In 1975, McKern made his first appearance in the role that would make him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in Rumpole of the Bailey, originally an episode of the BBC's Play for Today. A series of the same name, comprising 44 episodes, was produced for ITV between 1978 and 1992.

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, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs.

Rumpole of the Bailey: With Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie. The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

2002年7月24日 · Leo McKern, a distinguished character actor who was indelibly identified with the short, round and irascible English barrister of television’s “Rumpole of the Bailey” series, died Tuesday in...

4 天之前 · Actor Leo McKern, best known for his role in TV series Rumpole of the Bailey, died today at the age of 82. He had been ill for some time and died at a nursing home near his home in Bath

2002年7月24日 · The Sydney-born actor Leo McKern, who played the quick-witted, crumpled-faced TV barrister Rumpole of the Bailey, died last night at a nursing home, near Bath, in Britain's south-west. He was 82 and had been ill with diabetes for some time.

2002年7月24日 · Leo McKern, the veteran stage and screen actor who became best known for his television role as the shrewd and exasperating British barrister ''Rumpole of the Bailey,'' died yesterday at a...

2002年7月24日 · Leo McKern, the rubbery-face character actor who won fans for playing the TV role of the tobacco-loving, blustery barrister, "Rumpole of the Bailey," died July 22 in Bath, England, of natural...

2002年7月23日 · In the minds of huge television audiences across the globe, Leo McKern will forever be associated with the role of the cigar-puffing, poetry-spouting, Rumpole of the Bailey. As Rumpole,...

2002年7月23日 · Actor Leo McKern, who played the TV barrister Rumpole of the Bailey, has died aged 82. He had been ill for some time and died at a nursing home near Bath, Somerset, where he had lived,...