John Mortimer
Born: 1923-04-21 in Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Died: 2009-01-16
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2013
2008
- Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies as Himself (as Sir John Mortimer)
2006
2000
- Don Quixote ... (Writer)
1999
- Tea with Mussolini ... (Screenplay)
1998
- The Garden Party
- Cider with Rosie ... (Writer)
1991
- Titmuss Regained ... (Writer)
1989
- Summer's Lease ... (Novel)
1988
1987
- Maschenka ... (Writer)
1986
- Paradise Postponed ... (Writer)
1984
- A Voyage Round My Father ... (Writer)
- Edwin ... (Writer)
1981
- Unity ... (Script)
- Brideshead Revisited ... (Writer)
1980
- Rumpole's Return ... (Writer)
- The Trial of Lady Chatterley as Self
1979
- Question Time as Self - Panellist
1978
- Will Shakespeare ... (Creator)
- Life of Shakespeare ... (Writer)
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey ... (Writer)
- Rumpole of the Bailey ... (Writer)
- Shades of Greene ... (Writer)
1974
- Playhouse ... (Adaptation)
1972
- Mill Hill ... (Writer)
- Bermondsey ... (Writer)
- Knightsbridge ... (Writer)
- King's Cross Lunch Hour ... (Writer)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Writer)
1969
- John and Mary ... (Screenplay)
1968
- A Flea in Her Ear ... (Writer)
1967
- Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus ... (Novel)
1966
- Poslední přestávka ... (Original Story)
1965
- Bunny Lake Is Missing ... (Screenplay)
1963
- The Running Man ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Lunch Hour ... (Producer)
- Guns of Darkness ... (Screenplay)
- The Dock Brief ... (Writer)
1961
- 24 Hours in a Woman's Life ... (Teleplay)
- The Innocents ... (Additional Writing)
- They Met in a City ... (Writer)
- The Encyclopaedist ... (Writer)
1959
- Ferry to Hong Kong ... (Dialogue)
- Back to Back ... (Writer)
1958
- Das Pflichtmandat ... (Original Story)
1957
- Theatre Night ... (Writer)
- The Dock Brief ... (Writer)
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Theatre Play)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame ... (Writer)
1938
- The Ware Case as Youth (uncredited)
1935
- Brown on Resolution
- Me and Marlborough as Minor Role