John Mortimer

Career timeline

1. 1923 · Born

   Born in Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

2. 1935 · Screen debut

   Brown on Resolution (Movie)

3. 1962 · First production

   Lunch Hour (Movie)

4. 1964 · Breakthrough

   The Wednesday Play (TV)

5. 2006 · Latest release

   Betjeman and Me (TV)

6. 2009 · Died

   January 16, 2009

Career in numbers

3 1930s

5 1950s

16 1960s

10 1970s

7 1980s

5 1990s

2 2000s

• Drama31
• Comedy11
• Tv Movie6
• Mystery5
• Romance4
• Crime4

Highest-rated title Brideshead Revisited 1981 7.9 Most popular title The South Bank Show 1978 5.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Mortimer in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

8 titles together

Waris Hussein

5 titles together

Michael Apted

4 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

Alan Bates

2 titles together

Stephen Frears

2 titles together

Anthony Sharp

2 titles together

Peter Yates

2 titles together

1. 2006 Betjeman and Me TV
2. 1998 The Garden Party TV
3. 1978 The South Bank Show TV
4. 1967 One Pair of Eyes TV
5. 1938 The Ware Case as Youth (uncredited) Movie
6. 1935 Me and Marlborough as Minor Role Movie
7. 1935 Brown on Resolution Movie

1. 1989 Summer's Lease TV
2. 1978 Will Shakespeare TV
3. 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey 7.1 TV

1. 2000 Don Quixote 6.3 Movie
2. 1998 Cider with Rosie Movie
3. 1994 Under the Hammer TV
4. 1991 Titmuss Regained TV
5. 1987 Maschenka Movie
6. 1986 Paradise Postponed Movie
7. 1984 A Voyage Round My Father Movie
8. 1984 Edwin Movie
9. 1981 Brideshead Revisited 7.9 TV
10. 1980 Rumpole's Return Movie
11. 1978 Will Shakespeare TV
12. 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey 7.1 TV
13. 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey Movie
14. 1975 Shades of Greene TV
15. 1972 Bermondsey Movie
16. 1972 Knightsbridge Movie
17. 1972 King's Cross Lunch Hour Movie
18. 1972 Mill Hill Movie
19. 1970 Play for Today TV
20. 1969 Plays of Today TV
21. 1968 A Flea in Her Ear Movie
22. 1968 Infidelity Took Place Movie
23. 1967 ITV Playhouse TV
24. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre TV
25. 1964 The Wednesday Play TV
26. 1962 The Dock Brief Movie
27. 1961 The Encyclopaedist Movie
28. 1961 They Met in a City TV
29. 1959 Back to Back Movie
30. 1957 The Dock Brief Movie
31. 1957 Theatre Night TV
32. 1956 Armchair Theatre TV
33. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV

1. 1999 Tea with Mussolini 6.4 Movie
2. 1989 Summer's Lease TV
3. 1969 John and Mary 5.9 Movie
4. 1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing 7.3 Movie
5. 1963 The Running Man 6.7 Movie
6. 1962 Guns of Darkness Movie
7. 1962 Lunch Hour Movie

1. 1989 Summer's Lease TV
2. 1967 Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus Movie

1. 1962 Lunch Hour Movie

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