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
all 53
Writer 41
Movies 40
TV Shows 13
self 4
Screenplay 1
Creator 1
Self
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
Movie
Self
John Mortimer: A Life in Words (2009)
Movie
Self
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies (2008)
Movie
Betjeman and Me (2006)
TV
Writer
In Love and War (2001)
Movie
Writer
Don Quixote (2000)
Movie
Writer
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Movie
Writer
Cider with Rosie (1998)
Movie
The Garden Party (1998)
TV
Writer
Die Fledermaus (1990)
Movie
Novel / Screenplay / Screenplay / Novel
Summer's Lease (1989)
TV
Writer
Maschenka (1987)
Movie
9
Writer
Paradise Postponed (1986)
Movie
Writer
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
Movie
Writer
The Ebony Tower (1984)
Movie
Writer
Edwin (1984)
Movie
Writer
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
TV
6
Writer
Unity (1981)
Movie
Writer
Rumpole's Return (1980)
Movie
Self - Panellist
Question Time (1979)
TV
Writer
Life of Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Creator
Will Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Creator / Writer
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
TV
Writer
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Movie
Writer
Shades of Greene (1975)
TV
Writer
Bermondsey (1972)
Movie
Writer
Die Anarchisten (1971)
Movie
Writer
Scheidung auf englisch (1970)
Movie
Writer
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Writer
John and Mary (1969)
Movie
Writer
A Flea In Her Ear (1968)
Movie
Writer
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus (1967)
Movie
Original Story
Poslední přestávka (1966)
Movie
Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
TV
Writer
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Movie
2
Writer
Der Fluggast (1964)
Movie
Writer
The Running Man (1963)
Movie
Writer
Der Privatdetektiv (1963)
Movie
Writer
Trial and Error (1962)
Movie
Writer
Guns of Darkness (1962)
Movie
Writer
Lunch Hour (1962)
Movie
Writer
The Innocents (1961)
Movie
6.38
Writer
The Encyclopaedist (1961)
Movie
Writer
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961)
Movie
Writer
Sie können's mir glauben (1960)
Movie
Writer
Back to Back (1959)
Movie
Writer
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Movie
Writer
Das Pflichtmandat (1958)
Movie
Writer
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Youth (uncredited)
The Ware Case (1938)
Movie
Minor Role
Me and Marlborough (1935)
Movie
Brown on Resolution (1935)
Movie
Writer
Don Quixote
TV
Ratings
Average 5.52
Based on 80.5 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1935
1962
1972
1966
2013
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-04-21
Deathday2009-01-16 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceHampstead, United Kingdom
RelationshipsPenelope Mortimer (1949-08-27 - 1972-01-01)
ChildrenJeremy Mortimer, Emily Mortimer
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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