John Mortimer
Known for: Writing
Born: April 21, 1923
Died: January 16, 2009
Place of birth: Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
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.
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Filmography
37 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
1.0
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
5.0
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
2008NR
Betjeman and Me
2006
6.3
Don Quixote
2000
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
5.6
Cider with Rosie
1998NR
The Garden Party
1998
NR
Under the Hammer
1994
8.0
Titmuss Regained
1991
7.3
Summer's Lease
1989
8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
9.0
Maschenka
1987
7.2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
19867.0
Paradise Postponed
1986
7.4
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
8.0
Edwin
1984
7.8
Brideshead Revisited
1981
9.0
Unity
1981
5.8
Rumpole's Return
1980
NR
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
5.9
Question Time
1979
10.0
Will Shakespeare
1978
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
8.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
7.0
Playhouse
1974
NR
Bermondsey
1972
NR
Knightsbridge
19727.0
King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972
4.0
Mill Hill
1972
6.6
Play for Today
1970
5.9
John and Mary
1969NR
Plays of Today
1969
6.5
A Flea in Her Ear
1968
NR
Infidelity Took Place
1968
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.0
One Pair of Eyes
1967
10.0
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus
1967NR
Poslední přestávka
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.2
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.7
The Running Man
1963
6.6
The Dock Brief
1962
6.2
Guns of Darkness
1962
6.8
Lunch Hour
1962
7.5
The Innocents
1961
NR
The Encyclopaedist
19617.0
They Met in a City
1961
5.0
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
8.0
Back to Back
1959
5.6
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959NR
Das Pflichtmandat
1958
NR
The Dock Brief
1957
NR
Theatre Night
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.4
The Ware Case
1938
5.6
Me and Marlborough
1935
6.3
Brown on Resolution
1935