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Date of Birth:

21 April 1923, Hampstead, London, England, UK more

Date of Death:

16 January 2009, Turville Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK more

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John Mortimer is a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during... more

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He has described himself as a "champagne socialist". more

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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 8 nominations more

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(7 articles)

Irons, Rickman and More Set for John Mortimer At The Court...And Later At The Bar
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 28 October 2009, 4:39 PM, PDT)
Paradise Postponed and Titmuss Regained - DVD Review
(From Monsters and Critics. 26 October 2009, 9:16 AM, PDT)

Alternate Names:

Sir John Mortimer | John Mortimer QC

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	In Love and War (2001) (TV)	(teleplay)	2001	-	6.4 (183)

2.	Don Quixote (2000) (TV)	(teleplay)	2000	-	6.1 (731)

3.	Tea with Mussolini (1999)	(writer)	1999	$20.9M	6.7 (5,111)
	AKAs: Un te con Mussolini (Italy)
4.	Cider with Rosie (1998) (TV)	(writer)	1998	-	6.2 (73)
	AKAs: Masterpiece Theatre: Cider with Rosie (USA: series title)
5.	"Under the Hammer" (1993)	(unknown episodes)	1993	-	-

6.	"Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978)	(42 episodes, 1978-1992)	1992	-	8.9 (230)
	42 TV episodes: Rumpole on Trial (1992) (written by) Rumpole and the Family Pride (1992) (written by) Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson (1992) (written by) Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle (1992) (written by) Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice (1992) (written by) 37 episodes not shown.
7.	"Titmuss Regained" (1991)	(3 episodes, 1991)	1991	-	7.0 (29)
	3 TV episodes: And the Next Day (1991) (novel) (script) Tomorrow (1991) (novel) (script) Today (1991) (novel) (script)
8.	Die Fledermaus (1990) (TV)	(English adaptation)	1990	-	8.2 (33)

9.	"Smith and Jones in Small Doses" (1989)	(1 episode, 1989)	1989	-	6.6 (13)
	1 TV episode: The Waiting Room (1989) (writer)
10.	"Summer's Lease" (1989)	(unknown episodes)	1989	-	7.5 (101)

11.	Maschenka (1987)	(writer)	1987	-	6.0 (17)
	AKAs: Mashenka (Finland)
12.	"Paradise Postponed" (1986)	(11 episodes, 1986)	1986	-	7.8 (48)
	11 TV episodes: The Simcox Inheritance (1986) (novel) Faith Unfaithful (1986) (novel) The Gods of the Copy Book Headings (1986) (novel) Enigma Variations (1986) (novel) And a Happy New Year to You, Too! (1986) (novel) 6 episodes not shown.
13.	The Ebony Tower (1984) (TV)	(writer)	1984	-	6.9 (88)

14.	Edwin (1984) (TV)	(writer)	1984	-	6.3 (42)

15.	A Voyage Round My Father (1982) (TV)	(play) (screenplay)	1982	-	8.2 (83)

16.	"Brideshead Revisited" (1981)	(11 episodes, 1981)	1981	-	8.9 (2,238)
	11 TV episodes: Brideshead Revisited (1981) (adaptation) A Twitch Upon a Thread (1981) (adaptation) Orphans of the Storm (1981) (adaptation) Brideshead Deserted (1981) (adaptation) The Unseen Hook (1981) (adaptation) 6 episodes not shown.
17.	"BBC2 Playhouse" (1974)	(1 episode, 1981)	1981	-	6.3 (14)
	1 TV episode: Unity (1981) (script)
18.	Rumpole's Return (1980) (TV)	(writer)	1980	-	8.4 (46)

19.	Comedy Tonight (1980) (TV)	(writer)	1980	-	-

20.	"Life of Shakespeare" (1978)	(6 episodes, 1978)	1978	-	6.8 (26)
	AKAs: Will Shakespeare (UK: alternative title) (USA: DVD title) William Shakespeare, His Life & Times (video title) 6 TV episodes: The Living Record (1978) (writer) Rebellion's Masterpiece (1978) (writer) The Loved Boy (1978) (writer) Of Comfort and Despair (1978) (writer) Alms for Oblivion (1978) (writer) 1 episode not shown.
21.	Two Stars for Comfort (1977) (TV)	(writer)	1977	-	-

