John Mortimer
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 21, 1923
- Died
- January 16, 2009 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Biography
Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author. 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 wrote fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years.
Known For
Filmography
Don Quixote
Movie · Writer
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · Screenplay
Cider with Rosie
Movie · Writer
Under the Hammer
TV · Writer · 7 eps
Titmuss Regained
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Summer's Lease
TV · Novel, Screenplay · 4 eps
Maschenka
Movie · Writer
Paradise Postponed
Movie · Writer
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie · Writer
Edwin
Movie · Writer
Brideshead Revisited
TV · Writer · 11 eps
Rumpole's Return
Movie · Writer
Will Shakespeare
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Rumpole of the Bailey
Movie · Writer
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · Writer · 42 eps
Shades of Greene
TV · Writer · 8 eps
Playhouse
TV · Adaptation · 1 ep
Bermondsey
Movie · Writer
Mill Hill
Movie · Writer
Knightsbridge
Movie · Writer
King's Cross Lunch Hour
Movie · Writer
Play for Today
TV · Writer · 1 ep
John and Mary
Movie · Screenplay
Plays of Today
TV · Writer · 1 ep
A Flea in Her Ear
Movie · Writer
Infidelity Took Place
Movie · Writer
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus
Movie · Novel
ITV Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Poslední přestávka
Movie · Original Story
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Movie · Screenplay
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Writer · 6 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · Writer · 2 eps
The Running Man
Movie · Screenplay
The Dock Brief
Movie · Writer
Guns of Darkness
Movie · Screenplay
Lunch Hour
Movie · Screenplay
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Movie · Teleplay
The Encyclopaedist
Movie · Writer
They Met in a City
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Ferry to Hong Kong
Movie · Dialogue
Back to Back
Movie · Writer
Das Pflichtmandat
Movie · Original Story
The Dock Brief
Movie · Writer
Theatre Night
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · Writer · 1 ep