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 Green With Jeff Beck With Van Morrison With Lisa Stansfield With Jane Horrocks With Jools Holland Daniel Bedingfield With Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man With Various Leo Green Leo Green (30 August 1972) is a British musician, broadcaster, producer, actor, musical arranger, and concert promoter. Green is the son of the late BBC Radio 2 broadcaster, writer, and musician Benny Green and actress Toni Kanal, and is the brother of the writer and musician Dominic Green. At the age of 20, Green was playing sax for Jerry Lee Lewis. Lewis called Green "the greatest sax player I have ever worked with".