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John Mortimer

Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born April 21, 1923Died January 16, 2009 (85 years)
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

  • Tea with Mussolini
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • The Running Man
  • Rumpole of the Bailey
  • Don Quixote
  • John and Mary
  • Summer's Lease
  • Lunch Hour
  • Ferry to Hong Kong
  • Will Shakespeare
  • Cider with Rosie

Filmography

2000
1999
Tea with Mussolini · as Screenplay
1998
1991
Titmuss Regained (TV Series)
1989
Summer's Lease (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1987
1984
1982
1981
1980
1978
Will Shakespeare (TV Series)
1978
1970
Play for Today (TV Series)
1969
John and Mary · as Screenplay
1968
1967
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing · as Screenplay
1963
The Running Man · as Screenplay
1963
Lunch Hour · as Screenplay
1962
1962
Guns of Darkness · as Screenplay
1957
Theatre Night (TV Series)
1951

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