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John Mortimer

Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author, best known for creating the character Horace Rumpole. Mortimer was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1948 and retired in 1984. Awarded a CBE in 1986, he was made a knight bachelor in the 1998 Birthday Honours.

English

Writer

Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole at Sea
1991
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Honourable Member
1978
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Quacks
1991
Episode The Play of the Week
Back to Back -- The Dock Brief & What Shall We Tell Caroline?
1959
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Married Lady
1978
Movie Ferry to Hong Kong 1959
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole for the Prosecution
1991
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Learned Friends
1978
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
1992
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
1978
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
1992
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Man of God
1979
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Et in Arcadia Ego
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Case of Identity
1979
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
1992
Movie Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Show Folk
1979
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Home and Abroad
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
1992
Movie Rumpole of the Bailey 1975
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Fascist Beast
1979
Episode Brideshead Revisited
The Bleak Light of Day
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Family Pride
1992
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Sebastian Against the World
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Course of True Love
1979
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Play for Today / Pilot (a.k.a Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt)
1975
Episode Brideshead Revisited
A Blow upon a Bruise
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Age for Retirement
1979
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Julia
1981
Movie Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus 1967
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Genuine Article
1983
Movie Der Privatdetektiv 1963
Episode Brideshead Revisited
The Unseen Hook
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Golden Thread
1983
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole's Return
1980
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Old Boy Net
1983
Movie Tea with Mussolini 1999
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Female of the Species
1983
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Deserted
1981
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Orphans of the Storm
1981
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
The Fatal Attribution
1994
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Sporting Life
1983
Movie Die Anarchisten 1971
Episode Brideshead Revisited
A Twitch upon the Thread
1981
Episode Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
1981
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Last Resort
1983
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
Wonders in the Deep
1994
Movie Trial and Error 1962
Movie Der Fluggast 1964
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Old, Old Story
1987
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
The Virgin of Vitebsk
1994
Episode Thirty-Minute Theatre
Kings Cross--Lunch Hour
1970
Movie Maschenka 1987
Movie Guns of Darkness 1962
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
The Jolly Joker
1994
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
1987
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Official Secret
1987
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
After Titian
1994
Movie Edwin 1984
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
In Love and War
2001
Movie Der Oberkellner 1966
Movie Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life 1961
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow
1987
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
The Spectre at the Feast
1994
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
I Spy
1961
Movie Lunch Hour 1961
Episode Under the Hammer (1994)
Treasure Trove
1994
Movie John and Mary 1969
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim
1987
Movie The Running Man 1963
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole's Last Case
1987
Episode Thirty-Minute Theatre
Bermondsey
1970
Movie The Ebony Tower 1984
Movie Cider with Rosie 1998
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
1988
Episode Play for Today
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
1988
Episode Will Shakespeare
Dead Shepherd
1978
Episode Will Shakespeare
Alms for Oblivion
1978
Episode Will Shakespeare
Of Comfort and Despair
1978
Movie Sie können's mir glauben 1960
Episode Will Shakespeare
The Loved Boy
1978
Movie Rumpole's Return 1980
Episode Will Shakespeare
Rebellion's Masterpiece
1978
Movie In Love and War 2001
Episode Will Shakespeare
The Living Record
1978
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
1988
Episode Thirty-Minute Theatre
Knightsbridge
1970
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Tap End
1988
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and Portia
1988
Episode Alas Smith and Jones
Smith and Jones in Small Doses: The Waiting Room
1989
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Quality of Life
1988
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole a la Carte
1991
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
1991
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Younger Generation
1978
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Right to Silence
1991
Episode Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole and the Alternative Society
1978

Producer

Movie Lunch Hour 1961