Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole on Trial
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Rumpole on Trial
Season 7, Episode 6
The crusty barrister is charged by Judge Oliphant with contempt of court and faces disbarment, so Hilda persuades Sam Ballard to defend him. Courtroom drama, with Leo McKern, Marion Mathie and Peter Blythe
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Leo McKern
(Actor)
.. Horace Rumpole
Marion Mathie
(Actor)
.. Hilda Rumpole
Robin Bailey
(Actor)
.. Judge Gerald Graves
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Mr Justice Ollie Oliphant
Peter Bowles
(Actor)
.. Guthrie Featherstone, QC MP
Joanna Van Gyseghem
(Actor)
.. Marigold Featherstone
Julian Curry
(Actor)
.. Claude Erskine-Brown
Patricia Hodge
(Actor)
.. Phyllida Erskine-Brown
Peter Blythe
(Actor)
.. Samuel `Soapy Sam" Ballard, QC
Rowena Cooper
(Actor)
.. Matron Marguerite `Matey" Ballard
Jonathan Coy
(Actor)
.. Henry
Abigail McKern
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth `Mizz Liz" Probert
Christopher Milburn
(Actor)
.. Dave Inchcape
Denis Lill
(Actor)
.. Mr Bernard
John Mortimer
(Writer)
John Gorrie
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Leo McKern
(Actor)
.. Horace Rumpole
Marion Mathie
(Actor)
.. Hilda Rumpole
Robin Bailey
(Actor)
.. Judge Gerald Graves
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Mr Justice Ollie Oliphant
Peter Bowles
(Actor)
.. Guthrie Featherstone, QC MP
Born:
October 16, 1936
in
London
Best Known For:
To the Manor Born.
Early-life:
Peter Bowles was born on October 16th, 1936, in London. He moved to Northamptonshire as a child, and lived in a cottage on the estate of a manor house where his father was butler and chauffeur. At six, the family settled in Nottingham, but he spent his summers in Scotland, where his grandfather worked for an estate manager. He claims to have been a show-off from an early age, making his first stage appearance at three during a village fete. He went on to train at Rada, where his contemporaries included Alan Bates, Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney.
Career:
Bowles spent his early years in theatre before making his TV debut in 1959's Last Chronicle of Barsett. He had roles in such classic series as The Avengers, Danger Man and The Prisoner throughout the 1960s. He continued to work steadily in such shows as I, Claudius and Rumpole of the Bailey, but didn't become a star until appearing concurrently in two sitcoms in 1979: the BBC's To the Manor Born and ITV's Only When I Laugh. Since then he's appeared in The Bounder, Lytton's Diary (a series he created), Executive Stress and Perfect Scoundrels. His movies include Blowup and For the Love of Benji. In 2007 he returned along co-star Penelope Keith in a Christmas special of To the Manor Born. He also starred with Keith in 2010 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in The Rivals. In 2011, he had a supporting role in the big-screen romantic comedy Love's Kitchen.
Quote:
"Acting on stage is like algebra: it's a puzzle you have to get right without letting the audience know you are doing so. That's the actor's art."
Trivia:
In 2010, he published his autobiography, Ask Me If I'm Happy.
Joanna Van Gyseghem
(Actor)
.. Marigold Featherstone
Julian Curry
(Actor)
.. Claude Erskine-Brown
Patricia Hodge
(Actor)
.. Phyllida Erskine-Brown
Born:
September 29, 1946
in
Cleethorpes
Best Known For:
Playing a string of stand-offish, English upper-crust characters.
Early-life:
Patricia Ann Hodge was born in Cleethorpes on September 29, 1946. She was brought up in a hotel in nearby Grimsby, where her father was the manager. She got fed up with eating posh food, when all she wanted was bangers and mash. She spent rainy Sundays roller skating in the hotel's empty ballroom. Acting was not her first love. She trained to be a teacher and taught for a while before treading the boards.
Career:
Hodge's first acting job was playing a 37-year-old tart and old-age pensioner in alternate scenes of the same play. She is one of the few actresses to win critical regard, despite spending the bulk of her career in commercial theatre and TV. She played a ballet teacher in acclaimed Quentin Crisp biopic The Naked Civil Servant and also appeared in The Elephant Man. Other memorable TV roles include Rumpole of the Bailey, Jemima Short Investigates, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, and Rich Tea and Sympathy. Film roles include the Harold Pinter drama Betrayal, Bruce Willis flop Sunset and Julie Walters drama Before You Go. She played Margaret Thatcher in controversial drama The Falklands Play and stripped to the basics in the hit West End production of Calendar Girls. Her recent work has included playing Miranda Hart's mother in the comedienne's hit sitcom Miranda.
Quote:
"I didn't choose late motherhood: it chose me. The best time to have children is in your thirties. The only good thing about doing it in your forties is that by then you know yourself, have nothing to prove, and you've come to terms with your shortcomings."
Trivia:
Hodge is joint president of Grimsby's Caxton Theatre.
Peter Blythe
(Actor)
.. Samuel `Soapy Sam" Ballard, QC
Rowena Cooper
(Actor)
.. Matron Marguerite `Matey" Ballard
Jonathan Coy
(Actor)
.. Henry
Abigail McKern
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth `Mizz Liz" Probert
Christopher Milburn
(Actor)
.. Dave Inchcape
Denis Lill
(Actor)
.. Mr Bernard
John Mortimer
(Writer)
John Gorrie
(Director)