22.	"Shades of Greene" (1975)	(8 episodes, 1975-1976)	1976	-	6.2 (8)
	8 TV episodes: Mortmain (1976) (adaptation) Chagrin in Three Parts (1976) (adaptation) The Case for the Defence (1976) (adaptation) The Destructors (1975) (adaptation) A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (1975) (adaptation) 3 episodes not shown.
23.	"Play for Today" (1970)	(1 episode, 1975)	1975	-	7.1 (52)
	1 TV episode: Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) (written by)
24.	"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1965)	(5 episodes, 1967-1972)	1972	-	7.3 (9)
	5 TV episodes: Bermondsey (1972) (writer) Swiss Cottage (1972) (writer) King's Cross Lunch Hour (1972) (writer) Mill Hill (1972) (writer) The Other Side (1967) (writer)
25.	"ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1969)	(1 episode, 1970)	1970	-	4.5 (6)
	AKAs: ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title) 1 TV episode: Married Alive (1970) (writer)
26.	John and Mary (1969)	(screenplay)	1969	-	6.3 (575)

27.	A Voyage Round My Father (1969) (TV)	(writer)	1969	-	8.4 (7)
	AKAs: Plays of Today: A Voyage Around My Father (UK: series title)
28.	A Flea in Her Ear (1968)	(writer)	1968	-	5.7 (75)
	AKAs: La puce à l'oreille (France)
29.	Infidelity Took Place (1968) (TV)	(writer)	1968	-	-

30.	"Beryl Reid Says Good Evening" (1968)	(1 episode, 1968)	1968	-	-
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.4 (1968) (additional material)
31.	Eerlijk en ongelogen (1967) (TV)	(play "Call Me a Liar")	1967	-	-

32.	A Flea in Her Ear (1967) (TV)	(translator)	1967	-	6.2 (17)

33.	Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus (1967) (TV)	(novel "The Narrowing Stream")	1967	-	8.5 (6)

34.	"Armchair Theatre" (1956)	(1 episode, 1967)	1967	-	7.4 (22)
	1 TV episode: The Exploding Azalea (1967) (writer)
35.	Podnevna pauza (1967) (TV)	(play)	1967	-	-

36.	Der Oberkellner (1966) (TV)	(play)	1966	-	-

37.	"The Wednesday Play" (1964)	(1 episode, 1966)	1966	-	7.2 (19)
	1 TV episode: The Head Waiter (1966) (writer)
38.	"ITV Play of the Week" (1955)	(1 episode, 1966)	1966	-	8.0 (15)
	AKAs: Play of the Week (UK: short title) 1 TV episode: A Choice of Kings (1966) (writer)
39.	Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)	(writer)	1965	-	7.2 (1,860)

40.	"BBC 3" (1965)	(unknown episodes)	1965	-	-

41.	Reci da sam lazov (1965) (TV)	(writer)	1965	-	-

42.	"Teatterituokio" (1962)	(1 episode, 1964)	1964	-	-
	1 TV episode: Merry Paysonin suuri tilaisuus (1964) (writer)
43.	Der Fluggast (1964) (TV)	(play)	1964	-	-

44.	Wat vertellen we Caroline? (1964) (TV)	(writer)	1964	-	-

45.	The Running Man (1963)	(screenplay)	1963	-	6.4 (286)
	AKAs: Carol Reed's The Running Man The Ballad of the Running Man (International: English title)
46.	"ITV Television Playhouse" (1955)	(1 episode, 1963)	1963	-	4.5 (7)
	1 TV episode: Collect Your Hand Baggage (1963) (writer)
47.	Ne éljek, ha nem igaz! (1962) (TV)	(play)	1962	-	-

48.	The Dock Brief (1962)	(play)	1962	-	6.0 (179)
	AKAs: Trial and Error (USA)
49.	Guns of Darkness (1962)	(writer)	1962	-	5.8 (34)

50.	Ett svårt fall (1962) (TV)	(writer)	1962	-	-

51.	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)	(1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	8.8 (1,223)
	1 TV episode: I Spy (1961) (story)
52.	The Innocents (1961)	(additional scenes & dialogue)	1961	-	8.0 (5,879)

