Acting credits
8
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
John Mortimer
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 32Series: 14Crew credits: 38
TMDB ID: 65251
IMDb ID: nm0607876
Known for: Writing
Born: April 21, 1923
Died: January 16, 2009
Age: 85
Place of birth: Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 2013
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q973713
Other jobs
Writer (23)Screenplay (7)Adaptation (1)Additional Writing (1)Creator (1)Dialogue (1)Novel (1)Script (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Mortimer.
1.0
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Self
2013 Movie
5.0
Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies
as Himself (as Sir John Mortimer)
2008 Movie
6.3
Don Quixote
Writer
2000 Movie
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
Screenplay
1999 Movie
5.4
Cider with Rosie
Writer
1998 Movie
Maschenka
Writer
1987 Movie
7.6
A Voyage Round My Father
Writer
1984 Movie
8.0
Edwin
Writer
1984 Movie
Unity
Script
1981 Movie
5.7
Rumpole's Return
Writer
1980 Movie
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
as Self
1980 Movie
8.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
Writer
1975 Movie
Bermondsey
Writer
1972 Movie
Knightsbridge
Writer
1972 Movie
1.0
Mill Hill
Writer
1972 Movie
5.8
John and Mary
Screenplay
1969 Movie
6.2
A Flea in Her Ear
Writer
1968 Movie
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus
Novel
1967 Movie
7.2
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Screenplay
1965 Movie
6.6
The Running Man
Screenplay
1963 Movie
6.5
The Dock Brief
Writer
1962 Movie
6.0
Guns of Darkness
Screenplay
1962 Movie
6.8
Lunch Hour
Screenplay
1962 Movie
7.5
The Innocents
Additional Writing
1961 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Mortimer.
Titmuss Regained
Writer • 3 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Summer's Lease
Screenplay • 4 eps
1989 Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.9
Brideshead Revisited
Writer • 11 eps
1981 Series
5.5
Question Time
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
1979 Series
10.0
Will Shakespeare
Creator
1978 Series
Life of Shakespeare
Writer • 6 eps
1978 Series
6.9
Rumpole of the Bailey
Writer • 41 eps
1975 Series
10.0
Shades of Greene
Writer • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Playhouse
Adaptation • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.3
Play for Today
Writer • 1 eps
1970 Series
Theatre Night
Writer • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Theatre Play • 1 eps
1955 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Writer • 1 eps
1951 Series