Alan Bennett
Writing
Born May 9, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Choral
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Allelujah
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Self
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Remembers…
Self
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Himself
Alan Bennett's Diaries
Himself
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett (2014)
The Native Hue of Resolution
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mole (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Hector
National Theatre Live: People
Books: The Last Chapter?
Self
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Being Alan Bennett
Himself
The History Boys
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
The Young Visiters
Narrator (voice)
Meg and Mog
Owl
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Self
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Telling Tales
Family Guy
Alan Bennett (voice)
Talking Heads 2
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
(voice)
A Dance to the Music of Time
Sillery
The Willows in Winter
Mole
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Timmy Willie (voice)
In Love and War
Porter
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
Self
The Wind in the Willows
Mole
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
The Madness of King George
2nd MP
Selling Hitler
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Julie Walters and Friends
A Question of Attribution
A Life in Death
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Screen One
Building Sights
Self - Presenter
Dinner at Noon
Himself - Presenter
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Graham Whittaker
Little Dorrit
The Bishop
Fortunes of War
Lord Pinkrose
Prick Up Your Ears
The Insurance Man
Dreamchild
Mock Turtle (voice)
Screen Two
A Private Function
An Englishman Abroad
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Justice Shallow
Say Something Happened
Marks
Rolling Home
A Woman of No Importance.
Our Winnie
Objects of Affection
Intensive Care
Denis Midgley
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
All Day on the Sands
One Fine Day
Afternoon Off
Mr Petty
The Old Crowd
Doris and Doreen
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Narrator (voice)
Long Shot
Neville's Doctor
The South Bank Show
Self
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Little Outing
BBC2 Play of the Week
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Sunset Across the Bay
A Day Out
Hamlet
Osric
Play for Today
Denis Midgley
Every Home Should Have One
Defence Solicitor
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Osric
Omnibus
Self
Alice in Wonderland
Mouse
Beyond the Fringe
Various Characters
Tempo
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Osric