John Mortimer
Writing
- Born:
- 1923-04-21
- Died:
- 2009-01-16
- Place of birth:
- 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
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Betjeman and Me
Don Quixote
Tea with Mussolini
Cider with Rosie
The Garden Party
Under the Hammer
Titmuss Regained
Summer's Lease
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Maschenka
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Paradise Postponed
A Voyage Round My Father
Edwin
Brideshead Revisited
Unity
Rumpole's Return
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Question Time
Will Shakespeare
The South Bank Show
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey
Shades of Greene
Playhouse
Bermondsey
Knightsbridge
King's Cross Lunch Hour
Mill Hill
Play for Today
John and Mary
Plays of Today
A Flea in Her Ear
Infidelity Took Place
ITV Playhouse
One Pair of Eyes
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus
Poslední přestávka
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Wednesday Play
The Running Man
The Dock Brief
Guns of Darkness
Lunch Hour
The Innocents
The Encyclopaedist
They Met in a City
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Back to Back
Ferry to Hong Kong
Das Pflichtmandat
The Dock Brief
Theatre Night
Armchair Theatre
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ware Case