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Known For
Writing
Birthday
May 9, 1934
Place of Birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Alan Bennett
0.5 Popularity
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
8.0
Self
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
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Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
7.0
Self
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
0.0
Himself
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017
6.0
Himself
Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016
6.4
Alan Bennett (2014)
The Lady in the Van
2015
10.0
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
6.0
Mole (voice)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
6.2
Hector
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Credits
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
2025
8.0
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
0.0
Stewart Lee: Tornado
as Self
2022
7.0
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
0.0
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as Himself
2017
0.0
Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Himself
2016
6.0
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
2015
6.4
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
10.0
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mole (voice)
2013
6.0
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hector
2013
6.2
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My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
0.0
Books: The Last Chapter?
as Self
2011
0.0
Being Alan Bennett
as Himself
2009
0.0
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
4.8
The Young Visiters
as Narrator (voice)
2003
5.4
Meg and Mog
as Owl
2003
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The Importance of Being Morrissey
as Self
2003
6.7
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Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
0.0
Family Guy
as Alan Bennett (voice)
1999
7.4
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
as (voice)
1998
0.0
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Sillery
1997
4.3
The Willows in Winter
as Mole
1996
6.6
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
as Timmy Willie (voice)
1996
0.0
In Love and War
as Porter
1996
5.9
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
as Self
1995
0.0
The Wind in the Willows
as Mole
1995
7.0
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
1995
0.0
The Madness of King George
as 2nd MP
1994
6.8
🎬
Portrait or Bust
as Himself
1994
0.0
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
1993
7.0
🎬
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
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Julie Walters and Friends
1991
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Ashenden
as Grantly Caypor
1991
6.0
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
1991
7.0
Building Sights
as Self - Presenter
1988
0.0
Dinner at Noon
as Himself - Presenter
1988
0.0
Talking Heads
as Graham Whittaker
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
1988
5.0
Little Dorrit
as The Bishop
1987
6.5
Fortunes of War
as Lord Pinkrose
1987
6.1
Dreamchild
as Mock Turtle (voice)
1985
6.5
🎬
The Glass Box
as Self (archival footage)
1985
0.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Justice Shallow
1982
8.0
Intensive Care
as Denis Midgley
1982
0.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
1982
6.0
Afternoon Off
as Mr Petty
1979
0.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Narrator (voice)
1978
0.0
Long Shot
as Neville's Doctor
1978
0.0
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978
5.6
A Visit from Miss Prothero
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1978
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977
7.0
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
1976
6.5
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
5.0
Play for Today
as Denis Midgley
1970
6.3
Every Home Should Have One
as Defence Solicitor
1970
4.8
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
Alice in Wonderland
as Mouse
1966
5.9
🎬
On the Margin
1966
0.0
🎬
The Drinking Party
as Eryximachus
1965
0.0
Beyond the Fringe
as Various Characters
1964
7.0
🎬
Tempo
as Self
1961
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Osric
1951
8.6