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John Mortimer. Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) [1] 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.
- Penelope Fletcher (1949–1971; divorced), Penelope Gollop (1972–2009; his death)
Apr 17, 2024 · Sir John Mortimer (born April 21, 1923, Hampstead, London, Eng.—died Jan. 16, 2009, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Eng.) was an English barrister and writer who wrote plays for the stage, television, radio, and motion pictures, as well as novels and autobiographical works. Mortimer was educated at Harrow and at Brasenose College, Oxford ...
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Jan 16, 2009 · Geoffrey Robertson. Fri 16 Jan 2009 10.30 EST. The barrister, playwright and author Sir John Mortimer, who has died aged 85, was a man for all the seasons that touched his Chilterns garden, where ...
Jan 17, 2009 · John Clifford Mortimer was born on April 21, 1923, in London to Clifford and Kathleen May Smith Mortimer. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1949 he married Penelope Fletcher, a writer, who ...
3 April 1978. ( 1978-04-03) –. 3 December 1992. ( 1992-12-03) Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs.
- 3 April 1978 –, 3 December 1992
- Joseph Horovitz
- 44 (list of episodes)
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Jan 16, 2009 · The author and dramatist Sir John Mortimer has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.. Mortimer was best known for creating the character and television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He ...
Rumpole of the Bailey is a series of books created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer based on the television series Rumpole of the Bailey. [1] Mortimer adapted his television scripts into a series of short stories and novels starting in 1978. A series of anthologies and omnibus editions were also released.
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