53.	De beklaagde (1961) (TV)	(writer)	1961	-	-

54.	Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961) (TV)	(teleplay)	1961	-	6.9 (17)

55.	"They Met in a City" (1961)	(unknown episodes)	1961	-	-

56.	"BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960)	(1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	8.7 (5)
	1 TV episode: The Wrong Side of the Park (1961) (writer)
57.	Lunch Hour (1961)	(play) (screenplay)	1961	-	2.7 (7)

58.	Branilac po sluzbenoj duznosti (1961) (TV)	(writer)	1961	-	-

59.	Sie können's mir glauben (1960) (TV)	(play)	1960	-	9.6 (17)

60.	Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)	(additional dialogue)	1959	-	5.4 (155)

61.	Back to Back (1959) (TV)	(plays "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" and "The Dock Brief")	1959	-	-

62.	Das Pflichtmandat (1958) (TV)	(play "The Dock Brief")	1958	-	-

Actor View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	"Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978)	Judge at table / 3 characters not shown (3 episodes, 1987-1992)	1992	-	8.9 (230)
		3 TV episodes: Rumpole on Trial (1992) (uncredited) Judge at table Rumpole at Sea (1991) (uncredited) Passenger on deck chair Rumpole and the Blind Tasting (1987) (uncredited) Wine drinker

Producer View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Lunch Hour (1961)	(producer)	1961	-	2.7 (7)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	John Mortimer: A Life in Words (2009) (TV)	Himself	2009	-	-

2.	Strictly Courtroom (2008) (TV)	Himself	2008	-	9.0 (18)

3.	Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008) (TV)	(as Sir John Mortimer) Himself	2008	-	7.6 (14)

4.	"Sunday AM" (2005)	Himself (1 episode, 2008)	2008	-	6.8 (16)
	AKAs: The Andrew Marr Show (UK: new title) 1 TV episode: Episode #3.23 (2008) (as Sir John Mortimer) Himself
5.	The Secret Life of Brian (2007) (TV)	(as Sir John Mortimer) Himself	2007	-	8.2 (53)

6.	"This Week" (2003)	Himself (3 episodes, 2004-2006)	2006	-	5.9 (39)
	3 TV episodes: Episode dated 15 June 2006 (2006) Himself Episode dated 3 November 2005 (2005) (as Sir John Mortimer) Himself Episode dated 18 November 2004 (2004) Himself
7.	War Stories (2006) (TV)	Himself	2006	-	7.1 (6)

8.	"Review" (2000)	Himself (1 episode, 2005)	2005	-	7.4 (7)
	AKAs: Newsnight Review (UK: new title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 25 November 2005 (2005) (as Sir John Mortimer) Himself
9.	"Imagine" (2003)	Himself (1 episode, 2003)	2003	-	8.5 (21)
	1 TV episode: John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80 (2003) Himself
10.	"Breakfast with Frost" (1993)	Himself (1 episode, 2002)	2002	-	8.0 (6)
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 24 November 2002 (2002) Himself
11.	"The Best of British" (1998)	Himself (1 episode, 2002)	2002	-	-
	1 TV episode: Leslie Phillips (2002) Himself
12.	The ABC of Democracy (1994) (TV)	Himself	1994	-	-

13.	Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown (1991) (TV)	Himself	1991	-	6.6 (18)

14.	"The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" (1988)	Himself (1 episode, 1988)	1988	-	6.7 (12)
	AKAs: Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (USA) 1 TV episode: Henrik Ibsen (1988) Himself
15.	"The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986)	Himself (1 episode, 1986)	1986	-	8.1 (230)
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.3 (1986) Himself
16.	"The South Bank Show" (1978)	Himself (1 episode, 1986)	1986	-	6.7 (32)
	1 TV episode: John Mortimer (1986) Himself
17.	"Question Time" (1979)	Himself (2 episodes, 1979-1982)	1982	-	7.1 (73)
	2 TV episodes: Episode dated 10 June 1982 (1982) Himself Episode dated 16 October 1979 (1979) (as John Mortimer QC) Himself
18.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (1979)	Himself (1 episode, 1980)	1980	-	-
	1 TV episode: Episode #2.4 (1980) Himself

Archive Footage
	1.	Longford (2006) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

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Other Works:

"Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life," 1982. more

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Drama | Crime | Mystery | Comedy more

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