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	John Mortimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mortimer's most famous creation is a character named Horace Rumpole, a barrister whose speciality is defending those accused of crime in London's redoubtable hall of justice, the Old Bailey.
		Mortimer created Rumpole for "Rumpole of the Bailey", a 1975 episode of Play For Today; Played with gusto by Leo McKern, the character proved popular, and was spun off into a Rumpole of the Bailey television series for Thames Television and a series of books (all written by Mortimer).
		John Mortimer was married to Penelope Fletcher, later better known as Penelope Mortimer, in 1949 and had a son and a daughter by her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Mortimer (416 words)

	John Robert Mortimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mortimer's interest in archaeology was aroused as the result of visiting the Great Exhibition and the British Museum during a visit to London in 1851.
		In 1860 Mortimer's curiosity was excited by the discovery of human remains during the quarrying of a barrow on Painsthorpe Wold.
		Mortimer died in 1911 and in 1913 the 66,000 piece Mortimer collection of artefacts and geological specimens was sold to Hull Corporation, the purchase being funded by a Colonel G.H. Clarke.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /John_Robert_Mortimer (378 words)

	Emily Mortimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mortimer performed in several plays while studying at Oxford, and while acting in a student production she was spotted by a producer who cast her in a supporting role in a television adaptation of Dame Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin (1995).
		Mortimer was then in the Irish coming-of-age story The Last of the High Kings, released later the same year, and in 1998, she played Miss Flynn in the TV mini-series Cider With Rosie, which was adapted for television by her father.
		That same year, Mortimer took on her biggest role in an American film to date, playing opposite Bruce Willis in The Kid; in 2002, she had a major role in The 51st State, starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson, and was a supporting character in John Woo's war drama Windtalkers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emily_Mortimer (346 words)

	John Mortimer - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Mortimer, born in 1923, English lawyer, dramatist, and novelist, best known as the creator of the fictional character Horace Rumpole, a grumpy criminal lawyer.
		John Clifford Mortimer was born in London and attended Harrow School.
		In this and other cases, Mortimer was an advocate against censorship and for civil liberties.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701702237/John_Mortimer.html (446 words)

	John Mortimer Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mortimer was an only child; his father was a successful divorce attorney, leading Mortimer to quip that he was raised "entirely on the proceeds of adultery." The elder Mortimer was a major influence in his son's life.
		Mortimer, by his own admission, has always been a "ladies' man", and his first marriage ended in 1972 amid accusations of infidelity on both sides.
		Typically, Mortimer had written both the short stories and the TV scripts at the same time (he does the same thing with stage and radio versions of his plays), and the first volume of short stories also appeared in 1978.
	www.bol.ucla.edu /~ryoder/mystery/mortim-bio.html (808 words)

	John Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rumpole of the bailey is a television series created and written by british writer john mortimer, qc and starring leo mckern as horace rumpole, an ageing...
		Emily mortimer (born 1971) is a british actress who is as comfortable in historical dramas as in modern day thrillers and comedies....
		Kate atkinson (1951-) was born in york and studied english literature at dundee university gaining her masters degree in 1974....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_mortimer.htm (1012 words)

	John Clifford Mortimer Papers
		John Clifford Mortimer, the only child of Clifford and Kathleen May Smith Mortimer, was born in Hampstead, London, on April 21, 1923.
		Mortimer continued to work as a lawyer and became a Queen's Counsel (1966) and Master of the Bench, Inner Temple (1975).
		The John Mortimer papers include typescript and holograph drafts of his plays, teleplays, and radio plays, as well as correspondence about the papers and Mortimer's list of his manuscripts, all dating from 1957-1967.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/mortimer.html (547 words)

	Hartford Advocate: Legal Ease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mortimer, 82, is the hugely prolific author of the popular Rumpole series, in addition to plays, librettos, memoirs and novels.
		Mortimer's accumulated wisdom never has the stale air of obsolescence, or of someone who's lost touch with the world and with the joys of food, sex, drink, sun, art, or a tasty bit of gossip.
		Mortimer offers entertaining critiques of political correctness, which, he says, "has tried to enforce an artificial code of polite conduct on our basic instinct to laugh at most things, including, sex, death and going to the lavatory." The 32 short essays offer that almost unheard-of combination of being both edifying and a breeze to read.
	hartfordadvocate.com /gbase/Lifestyle/content.html?oid=oid:120610 (312 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Golf / Steeplechaser clears hurdles
		John Mortimer grew stronger through medication, which he continues to take, but his comeback has been filled with ups and downs.
		Still, Mortimer felt he was able to compete consistently with the ailment during the past indoor season, particularly after running in meets at Boston University and Harvard.
		Mortimer said he enjoyed the experience of running in the trials while still finding the time to recruit.
	www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2004/07/16/steeplechaser_clears_hurdles (815 words)

