Rumpole of the Bailey interest in nineteenth-century anarchists, especially the Russian Peter Kropotkin from whom the title of the play was drawn. The character's name was later changed to Horace Rumpole when it was discovered that there was a real barrister called Horace Rumbold. The title of the play was briefly changed to "Jolly Old Jean Jacques Rousseau" before settling on the less esoteric "Rumpole of the Bailey". Mortimer was keen on Michael Hordern for the role of Rumpole. When Hordern proved unavailable, the part went to Australian-born actor Leo McKern. Mortimer was initially unenthusiastic about McKern's casting but changed his opinion upon seeing
Leo Madder Dutch language action drama series "Spoed" in which he has starred in 204 episodes between 2000 and 2007 alongside actress Arlette Sterckx. Leo's son Donald Madder (an actor too) died in a road accident in 2001. Leo Madder Leo Madder (born 18 July 1946) is a Belgian television actor. A familiar figure on Belgian television since the late 1960s he made his first appearance on TV in 1968 in "Artikel 188". Starring in a number of television series in the 1970s, he had a brief stint at TV directing in 1980 with Freule Julie and 1981 with Familie Een. Following