Alan Bennett
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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
Credits
The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Alan Bennett (2014)
The Madness of King George (1994)
as 2nd MP
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
as Justice Shallow
In Love and War (1996)
as Porter
Little Dorrit (1987)
as The Bishop
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
as Hector
Hamlet (1970)
as Osric
Dreamchild (1985)
as Mock Turtle (voice)
The Willows in Winter (1996)
as Mole
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
as Mole
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
as Mouse
Afternoon Off (1979)
as Mr Petty
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
as Self
Talking Heads (1988)
Actor
The Young Visiters (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
as Self - Various Roles
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
as Defence Solicitor
Intensive Care (1982)
as Denis Midgley
Thora Hird Tribute (2003)
as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Long Shot (1978)
as Neville's Doctor
The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
as Self
Innes Lloyd: The Producer (2025)
as Self
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
as Self
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
as Various Characters
The Drinking Party (1965)
as Eryximachus
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)
as Self
The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
Actor
Julie Walters and Friends (1991)
Actor
Stewart Lee: Tornado (2022)
as Self
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time (2013)
as Mole (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse (1996)
as Timmy Willie (voice)
Portrait or Bust (1994)
as Himself
Dinner at Noon (1988)
as Himself - Presenter
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War (2022)
Actor
A Visit from Miss Prothero (1978)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)
as Himself
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)
Actor
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On (2024)
Actor
Books: The Last Chapter? (2011)
as Self
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety (2017)
as Himself
Being Alan Bennett (2009)
as Himself
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics (1998)
as (voice)