John Mortimer Net Worth

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John Mortimer Net Worth is
$850,000

John Mortimer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

John Mortimer is a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also writes fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years. Arguably his most famous creation is Horace Rumpole, "barrister at law, 68 next birthday, Old Bailey hack, husband to ...

Date Of BirthApril 21, 1923
Died2009-01-16
Place Of BirthHampstead, London, United Kingdom
ProfessionWriter, Actor, Producer
EducationBrasenose College, Oxford
NationalityBritish
SpousePenelope Mortimer
ChildrenRoss Bentley, Emily Mortimer, Rosie Mortimer, Four stepdaughters, Sally Silverman, Jeremy Mortimer
Star SignTaurus
#Quote
1A life during which you've caused no offence would be as blandly unoffensive as death itself.
2Sport brings me out in a rash. I think it's awfully bad for people's characters. People's characters deteriorate as soon as they have anything to do with sport - they throw beer-cans at each other, they knee each other in the groin. Nobody knees each other in the groin at Covent Garden Opera House.
3Changing the life that's been allocated to you, throwing in your hand and asking for a redeal, may require courage and determination.
4It's difficult to know in these grey days when the left has become the right, what sort of political beliefs, if any, I could hand on to another generation which has so far shown a passionate lack of interest in the subject.
5[speaking in a debate about pornography] A test of pornography was once adumbrated by the Supreme Court of the United States. It was called the Felix Principle. And it was adumbrated in the days when Mr Justice Frankfurter sat upon the court. And a pornographic book was then defined as something which gave Mr Justice Frankfurter an erection. [laughter] And it was noticed that as the years went by... [laughter and applause] and Mr Justice Frankfurter became older and less easily stimulated, the judgements of the Supreme Court became conspicuously more liberal.
6A writer not only has to write, he has to live in order to have something to write about. And of the two occupations, living is by far the hardest.
7The only advice I can give is to beseech you to treat children as equals. Don't patronise them or ignore them or treat them as if they were somehow disabled.
8Women are more realistic and open-minded than men, who tend to live in a world of wishful thinking, fantasy and make-believe. For that reason, I always welcomed women on juries.
9Bryan Cowgill was a towering figure in what now seems to be a golden age of British television. He made Thames Television famous across the world for Benny Hill and Morecambe and Wise. He continued the Rumpole series and produced such popular dramas as Minder and The Bill. I owe him a great debt of gratitude. He suggested that I should write a serial about England since the Second World War, and what followed was Paradise Postponed, which traces recent political history and the rise of Thatcherism through the stories of various characters in an English village. He gave me as I believe he gave to all writers, every support and encouragement. Writers for television today can only wait and hope for another Bryan Cowgill.
10I was raised, educated and clothed almost entirely on the proceeds of cruelty, adultery and neglect.
11No brilliance is require in law. Just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.
12[on why he preferred defending murderers to handling divorce cases] Matrimonial clients hate each other so much and use their children to hurt each other in beastly ways. Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.
13[on David Niven] He was a model of how people who are famous and who enjoy the terrific privilege of stardom or public acclaim should behave.
14[Speaking in 2006, on the prospect of his retiring] What else can I do? I can't play golf... Writing keeps me alive.
15As the son of a divorce barrister, I was fed, raised, educated and clothed entirely on the proceeds of adultery. If people had remained faithful, I would never have been sent to Harrow.
#Fact
1Both his wives were called Penelope. The first - formerly Mrs. Penelope Dimont - was a well-known novelist and film critic and was five years his senior. The second, formerly Penelope Gollop, had a child by him before they married and was many years his junior.
2Had a son, Ross Bentley, in 1962, as a result of a brief affair with Wendy Craig.
3In 1971 his play Bermondsey featured the first gay kiss seen on a West End stage (the actors were Denholm Elliott and Joss Ackland).
4Was played by Simon Callow in the television movie, Performance: The Trials of Oz (1991).
5He defended Wole Soyinka, fellow writer and Nobel Laureate, in Nigeria of criminal charges.
6He attended Brasenose College at Oxford University in Oxford, England.
7Son of Clifford and Kathleen May Smith Mortimer.
8In September 2004 it was revealed that he had a second son, Ross Bentley, the result of a short affair with Wendy Craig.
9Successfully defended Oz magazine against charges of obscenity in 1971.
10He was awarded the Knighthood of the British Empire in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to Literature.
11On the later Rumpole DVDs he provides a brief introduction to each story, giving the viewer background and context for each story.
12Represented actress Margaret Leighton in her divorce suit against Laurence Harvey.
13He has described himself as a "champagne socialist".
14Became an Associate Member of RADA.
15Father-in-law of Alessandro Nivola
16Father of Sally Silverman and Jeremy Mortimer with his first wife, and Emily Mortimer and Rosie Mortimer with his second wife.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
In Love and War2001TV Movie teleplay
Don Quixote2000TV Movie teleplay
Tea with Mussolini1999writer
Cider with Rosie1998TV Movie
Under the Hammer1994TV Series writer - 7 episodes
Rumpole of the BaileyTV Series 1 episode, 1980 written by - 42 episodes, 1978 - 1992
Titmuss RegainedTV Mini-Series novel - 3 episodes, 1991 script - 3 episodes, 1991
Die Fledermaus1990TV Movie English adaptation
Summer's LeaseTV Mini-Series novel - 4 episodes, 1989 screenplay - 4 episodes, 1989
Smith and Jones in Small Doses1989TV Series writer - 1 episode
Maschenka1987
Paradise Postponed1986TV Mini-Series novel - 11 episodes
Edwin1984TV Movie
The Ebony Tower1984TV Movie
A Voyage Round My Father1984TV Movie play / screenplay
Brideshead Revisited1981TV Mini-Series adaptation - 11 episodes
BBC2 Playhouse1981TV Series script - 1 episode
Comedy Tonight1980TV Movie
Will Shakespeare1978TV Mini-Series writer - 6 episodes
Two Stars for Comfort1977TV Movie
Shades of Greene1975-1976TV Series adaptation - 8 episodes
Play for Today1975TV Series written by - 1 episode
Das Pflichtmandat1973TV Movie play
Thirty-Minute Theatre1967-1972TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Die Anarchisten1971TV Movie
Scheidung auf englisch1970TV Movie play
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1970TV Series writer - 1 episode
John and Mary1969screenplay
Plays of Today1969TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Flea in Her Ear1968writer
A Touch of Venus1968TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Wednesday Play1966-1968TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Beryl Reid Says Good Evening1968TV Series additional material - 1 episode
ITV Playhouse1968TV Series 1 episode
Podnevna pauza1967TV Movie play
Eerlijk en ongelogen1967TV Movie play "Call Me a Liar"
A Flea in Her Ear1967TV Movie translator
Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus1967TV Movie novel "The Narrowing Stream"
Armchair Theatre1967TV Series writer - 1 episode
Der Oberkellner1966TV Movie play
ITV Play of the Week1966TV Series writer - 1 episode
Reci da sam lazov1965TV Movie
Bunny Lake Is Missing1965screenplay
BBC 31965TV Series
Konversationslexikon1965TV Movie play
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life1965TV Series writer - 1 episode
Teatterituokio1964TV Series writer - 1 episode
Der Fluggast1964TV Movie play
Wat vertellen we Caroline?1964TV Movie
ITV Television Playhouse1963TV Series writer - 1 episode
Der Privatdetektiv1963TV Movie screenplay
Playdate1963TV Series 1 episode
The Running Man1963screenplay
BBC Sunday-Night PlayTV Mini-Series 1 episode, 1963 writer - 1 episode, 1961
Frokostpause1963TV Movie based on play
Back to Back1963TV Movie plays "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" and "The Dock Brief"
Ne éljek, ha nem igaz!1962TV Movie play
Trial and Error1962play "The Dock Brief"
Guns of Darkness1962
Ett svårt fall1962TV Movie
Branilac po sluzbenoj duznosti1961TV Movie
Lunch Hour1961screenplay / story
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1961TV Series play - 1 episode
The Innocents1961additional scenes & dialogue
De beklaagde1961TV Movie
Mittagspause1961TV Short play "Lunch Hour"
They Met in a City1961TV Series writer - 1 episode
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life1961TV Movie teleplay
Call Me a Liar1961TV Movie written by
Sie können's mir glauben1960TV Movie play "Call Me a Liar"
Dock Brief1960TV Movie play
David and Broccoli1960TV Movie
Play of the Week1959TV Series written by - 1 episode
Ferry to Hong Kong1959additional dialogue
Folio1958TV Series play 'The Dock Brief' - 1 episode
Das Pflichtmandat1958TV Movie play "The Dock Brief"
Theatre Night1958TV Series play - 1 episode
Television Playwright1958TV Series written by - 1 episode
I Spy1958TV Movie radio script
The Dock Brief1957TV Movie
Home and School1947Short

