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John Mortimer
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 85
Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
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Laurence Olivier John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Peter Yates Directed John and Mary and Don Quixote
Alvin Rakoff Directed A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
Jane Asher John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Jeremy Irons John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
John Williams Also in 24 Hours in a Woman's Life (1961)
Franco Zeffirelli Directed Tea with Mussolini (1999)
John Gielgud John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Otto Preminger Directed Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Carol Reed Directed The Running Man (1963)
Stéphane Audran John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Claire Bloom John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Anthony Asquith Directed Guns of Darkness (1962)
Anthony Andrews John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Johannes Schaaf Directed Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus (1967)- Mona Washbourne John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Simon Jones John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)- Eleanor Summerfield John wrote The Running Man (1963)
Diana Quick John directed Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Jonathan Coy Also in Rumpole's Return and Maschenka- Rodney Bennett Directed Edwin (1984)
- Stuart Burge Directed Back to Back (1959)
Anthony Sharp Directed A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
Jacques Charon Directed A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
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United Kingdom
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1923 to 2009 · aged 85
