- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- May 9, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Alan Bennett
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 Ala…
Filmography
movieThe Choral
2025 · Writer
movieInnes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self
movieAlan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
movieAllelujah
2023 · Executive Producer, Writer
movieStewart Lee: Tornado
2022 · Self
movieEric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
tvRemembers…
2022 · Self
tvAlan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020 · Writer, Creator
movieNational Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018 · Writer
movieNational Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018 · Writer
movieStop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017 · Himself
movieAlan Bennett's Diaries
2016 · Himself
movieThe Lady in the Van
2015 · Alan Bennett (2014), Writer
movieThe Native Hue of Resolution
2013
movieMouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013 · Mole (voice)
movieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Hector
movieNational Theatre Live: People
2013 · Writer
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
movieMy Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
movieBooks: The Last Chapter?
2011 · Self
movieNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · Writer
movieBeing Alan Bennett
2009 · Himself
movieThe History Boys
2006 · Author, Screenplay
movieRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self
movieThe Young Visiters
2003 · Narrator (voice)
tvMeg and Mog
2003 · Owl
movieThe Importance of Being Morrissey
2003 · Self
movieThora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
tvTelling Tales
2000 · Writer, Creator
tvFamily Guy
1999 · Alan Bennett (voice)
movieTalking Heads 2
1998 · Writer
movieDid I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998 · (voice)
tvA Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Sillery
movieThe Willows in Winter
1996 · Mole
movieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996 · Timmy Willie (voice)
movieIn Love and War
1996 · Porter
tvThe Abbey with Alan Bennett
1995 · Self
movieThe Wind in the Willows
1995 · Mole
movieSome Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995 · Self
movieThe Madness of King George
1994 · 2nd MP, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Portrait or Bust
moviePortrait or Bust
1994 · Himself, Writer
movieSelling Hitler
1993 · Hugh Trevor-Roper
movieJulie Walters and Friends
1991 · , Writer
Julie Walters and Friends
tvJulie Walters and Friends
1991 · , Creator
Ashenden
tvAshenden
1991 · Grantly Caypor
movieA Question of Attribution
1991 · Writer
movieA Life in Death
1991 · Writers' Assistant
movie102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990 · Writer
tvScreen One
1989 · Writer
tvBuilding Sights
1988 · Self - Presenter
movieDinner at Noon
1988 · Himself - Presenter, Writer
movieTalking Heads
1988 · , Writer, Director
tvTalking Heads
1988 · Graham Whittaker, Writer, Director, Creator
movieLittle Dorrit
1987 · The Bishop
tvFortunes of War
1987 · Lord Pinkrose
moviePrick Up Your Ears
1987 · Screenplay
movieThe Insurance Man
1986 · Writer
Man and Music
tvMan and Music
1986 · Presenter
movieDreamchild
1985 · Mock Turtle (voice)
The Glass Box
tvThe Glass Box
1985 · Self (archival footage)
tvScreen Two
1985 · Writer
movieA Private Function
1984 · Screenplay, Story
movieAn Englishman Abroad
1983 · Writer
movieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · Justice Shallow
movieSay Something Happened
1982 · Writer
movieMarks
1982 · Writer
movieRolling Home
1982 · Writer
movieA Woman of No Importance.
1982 · Writer
movieOur Winnie
1982 · Writer
tvObjects of Affection
1982 · Writer
movieIntensive Care
1982 · Denis Midgley, Writer
movieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self - Various Roles
movieAll Day on the Sands
1979 · Writer
movieOne Fine Day
1979 · Writer
movieAfternoon Off
1979 · Mr Petty, Writer
movieThe Old Crowd
1979 · Writer
movieDoris and Doreen
1978 · Writer
movieMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 · Narrator (voice), Writer
movieLong Shot
1978 · Neville's Doctor
tvThe South Bank Show
1978 · Self
movieA Visit from Miss Prothero
1978 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer
movieA Little Outing
1977 · Writer
Premiere
tvPremiere
1977 · Writer
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer
moviePleasure at Her Majesty's
1976 · Self
tvThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
movieSunset Across the Bay
1975 · Writer
movieA Day Out
1972 · Writer
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieHamlet
1970 · Osric
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Denis Midgley, Writer
movieEvery Home Should Have One
1970 · Defence Solicitor
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Osric
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
movieAlice in Wonderland
1966 · Mouse
On the Margin
tvOn the Margin
1966
The Drinking Party
movieThe Drinking Party
1965 · Eryximachus
movieBeyond the Fringe
1964 · Various Characters, Writer
tvTempo
1961 · Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Osric