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
Josh Hamilton (actor) in Neil Labute's "Fat Pig". This marked Labute's Broadway directorial debut. In 2011 Hamilton starred as Torvald in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Hamilton has also performed on PRI's Selected Shorts, reading Neil Gaiman's story "The Thing About Cassandra". In late 2012, he appeared on Broadway in Theresa Rebeck's short-lived new comedy "Dead Accounts", starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz. Josh Hamilton (actor) Joshua Cole Hamilton (born June 9, 1969) is an American actor. Hamilton was born in New York City, the son of actors Sandra Kingsbury and Dan Hamilton. His stepmother is actress