John Mortimer

John Mortimer

male, 86 years old
Old Dragon, Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, Paradise Postponed, Oz magazine, Horace Rumpole, Granada Television…Order of the British Empire, Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford, Old Bailey, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, rumpoleofthebailey
Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. Educated at Harrow School and...
Leo McKern

Leo McKern

male, deceased (2002)
film actor, character actor, stage actor, Reginald McKern, television actor, The Beatles films…Officer of the Order of Australia, The Prisoner actor, Australian expatriate in the United Kingdom, Order of Australia, rumpoleofthebailey
Leo McKern, AO (March 16, 1920 - July 23, 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British television programs, movies and in over...
Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

male, 73 years old
The Waltz of the Toreadors, Chichester Festival Theatre, Only When I Laugh, West End theatre, Executive Stress, To the Manor Born…Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World, The Irish R.M., The Bounder, The Irish R.M, "End of Eternity"
ḷPeter Bowles is an English actor. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hi...
Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

male, deceased (1987)
William Simpson "Bill" Fraser, Doctor at Large, Horace Rumpole, The Corn is Green, Up Pompeii!, foreign affairs…rumpoleofthebailey, The Avengers, The Professionals, The Army Game, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
William Simpson "Bill" Fraser (b. 5 June 1908, Perth, Scotland - d. 9 September 1987) was a Scottish comedic and straight character actor on the...

Derek Benfield

male, 83 years old
doctor who, English, From Bradford, Big Finish Productions, Catch 1782, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates…First of the Summer Wine, rumpoleofthebailey, The Brothers
Derek Benfield (born March 11, 1926) is a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He is the author of "Running Riot" and...
Peter Blythe

Peter Blythe

male, deceased (2004)
Lung cancer death, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, stage actor, television actor, flight, British…the living room, caught in the act, rumpoleofthebailey, the creeper, the royal family
Peter Blythe (September 14, 1934-June 27, 2004) was a British character actor, best known as Samuel "Soapy Sam" Ballard on "Rumpole of the Bailey"....
Robin Bailey

Robin Bailey

male, deceased (1999)
film actor, A Severed Head, stage actor, television actor, Charters and Caldicott, The Power Game…the lady vanishes, The Plane Makers/The Power Game, The Gathering Storm, rumpoleofthebailey, The Pallisers
Robin Bailey (5 October 1919 - 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottingham. Although often chosen for upper class...
Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

female, 77 years old
TV advertising campaign for Tesco, 2 children, born in 1932, classical stage actress, Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, shrewish wife Sybil Fawlty…awarded the C.B.E. in 1992, mother of Samuel West, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Smelling of Roses, A Question of Attribution
Prunella Scales CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as the fearsome Sybil Fawlty in the British sitcom "Fawlty...
Richard Murdoch

Richard Murdoch

male, deceased (1990)
Charterhouse School, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Blackadder, The Men from the Ministry, Cambridge Footlights, Band Waggon…Much Binding in the Marsh, rumpoleofthebailey, The Moomins
Richard "Stinker" Murdoch (6 April 1907 - 9 October 1990) was a British comedic radio, film and television performer. Murdoch attended Charterhouse...
Moray Watson

Moray Watson

male, 81 years old
west end, compact, yes minister, black orchid, West End theatre, Hythe, Kent…The Rivals, The Pallisers, The Darling Buds of May, The Doctor's Dilemma, The Private Ear and The Public Eye
Moray Watson (born June 25, 1928 in Sunningdale, Berkshire) is an English actor. Watson made his first appearance on stage, whilst still a student...