Person Details

Birthday: 1934-05-09 07:13:43

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 19


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Play for Today
Average
6

Play for Today

(1970) Writer
Screen Two
Average
7

Screen Two

(1985) Writer
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Average
8
Talking Heads
Average
6

Talking Heads

(1988) Creator
Objects of Affection
Average
0

Objects of Affection

(1982) Writer
The Lady in the Van
Average
6

The Lady in the Van

(2015) Writer
Telling Tales
Average
0

Telling Tales

(2000) Creator
The Madness of King George
Average
7

The Madness of King George

(1994) Theatre Play

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
N/A
2017 Himself
2016 Himself
2015 Alan Bennett (2014)
2013 N/A
Mole (voice)
Hector
2012 N/A
2011 Self
2009 Himself
2004 Self
2003 Narrator (voice)
Owl
Himself
1999 Alan Bennett (voice)
1998 (voice)
1997 Sillery
1996 Mole
Porter
1995 Mole
Self
1994 2nd MP
Himself
1991 N/A
N/A
Grantly Caypor
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper
1988 Himself - Presenter
Graham Whittaker
N/A
1987 Lord Pinkrose
1985 Mock Turtle (voice)
Self (archival footage)
1982 Justice Shallow
Denis Midgley
Himself - Various Roles
1979 Mr Petty
1978 N/A
Narrator (voice)
Neville's Doctor
Self
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976 Himself
Self
1970 N/A
Defence Solicitor
1966 Mouse
N/A
1965 Eryximachus
1964 Various Characters
1951 Osric
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Writer
2020 Writer
2018 Writer
Writer
2015 Writer
2013 Writer
2010 Writer
2009 Writer
2006 Author
Screenplay
2000 Writer
1998 Writer
1994 Screenplay
Theatre Play
Writer
1991 Writer
Writer
Writers' Assistant
1990 Writer
1988 Writer
Writer
Writer
1987 Screenplay
1986 Writer
1985 Writer
1984 Screenplay
Story
1982 Writer
Writer
1979 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1978 Writer
Writer
Writer
1977 Writer
1975 Writer
1972 Writer
1970 Writer
1964 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1988 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1986 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment