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 Scherman Leo Scherman Leo Edmund Scherman (born April 2, 1975) is an award-winning Canadian director, writer, producer and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series "Cock'd Gunns (2007)" and the co-writer and director of the feature film "Trench 11 (2017)". Scherman was born in London, England to Canadian artist Tony Scherman and British artist Margaret Priest. His grandfather is Canadian conductor and violinist Paul Scherman and his father-in-law is deep-sea explorer Dr. Joe MacInnis. In 1997, he graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a degree in Cultural Studies. Leo Scherman trained under Paul