Alan Bennett
Writing • Born 1934-05-09
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
64 credits
In Love and War
Movie • 1996
Porter
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie • 2004
Self
Beyond the Fringe
Movie • 1964
Various Characters
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Movie • 1976
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie • 1982
Self - Various Roles
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Movie • 1995
Self
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1995
Mole
The Willows in Winter
Movie • 1996
Mole
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Movie • 2022
Selling Hitler
Movie • 1993
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Movie • 2022
Self
Books: The Last Chapter?
Movie • 2011
Self
Intensive Care
Movie • 1982
Denis Midgley
Afternoon Off
Movie • 1979
Mr Petty
Talking Heads
Movie • 1988
The Madness of King George
Movie • 1994
2nd MP
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Movie • 2013
Mole (voice)
Little Dorrit
Movie • 1987
The Bishop
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1966
Mouse
The Young Visiters
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Dreamchild
Movie • 1985
Mock Turtle (voice)
The Native Hue of Resolution
Movie • 2013
Alan Bennett's Diaries
Movie • 2016
Himself
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Movie • 2003
Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie • 2013
Hector
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Movie • 1978
Narrator (voice)
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Movie • 2012
Being Alan Bennett
Movie • 2009
Himself
Every Home Should Have One
Movie • 1970
Defence Solicitor
Long Shot
Movie • 1978
Neville's Doctor
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Movie • 1978
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Portrait or Bust
Movie • 1994
Himself
Dinner at Noon
Movie • 1988
Himself - Presenter
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
Movie • 1998
(voice)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie • 1982
Justice Shallow
The Lady in the Van
Movie • 2015
Alan Bennett (2014)
Julie Walters and Friends
Movie • 1991
The Drinking Party
Movie • 1965
Eryximachus
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Movie • 2017
Himself
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Movie • 2024
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie • 2003
Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Movie • 2025
Self
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Movie • 1996
Timmy Willie (voice)
Hamlet
Movie • 1970
Osric
The South Bank Show
TV • 1978
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Osric
On the Margin
TV • 1966
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Denis Midgley
A Dance to the Music of Time
TV • 1997
Sillery
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Graham Whittaker
Ashenden
TV • 1991
Grantly Caypor
Julie Walters and Friends
TV • 1991
The Glass Box
TV • 1985
Self (archival footage)
Meg and Mog
TV • 2003
Owl
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
TV • 1995
Self
Selling Hitler
TV • 1991
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Alan Bennett (voice)
Building Sights
TV • 1988
Self - Presenter
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Tempo
TV • 1961
Self
Fortunes of War
TV • 1987
Lord Pinkrose
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self