	Madeleine Begun Kane, Humor Columnist, John Mortimer Profile
		Mortimer, a retired British barrister and Oxfordshire, England resident, is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his Rumpole of the Bailey stories and television series.
		Judges, according to Mortimer, "take themselves too seriously," while prisons are a "university of crime." Mortimer speaks from experience; he earned considerable acclaim as a barrister, especially for his successful defenses in censorship cases.
		Mortimer always "had a lot of mouths to feed." He explained, "I had four children and I married someone who already had four children." However, the law offered more to Mortimer than a steady source of income.
	www.madkane.com /mortimer.html (1767 words)

	Legal Spectator: John Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mortimer’s legal career brought him in court in all kinds of litigation including the domestic relations practice he inherited from his father.
		When Mortimer was active at the bar, he did not hold himself personally accountable for what was wrong with the profession.
		Mortimer did hold himself accountable for trying to be decent, which meant to him compassion, fairness, and, whenever possible, giving others the benefit of the doubt.
	www.dcbar.org /for_lawyers/washington_lawyer/march_2004/spectator.cfm (897 words)

	John Mortimer radio plays - DIVERSITY
		John Mortimer has had extensive experience of Law, he has produced a number of excellent radio plays over a period of about 50 years, is the father of Jeremy Mortimer, the radio producer, and is the creator of "Rumpole".
		In `Know What I Mean?' by John Mortimer, Patricia Hodge and Michael Kitchen star in the story of a marriage between a barrister and a management consultant which is threatened by a caller.
		When Rumpole is called upon to defend a senior member of the police force in court, his relish for the tragedy of Shakespeare's Othello, and his old acquaintances among the south London criminal fraternity prove very useful, and help him balance the scales of justice in favour of the oft maligned defence barrister.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /suttonelms/jmortimer.html (799 words)

	John Mortimer
		Perhaps the most famous television dramatist to have defended a murderer at the Old Bailey, John Mortimer's career as a barrister held him in good stead, not only in supporting his early writings, but also in terms of inspiration.
		The latter was another legal drama, starring John Nettleton as a fortyish divorce lawyer determined to win his latest case for his female client (Judy Cornwall) and - hopefully - replace her husband himself.
		Mortimer was also responsible for the six-episode series Will Shakespeare in 1978 (starring Tim Curry, Ian McShane and AndrÆ Morrell), the 1984 Channel 4 play Edwin, and Paradise Postponed in 1987.
	www.625.org.uk /biograph/biogmort.htm (913 words)

	Player Bio: John Mortimer :: Men's Outdoor Track
		John Mortimer enters his fifth season as the assistant coach of Boston College's men's and women's cross country program.
		With track, he is responsible for recruiting and assisting in coaching the men's and women's 800 to 10,000-meter athletes, as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase runners.
		Mortimer, a 1999 graduate of the University of Michigan, came to the Heights after a brief stint at Harvard University where he was a volunteer assistant coach under head coach Frank Haggerty.
	bceagles.cstv.com /sports/m-otrack/mtt/mortimer_john00.html (403 words)

	SALON Features: "Champagne for everyone!" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A wigged barrister with a passion for cheap wine ("Chateau Thames Embankment") and a dedication to the criminal defense, Rumpole has achieved the greatest popularity in his television incarnation, solving droll mysteries with barely a twitch of his stiff upper lip.
		Mortimer, a barrister himself for most of his life, has written television plays (like "Brideshead Revisited"), novels (like "Paradise Postponed") and screenplays.
		Now in his 70s, Mortimer could no doubt retire with honor from writing as he has from legal practice.
	www.salon.com /11/features/mortimer1.html (360 words)

	Charade.
		John Clifford Mortimer was born on April 21, 1923 in London, England, to Clifford and Kathleen May (Smith) Mortimer.
		The John Mortimer papers consist of the literary manuscripts of this key figure of the contemporary British literary scene, which The Bancroft Library first began to acquire in the early 1970s.
		Mortimer's manuscripts are usually written in fl ink (corrected in red and blue ink) or blue ink (corrected in red and fl ink), and incorporating, as is John Mortimer's habit, passages from the printed text of the novel, apparently cut from proofs, revised in manuscript.
	www.oac.cdlib.org /view/mets/0k/kt2m3n990k.mets.xml (342 words)

	The John Mortimer Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Mortimer (1923-), English barrister, author and dramatist, both on stage and for TV and radio.
		Mortimer is a prolific writer, with more than 50 books, plays, and scripts to his credit, but his fame rests on the Rumpole of the Bailey series of TV scripts and short story collections.
		Mortimer has also published nearly thirty plays and three volumes of autobiography as well as 13 non-mystery novels.
	pbpl.physics.ucla.edu /~yoder/mystery/mortim.html (143 words)

	Alibris: John Mortimer
		Mortimer's droll novel is about an uptight English couple whose marriage is on the rocks.
		Mortimer, author of the 'Rumpole' books, continues the memoirs he began in "Clinging to the Wreckage." "Murderers and Other Friends" is his summing up of himself and his friendships.
		Mortimer's establishment-tweaking, claret-loving barrister Horace Rumpole is back--solving crimes, quoting poetry, and valiantly coping with the love of his life.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Mortimer,John (997 words)

