John Mortimer
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 21, 1923, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
- Died
- January 16, 2009
- Movies
- 30
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2013 | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Self |
| 2008 | Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies | Self (as Sir John Mortimer) |
| 1980 | The Trial of Lady Chatterley | Self |
| 1938 | The Ware Case | Youth (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Me and Marlborough | Minor Role |
| 1935 | Brown on Resolution |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Writer |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Screenplay |
| 1998 | Cider with Rosie | Writer |
| 1987 | Maschenka | Writer |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Writer |
| 1984 | A Voyage Round My Father | Writer |
| 1984 | Edwin | Writer |
| 1980 | Rumpole's Return | Writer |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Writer |
| 1972 | Bermondsey | Writer |
| 1972 | Knightsbridge | Writer |
| 1972 | King's Cross Lunch Hour | Writer |
| 1972 | Mill Hill | Writer |
| 1969 | John and Mary | Screenplay |
| 1968 | A Flea in Her Ear | Writer |
| 1968 | Infidelity Took Place | Writer |
| 1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing | Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Running Man | Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Dock Brief | Writer |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness | Screenplay |
| 1962 | Lunch Hour | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1961 | The Encyclopaedist | Writer |
| 1959 | Back to Back | Writer |
| 1957 | The Dock Brief | Writer |
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