John Mortimer AKA John Clifford Mortimer Born: 21-Apr-1923 Birthplace: London, England Died: 16-Jan-2009 Location of death: Oxfordshire, England Cause of death: Illness
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Playwright, Novelist Nationality: England Executive summary: Rumpole of the Bailey Wife: Penelope Ruth Fletcher ("Penelope Mortimer", novelist, m. 1948, div. 1972) Son: Jeremy Mortimer Daughter: Rosie Mortimer Girlfriend: Wendy Craig (extramarital affair, one son) Son: Ross Bentley (b. 1962) Wife: Penelope Gollop (m. 1972, two daughters) Daughter: Emily Mortimer (actress, b. 1-Dec-1971) Daughter: Sally Silverman Father: Clifford Mortimer Mother: Kathleen May Smith
High School: Harrow School University: Brasenose College, Oxford University Scholar: Associate Member, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Knighthood 1998 Risk Factors: Smoking
Author of books:
Charade (1947, novelist) Clinging to the Wreckage (1982, memoir) Summer's Lease (1987, novel) The Sound of Trumpets (1998, novel) Summer of a Dormouse (2001, memoir)
Wrote plays:
The Dock Brief (1957, radio play) The Wrong Side of the Park (1960) Two Stars for Comfort (1962) The Judge (1967) A Flea in Her Ear (1965, adaptation from Georges Feydeau) A Voyage Round My Father (1970) Paradise Postponed (1985) Summer's Lease (1988)
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