Talk:Leo McKern
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[edit] Rumpole starting year
In the biography, it says, "In 1975 he made his first appearance as his most famous character, Horace Rumpole..." That's wrong. He first appeared as Rumpole in the late 60's. I have a tape announcing the year followed by the episode itself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mike8s2 (talk • contribs) 16:05, 17 February 2006.
- Are you sure that isn't the year in which the episode is set? The first ITV episode, "Rumpole and the Younger Generation" (from 1978), was set in 1967, which is displayed on screen near the beginning. --Mrwojo 00:38, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
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- That is correct Mrwojo. Each of the six episodes of the first season had a year date given at or near the beginning of their story. The events of the first two or three episodes actually predate the action of the Play for Today episode "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt" which was made for the BBC and aired in December of 1975.User:MarnetteD | Talk 14:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rumpole created for McKern or Sim?
The article also states that John Mortimer created Rumpole with McKern in mind. Yet Mortimer has stated that his first choice for the role was Alistair Sim. Sim was unable to take the role. After Mortimer saw McKern as Rumpole he realized how suitable he was and then wrote future stories with him in mind. Mortimer also stated that he would no longer countenance having any other actor to play Rumpole. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.179.38.130 (talk) 16:44, 3 October 2006.
- The text in question is based on the BBC's obituary for McKern (23 July 2002), as referenced in the article. The BBC obit is probably wrong here. [1] --Mrwojo 03:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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