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John Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also writes fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years. Arguably his most famous creation is Horace Rumpole, "barrister at law, 68 next birthday, Old Bailey hack, husband to Mrs Hilda Rumpole," the protagonist and narrator of dozens of stories. (The quotation comes from Rumpole and the Younger Generation.) On television, Leo McKern personified Rumpole for the better part of two decades.- Elizabeth Maude was born on 3 September 1912 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Broken Horseshoe (1952), Operation Diplomat (1952) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 12 January 1985 in Turville Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.