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.
Personal Details
Movies (40)
The Choral
Writer (Writing)
2025
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
2025
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
Allelujah
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Stewart Lee: Tornado
as Self
2022
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Writer (Writing)
2018
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Writer (Writing)
2018
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as Himself
2017
Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Himself
2016
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
2015
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mole (voice)
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hector
2013
National Theatre Live: People
Writer (Writing)
2013
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Books: The Last Chapter?
as Self
2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Writer (Writing)
2010
Being Alan Bennett
as Himself
2009
The History Boys
Author (Writing)
2006
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
The Young Visiters
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Importance of Being Morrissey
as Self
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Talking Heads 2
Writer (Writing)
1998
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
as (voice)
1998
The Willows in Winter
as Mole
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
as Timmy Willie (voice)
1996
In Love and War
as Porter
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Mole
1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
1995
The Madness of King George
as 2nd MP
1994
Portrait or Bust
as Himself
1994
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
1993
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
A Question of Attribution
Writer (Writing)
1991
A Life in Death
Writers' Assistant (Writing)
1991
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Writer (Writing)
1990
Dinner at Noon
as Himself - Presenter
1988
Talking Heads
1988
TV Shows (10)
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Writer (Writing)
2020
Meg and Mog
as Owl
2003
Telling Tales
Writer (Writing)
2000
Family Guy
as Alan Bennett (voice)
1999
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Sillery
1997
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
as Self
1995
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Ashenden
as Grantly Caypor
1991
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
1991
Building Sights
as Self - Presenter
1988