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Sir John Mortimer

Writer
21 April 1923 to 16 January 2009

A successful barrister whose courtroom experiences informed his most enduring character, Mortimer created Rumpole of the Bailey who enjoyed popularity on television between 1978 and 1992. Among his other works was his skilful adaptation of Brideshead Revisited (1981), the autobiographical A Voyage Round My Father (1982) and Paradise Postponed (1986).

- Read John Mortimer's Guardian Obituary
- Read John Mortimer's BBC Obituary
- Read John Mortimer's Telegraph Obituary
- Read John Mortimer's Independent Obituary