John Mortimer
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Additional Writing
Born Apr 21, 1923 · Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Active 1935–2009 · Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Knight Bachelor
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),…
Filmography
The Innocents (1961) — Additional WritingAlfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Theatre PlayBunny Lake Is Missing (1965) — ScreenplayBrideshead Revisited (1981) — WriterTea with Mussolini (1999) — ScreenplayThe Running Man (1963) — ScreenplayHallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — WriterRumpole of the Bailey (1975) — Writer · CreatorWill Shakespeare (1978) — Writer · CreatorDon Quixote (2000) — WriterDer Mann aus dem Bootshaus (1967) — NovelJohn and Mary (1969) — ScreenplayUnity (1981) — ScriptMaschenka (1987) — WriterShades of Greene (1975) — WriterThe Dock Brief (1962) — WriterA Voyage Round My Father (1984) — WriterSummer's Lease (1989) — Novel · Screenplay · CreatorRumpole of the Bailey (1975) — WriterLunch Hour (1962) — Screenplay · ProducerPlay for Today (1970) — WriterEdwin (1984) — WriterBack to Back (1959) — WriterTitmuss Regained (1991) — Writer