John Mortimer
(1923-2009), Barrister, playwright and writerSir John Clifford Mortimer
Sitter in 13 portraits
Barrister, playwright and author; his plays have been staged since the 1950s, but reached a peak with the semi-autobiographical A Voyage Round My Father (1970). In 1966 he became a QC; his experiences at the bar proved to be the basis of much of his subsequent writing including the best-known of his many television adaptations, the Rumpole of the Bailey series (first broadcast 1978). Other televised novels include Paradise Postponed (1985) and Summer's Lease (1988).
Playwrights (John Mortimer; Norman Frederick Simpson; Harold Pinter)
by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1960
NPG P781
by Tai-Shan Schierenberg
oil on canvas, 1992
NPG 6160
Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher); John Mortimer
by Mark Gerson
bromide press print, circa 1957
NPG x182393
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, January 1961
NPG x88309
Penelope Ruth Mortimer; John Mortimer
by Mark Gerson, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1961
NPG x184098
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, July 1967
NPG x128493
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 8 July 1969
NPG x165953
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 8 July 1969
NPG x165954
John Mortimer; Matthew Parris; George Melly
by Michael Woods
bromide print, 2005
NPG x199054
by Martin Rowson
pen and ink, 23 November 2000
NPG D49417
Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher); John Mortimer
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, January 1961
NPG x17972
Related People
- Emily Mortimer (daughter)
- Jeremy Mortimer (son)
- Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher) (wife)
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