	John Mortimer: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Clifford Mortimer (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister (A British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law)
		Mortimer's most famous creation is a character named Horace Rumpole (Rumpole of the bailey is a television series created and written by british writer john mortimer, qc and starring...)
		Emily Mortimer (Emily mortimer (born 1971) is a british actress who is as comfortable in historical dramas as in modern day thrillers...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/john_mortimer (1120 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| The Rapstone Chronicles \| John Mortimer
		John Mortimer, a playwright, novelist, and former barrister, is the author of the popular "Rumpole of the Bailey" stories, six novels, two volumes of autobiography
		An active participant in British politics, Mortimer demands the same sense of tolerance: while he fervently campaigns for the Labour Party and such liberal causes as prison reform, he also staunchly supports the politically incorrect sport of fox-hunting.
		In Titmuss Regained Mortimer mocks everything from "the green welly brigade" to the greedy developers to the free-market fanatics and political schemers in the Thatcher government.
	www.dk.com /static/rguides/us/rapstone_chronicles.html (3462 words)

	John (Bull) Mortimer
		Wonewoc Reproter, June 4: John Mortimer died at his home on Section 20 in the Town of Woodland, Tuesday, May 26, at the age of 63 years, 2 months and 5 days.
		He was born in Lincolnshire, England, (incorrect-see birth place) and came to America in 1849, stopping at Oconomowoc, Wis., till the year 1854, when he came to this town and settled on the farm he now owns, being a resident of this town 37 years.
		Other-Wilson's marriage certificate; John's marriage certificate; Edger's marriage certificate; Sarah's marriage certificate; Wilson's death certificate; John's letter to his father; 1881 Sauk County Business Directory page 5; History of Valton by Gilbert Mortimer Introduction, page's 6, 13 and 15.
	www.angelfire.com /mo/mortimergen/john.html (286 words)

	eBay - john mortimer, Fiction Books, Audiobooks items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rumpole and the age of Miracles by John Mortimer
		Felix in the Underworld by John Mortimer (1997)
		JOHN MORTIMER - Rumpole of the Bailey - p/b
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	Amazon.com: Summer's Lease: Books: John Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mortimer (author of Rumpole of the Bailey and a writer for the television series Brideshead Revisted) has blended elements of social satire and mystery into an entertaining story whose atmosphere of mounting tension culminates in a disturbing climax.
		John Mortimer is an extremely literate and witty writer of books, screen plays, and other material, including the Rumpole series.
		It is a particular pleasure to see Mortimer's love of Shakespeare come through in Molly's Falstaff of a father, and the Hamlet-like play-within-a-play which gives Molly the final clue to the murder.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140158278?v=glance (1474 words)

	Mystery Guide - Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		umpole, the fictive alter ego of eminent QC and playwright John Mortimer, is Exhibit A in any attempt to prove that the British legal mystery is far more deeply rooted and interestingly written than the American version.
		First time readers are warned it is not a simple one (particularly for Americans), ranging as it does from lawyer's French to the difference between old and new styles of East End slang, with illustrative quotes from Wordsworth to the tabloids.
		However, Mortimer miraculously balances these elements to produce something erasing the divisions between comedy and tragedy, the dramatic and the mundane: whether he's gleefully skewering a pompous judge or flatly describing Rumpole's long-vanished hopes for love and understanding, the author's touch is subtle but effective.
	www.mysteryguide.com /bkMortimerBailey.html (443 words)

	SUMMER OF A DORMOUSE (AB) - John Mortimer - Penguin Books
		Taking as his title Byron's famous description of what life is (a mere "summer of a dormouse"), John Mortimer describes what it's like to be 75 but feel 11.
		He has all the afflictions that his father had at this age, but retains all his youthful enthusiasms.
		Mortimer describes the last couple of years which involved plenty of hilarious public duties, like chairing the committee to decide who should go on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, but also private matters like having to be in a wheelchair at glamorous New Labour parties.
	www.penguin.ca /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780141803401,00.html (126 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Devil's Advocate: The Unauthorised Biography Of John Mortimer: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Mortimer was a promising barrister who married a successful novelist (Penelope Mortimer) and then started writing himself.
		But it was Mortimer's creation of Rumpole of the Bailey, the irrascible barrister created on TV by Leo McKern, which catapulted him to wider fame and fortune, as his career as a novelist and screenwriter took off.
		An unapologetic hatchet job detailing the sexual shenanigans of John Mortimer QC over the course of what seems like a rather fruity, adventurous life.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0752866559 (653 words)

	NIH: Sir John Mortimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John writes engagingly, the persona in which he presents himself while narrating his life is congenial, and he's known a lot of important or celebrated people about whom he tells interesting stories.
		One departure from the analytical in Sir John's autobiographies is his apparent inability to confront events and relationships which have caused him pain.
		But perhaps Sir John is just being decent about a person he was married to for a couple of decades, but if that was all he was trying to be he wouldn't have published that posthumous description of her emotional instability, would he?
	www.interlog.com /~jfitzger/jmbio.htm (1504 words)

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