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Rumpole of the Bailey1979-1992TV SeriesJudge at tribunal luncheon table / Theatregoer in bar at the opera during the interval / Guest at Judge's Lunch / ...

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Trial and Error1962associate producer
Lunch Hour1961producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene2013DocumentaryHimself
John Mortimer: A Life in Words2009TV Movie documentaryHimself
Strictly Courtroom2008TV Movie documentaryHimself
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies2008TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Sir John Mortimer)
Sunday AM2008TV SeriesHimself
Burn Hollywood Burn2007TV Series documentaryHimself
The Secret Life of Brian2007TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Sir John Mortimer)
Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
This Week2004-2006TV SeriesHimself
War Stories2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
Late Review2005TV SeriesHimself
Imagine2003TV Series documentaryHimself
Breakfast with Frost2002TV SeriesHimself
Best of British2002TV SeriesHimself
60 Minutes1999TV Series documentaryHimself - Author (segment "Rumpole of the Bailey")
Dear John: A Tribute to John Wells1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
The ABC of Democracy1994TV Movie documentaryHimself
Alistair Cooke Salute1992TV MovieHimself
Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown1991TV Movie documentaryHimself
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World1988TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil1986TV Mini-SeriesHimself
The South Bank Show1986TV Series documentaryHimself
Question Time1979-1982TV SeriesHimself
Panorama1980TV Series documentaryHimself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning1980TV SeriesHimself
Read All About It1978TV SeriesHimself
But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock1973TV SeriesHimself
The Brian Connell Interview1972TV SeriesHimself
Aquarius1971TV SeriesHimself
The Frost Programme1967TV SeriesHimself
Monitor1960TV Series documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Longford2006TV MovieHimself (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1998Special Lifetime Achievement AwardBanff Television Festival

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1996EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Television EpisodeRumpole of the Bailey (1978)
1990BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Drama Series/SerialSummer's Lease (1989)
1990EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Television EpisodeMystery! (1980)
1989BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Drama SeriesRumpole of the Bailey (1978)
1989EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Television EpisodeMystery! (1980)
1982Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a SpecialBrideshead Revisited (1981)
1970WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Comedy Adapted from Another MediumJohn and Mary (1969)
1970Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest ScreenplayJohn and Mary (1969)
1966EdgarEdgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Motion PictureBunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Known for movies

Writer

The Innocents (1961)
as Writer

Writer

Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-1992)
as Writer

Writer

Tea with Mussolini (1999)
as Writer

Writer

A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
as Writer

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