Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media including books and radio. The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey". While certain biographical details are slightly different in the original television series and the subsequent book series, Horace Rumpole has a number of definite
Guy Henry (actor) Schiller's "Mary Stuart", which transferred to the West End. He had previously played the same character in the 1986 TV drama "Lady Jane". From December 2008 to March 2009 he appeared as Andrew Aguecheek (alongside Derek Jacobi) in the Donmar: West End production of "Twelfth Night". In April and May 2009 he appeared in "Hay Fever" at the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 1987, Henry appeared in the episode 'Rumpole and the Official Secret' from Season 4 of "Rumpole of the Bailey". In the early 1990s, he played the acerbic, demonic Dr Walpurgis in "The Vault of Horror", a BBC Halloween