John Mortimer
- Writing
- April 21, 1923 · Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
- January 16, 2009
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
- Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene · Self
- Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies · Self
- Betjeman and Me
- Don Quixote · Writer
- Tea with Mussolini · Screenplay
- Cider with Rosie · Writer
- The Garden Party
- Under the Hammer · Writer
- Titmuss Regained · Writer
- Summer's Lease · Novel, Screenplay
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers · Self
- Maschenka · Writer
- The Life and Loves of a She-Devil · Self
- Paradise Postponed · Writer
- A Voyage Round My Father · Writer
- Edwin · Writer
- Brideshead Revisited · Writer
- Unity · Script
- Rumpole's Return · Writer
- The Trial of Lady Chatterley · Self
- Question Time · Self
- Will Shakespeare · Writer, Creator
- The South Bank Show
- Rumpole of the Bailey · Writer, Creator
- Rumpole of the Bailey · Writer
- Shades of Greene · Writer
- Playhouse · Adaptation
- Bermondsey · Writer
- Knightsbridge · Writer
- King's Cross Lunch Hour · Writer
- Mill Hill · Writer
- Play for Today · Writer
- John and Mary · Screenplay
- Plays of Today · Writer
- A Flea in Her Ear · Writer
- Infidelity Took Place · Writer
- ITV Playhouse · Writer
- One Pair of Eyes
- Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus · Novel
- Poslední přestávka · Story
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Writer
- Bunny Lake Is Missing · Screenplay
- The Wednesday Play · Writer
- The Running Man · Screenplay
- The Dock Brief · Writer
- Guns of Darkness · Screenplay
- Lunch Hour · Screenplay, Producer
- The Innocents · Additional Writing
- The Encyclopaedist · Writer
- They Met in a City · Writer
- 24 Hours in a Woman's Life · Teleplay
- Back to Back · Writer
- Ferry to Hong Kong · Dialogue
- Das Pflichtmandat · Story
- The Dock Brief · Writer
- Theatre Night · Writer
- Armchair Theatre · Writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Theatre Play
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Writer
- The Ware Case · Youth (uncredited)
- Me and Marlborough · Minor Role
- Brown on Resolution