Alan Bennett
Born: 1934-05-09 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For: Writing
Biography
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- The Choral ... (Writer)
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer as Self
2023
- Allelujah ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Remembers… as Self
- Stewart Lee: Tornado as Self
- Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2020
- Alan Bennett's Talking Heads ... (Writer)
2018
- National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III ... (Writer)
- National Theatre Live: Allelujah! ... (Writer)
2017
2016
- Alan Bennett's Diaries as Himself
2015
- The Lady in the Van as Alan Bennett (2014)
2013
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Hector
- National Theatre Live: People ... (Writer)
- The Native Hue of Resolution
- Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time as Mole (voice)
2011
- Books: The Last Chapter? as Self
2010
- National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art ... (Writer)
2009
- Being Alan Bennett as Himself
2006
- The History Boys ... (Screenplay)
2004
2003
- The Young Visiters as Narrator (voice)
- Meg and Mog as Owl
- The Importance of Being Morrissey as Self
- Thora Hird Tribute as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
2000
- Telling Tales ... (Writer)
1999
- Family Guy as Alan Bennett (voice)
1998
- Talking Heads 2 ... (Writer)
- Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics as (voice)
1997
- A Dance to the Music of Time as Sillery
1996
- In Love and War as Porter
- The Willows in Winter as Mole
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse as Timmy Willie (voice)
1995
- The Wind in the Willows as Mole
- Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook as Self
- The Abbey with Alan Bennett as Self
1994
- The Madness of King George as 2nd MP
- Portrait or Bust as Himself
1993
- Selling Hitler as Hugh Trevor-Roper
1991
- Ashenden as Grantly Caypor
- A Question of Attribution ... (Writer)
- Julie Walters and Friends
- Julie Walters and Friends
- A Life in Death ... (Writers' Assistant)
1990
- 102 Boulevard Haussmann ... (Writer)
1988
- Talking Heads as Graham Whittaker
- Building Sights as Self - Presenter
- Talking Heads
- Dinner at Noon as Himself - Presenter
1987
- Fortunes of War as Lord Pinkrose
- Prick Up Your Ears ... (Screenplay)
- Little Dorrit as The Bishop
1986
- The Insurance Man ... (Writer)
- Man and Music ... (Presenter)
1985
- Screen Two ... (Writer)
- Dreamchild as Mock Turtle (voice)
- The Glass Box as Self (archival footage)
1984
- A Private Function ... (Story)
1983
- An Englishman Abroad ... (Writer)
1982
- Objects of Affection ... (Writer)
- The Merry Wives of Windsor as Justice Shallow
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self - Various Roles
- Intensive Care as Denis Midgley
- Our Winnie ... (Writer)
- Rolling Home ... (Writer)
- Marks ... (Writer)
- Say Something Happened ... (Writer)
- A Woman of No Importance. ... (Writer)
1979
- One Fine Day ... (Writer)
- Afternoon Off as Mr Petty
- The Old Crowd ... (Writer)
- All Day on the Sands ... (Writer)
1978
- The South Bank Show as Self
- Doris and Doreen ... (Writer)
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Narrator (voice)
- A Visit from Miss Prothero as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Long Shot as Neville's Doctor
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- A Little Outing ... (Writer)
1976
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's as Self
1975
- Sunset Across the Bay ... (Writer)
1972
- A Day Out ... (Writer)
1970
- Play for Today as Denis Midgley
- Every Home Should Have One as Defence Solicitor
- Hamlet as Osric
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Osric
1967
- Omnibus as Self
1966
- Alice in Wonderland as Mouse
- On the Margin
1965
- The Drinking Party as Eryximachus
1964
- Beyond the Fringe as Various Characters
1961
- Tempo as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Osric