John Mortimer

John Mortimer

b. 1923 — d. 2009 (aged 86) Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

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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

The Innocents

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

John and Mary

Filmography

John Mortimer: A Life in Words

Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies

Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies

Reality is an illusion caused by lack of NF Simpson

Burn Hollywood Burn

Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones

Joan Bakewell: Flowering in Autumn

Talár a ptací zob

In Love and War

In Love and War

Don Quixote

Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini

Cider with Rosie

Cider with Rosie

The ABC of Democracy

Under the Hammer

Under the Hammer

Titmuss Regained

Titmuss Regained

Die Fledermaus

Summer's Lease

Smith and Jones in Small Doses

Maschenka

Paradise Postponed

Paradise Postponed

The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower

Edwin

A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

Will Shakespeare

Will Shakespeare

These Twenty-Five Years

Two Stars for Comfort

Beryl Reid

Shades of Greene

Shades of Greene

BBC2 Playhouse

Das Pflichtmandat

But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock

Die Anarchisten

Play for Today

Scheidung auf englisch

John and Mary

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

A Flea in Her Ear

A Flea in Her Ear

A Touch of Venus

A Touch of Venus

Beryl Reid Says Good Evening

Beryl Reid Says Good Evening

ITV Playhouse

A Flea in Her Ear

A Flea in Her Ear

Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus

Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus

Eerlijk en ongelogen

Der Oberkellner

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

BBC 3

Konversationslexikon

Reci da sam lazov

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

NET Playhouse

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

A magándetektív

Wat vertellen we Caroline?

The Running Man

The Running Man

Lunch Hour

Back to Back

Der Privatdetektiv

Trial and Error

Trial and Error

Guns of Darkness

Guns of Darkness

Ne éljek, ha nem igaz!

Ett svårt fall

The Innocents

Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life

Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life

They Met in a City

Branitelj po sluzbenoj duznosti

BBC Sunday-Night Play

BBC Sunday-Night Play

Sie können's mir glauben

Sie können's mir glauben

David & Broccoli

Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong

Play of the Week

Play of the Week

Television Playwright

Das Pflichtmandat

Theatre Night

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

I've Just Been Reading

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

ITV Television Playhouse

ITV Play of the Week

ITV Play of the Week

Folio

Home and School

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