John Mortimer
Writing
Born April 21, 1923 in 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.
Filmography
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Self
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
Himself (as Sir John Mortimer)
Don Quixote
Tea with Mussolini
Cider with Rosie
Titmuss Regained
Summer's Lease
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Self
Maschenka
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Self
A Voyage Round My Father
Edwin
Brideshead Revisited
Unity
Rumpole's Return
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Self
Question Time
Self - Panellist
Life of Shakespeare
Will Shakespeare
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey
Shades of Greene
Playhouse
Bermondsey
Knightsbridge
Mill Hill
Play for Today
John and Mary
A Flea in Her Ear
Infidelity Took Place
ITV Playhouse
One Pair of Eyes
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus
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
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Back to Back
Ferry to Hong Kong
The Dock Brief
Theatre Night
Armchair Theatre
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ware Case
Youth (uncredited)
Me and Marlborough
Minor Role
Brown on Resolution