
22
Hugh Quarshie
as Jonathan Mazenze
20
Eleanor David
19
Douglas Hodge
as Nigel Timson
15
Guy Henry
as Tim Warboys
15
Samantha Bond
as Liz Probert
14
Paul Bigley
13
Elizabeth Hurley
as Rosie Japhet
10
John Simm
5
Maureen Darbyshire
as Dianne
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James Coyle
as Inspector
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Rosalind March
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Nick Hobbs
as MacRobert
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Earl Rhodes
as Martin Grayson
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