Mr. Mortimer was a barrister, author, playwright and the creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes. By Helen T. Verongos John Mortimer, who died on Friday at 85, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Author and lawyer John Mortimer, the creator of legal television show "Rumpole of the Bailey," died on Friday aged 85, his spokeswoman said. Mortimer, who also appeared as a defence ...

Sir Bob Geldof and broadcasters Jeremy Paxman and Melvin Bragg were among the crowds of friends and family who turned out for a final farewell to author John Mortimer. The stars joined the procession ...

BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Importance of Being Earnest, Shrek 2) will star in a new production of John Mortimer’s celebrated autobiographical play A ...

LONDON — British lawyer and writer John Mortimer, creator of the curmudgeonly criminal lawyer Rumpole of the Bailey, died Friday. He was 85. Mortimer’s family said he died early in the morning at his ...

BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rupert Everett will star in John Mortimer's celebrated autobiographical play A Voyage Around My Father, which will open at Theatre Royal Bath, with performances from 28 ...

Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author. Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote ...