Alan Bennett

Biography

Alan Bennett 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

The Wind in the Willows

The Native Hue of Resolution

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Acting

1996

In Love and War

as

Porter

2004

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

as

Self

1964

Beyond the Fringe

as

Various Characters

1976

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

as

Self

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as

Self - Various Roles

1995

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

as

Self

1995

The Wind in the Willows

as

Mole

1996

The Willows in Winter

as

Mole

2022

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

as

1993

Selling Hitler

as

Hugh Trevor-Roper

2022

Stewart Lee: Tornado

as

Self

2011

Books: The Last Chapter?

as

Self

1982

Intensive Care

as

Denis Midgley

1979

Afternoon Off

as

Mr Petty

1988

Talking Heads

as

1994

The Madness of King George

as

2nd MP

2013

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

as

Mole (voice)

1987

Little Dorrit

as

The Bishop

1966

Alice in Wonderland

as

Mouse

2003

The Young Visiters

as

Narrator (voice)

1985

Dreamchild

as

Mock Turtle (voice)

2013

The Native Hue of Resolution

as

2016

Alan Bennett's Diaries

as

Himself

2003

The Importance of Being Morrissey

as

Self

2013

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as

Hector

1978

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as

Narrator (voice)

2012

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

as

2009

Being Alan Bennett

as

Himself

1970

Every Home Should Have One

as

Defence Solicitor

1978

Long Shot

as

Neville's Doctor

1978

A Visit from Miss Prothero

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1994

Portrait or Bust

as

Himself

1988

Dinner at Noon

as

Himself - Presenter

1998

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

as

(voice)

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as

Justice Shallow

2015

The Lady in the Van

as

Alan Bennett (2014)

1991

Julie Walters and Friends

as

1965

The Drinking Party

as

Eryximachus

2017

Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

as

Himself

2024

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On

as

The South Bank Show

as

Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Osric

On the Margin

as

Play for Today

as

Denis Midgley

Fortunes of War

as

Lord Pinkrose

A Dance to the Music of Time

as

Sillery

Talking Heads

as

Graham Whittaker

Ashenden

as

Grantly Caypor

Julie Walters and Friends

as

The Glass Box

as

Self (archival footage)

Meg and Mog

as

Owl

The Abbey with Alan Bennett

as

Self

Selling Hitler

as

Hugh Trevor-Roper

Family Guy

as

Alan Bennett (voice)

Building Sights

as

Self - Presenter

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as

Justice Shallow

Omnibus

as

Self

Production

2023

Allelujah

as

1998

Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

as

Crew

Man and Music

as

Directing

1988

Talking Heads

as

Talking Heads

as