
John Mortimer
WriterBorn 1923Active 2001
Career at a glance
1Hallmark film
Weirdness3.0 / 10
Mostly standard issue
Follow & about John
- From
- Hampstead
- Married to
- Penelope Mortimer
Awards & honours
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Knight Bachelor
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.
