Alan Bennett

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.

Known For

Family Guy

Play for Today

Omnibus

The South Bank Show

Remembers…

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

BBC2 Play of the Week

A Dance to the Music of Time

All Movies (44)

• Innes Lloyd: The Producer2025 · as Self
• Alan Bennett: 90 Years On2024
• Stewart Lee: Tornado2022 · as Self
• Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War2022
• Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety2017 · as Himself
• Alan Bennett's Diaries2016 · as Himself
• The Lady in the Van2015 · as Alan Bennett (2014)
• The Native Hue of Resolution2013
• Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time2013 · as Mole (voice)
• National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013 · as Hector
• My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment2012
• Books: The Last Chapter?2011 · as Self
• Being Alan Bennett2009 · as Himself
• Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?2004 · as Self
• The Young Visiters2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Importance of Being Morrissey2003 · as Self
• Thora Hird Tribute2003 · as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
• Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics1998 · as (voice)
• The Willows in Winter1996 · as Mole
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse1996 · as Timmy Willie (voice)
• In Love and War1996 · as Porter
• The Wind in the Willows1995 · as Mole
• Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook1995 · as Self
• The Madness of King George1994 · as 2nd MP
• Portrait or Bust1994 · as Himself
• Selling Hitler1993 · as Hugh Trevor-Roper
• Julie Walters and Friends1991
• Dinner at Noon1988 · as Himself - Presenter
• Talking Heads1988
• Little Dorrit1987 · as The Bishop
• Dreamchild1985 · as Mock Turtle (voice)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor1982 · as Justice Shallow
• Intensive Care1982 · as Denis Midgley
• The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982 · as Self - Various Roles
• Afternoon Off1979 · as Mr Petty
• Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf1978 · as Narrator (voice)
• Long Shot1978 · as Neville's Doctor
• A Visit from Miss Prothero1978 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Pleasure at Her Majesty's1976 · as Self
• Hamlet1970 · as Osric
• Every Home Should Have One1970 · as Defence Solicitor
• Alice in Wonderland1966 · as Mouse
• The Drinking Party1965 · as Eryximachus
• Beyond the Fringe1964 · as Various Characters

All TV Shows (20)

• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Meg and Mog2003 · as Owl
• Family Guy1999 · as Alan Bennett (voice)
• A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · as Sillery
• The Abbey with Alan Bennett1995 · as Self
• Julie Walters and Friends1991
• Ashenden1991 · as Grantly Caypor
• Building Sights1988 · as Self - Presenter
• Talking Heads1988 · as Graham Whittaker
• Fortunes of War1987 · as Lord Pinkrose
• The Glass Box1985 · as Self (archival footage)
• The South Bank Show1978 · as Self
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Secret Policeman's Ball1976 · as Self
• Play for Today1970 · as Denis Midgley
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Osric
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• On the Margin1966
• Tempo1961 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Osric