Actor profile

Alan Bennett

9th May 1934 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK Writing

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.

44 Movies 20 TV Shows 64 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Innes Lloyd: The Producer poster

Innes Lloyd: The Producer 24th March 2025 as Self

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On poster

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On 13th December 2024

Stewart Lee: Tornado poster

Stewart Lee: Tornado 29th September 2022 as Self

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War poster

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War 1st July 2022

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

Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety 30th September 2017 as Himself

Alan Bennett's Diaries poster

Alan Bennett's Diaries 16th November 2016 as Himself

The Lady in the Van poster

The Lady in the Van 30th October 2015 as Alan Bennett (2014)

The Native Hue of Resolution poster

The Native Hue of Resolution 21st December 2013

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time poster

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time 16th December 2013 as Mole (voice)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 2nd November 2013 as Hector

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment 16th January 2012

Books: The Last Chapter? poster

Books: The Last Chapter? 13th December 2011 as Self

Being Alan Bennett poster

Being Alan Bennett 5th December 2009 as Himself

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? poster

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 9th December 2004 as Self

The Young Visiters poster

The Young Visiters 26th December 2003 as Narrator (voice)

The Importance of Being Morrissey poster

The Importance of Being Morrissey 8th June 2003 as Self

Thora Hird Tribute poster

Thora Hird Tribute 30th March 2003 as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics poster

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics 1st January 1998 as (voice)

The Willows in Winter poster

The Willows in Winter 26th December 1996 as Mole

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse 26th December 1996 as Timmy Willie (voice)

In Love and War poster

In Love and War 18th December 1996 as Porter

The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows 24th December 1995 as Mole

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook poster

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook 19th December 1995 as Self

The Madness of King George poster

The Madness of King George 28th December 1994 as 2nd MP

Portrait or Bust 4th April 1994 as Himself

Selling Hitler poster

Selling Hitler 20th April 1993 as Hugh Trevor-Roper

Julie Walters and Friends poster

Julie Walters and Friends 29th December 1991

Dinner at Noon poster

Dinner at Noon 8th August 1988 as Himself - Presenter

Talking Heads poster

Talking Heads 19th April 1988

Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit 11th December 1987 as The Bishop

Dreamchild poster

Dreamchild 4th October 1985 as Mock Turtle (voice)

The Merry Wives of Windsor poster

The Merry Wives of Windsor 28th December 1982 as Justice Shallow

Intensive Care poster

Intensive Care 9th November 1982 as Denis Midgley

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1st March 1982 as Self - Various Roles

Afternoon Off poster

Afternoon Off 3rd February 1979 as Mr Petty

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf poster

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2nd December 1978 as Narrator (voice)

Long Shot poster

Long Shot 17th November 1978 as Neville's Doctor

A Visit from Miss Prothero poster

A Visit from Miss Prothero 11th January 1978 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Pleasure at Her Majesty's poster

Pleasure at Her Majesty's 29th December 1976 as Self

Hamlet poster

Hamlet 17th November 1970 as Osric

Every Home Should Have One poster

Every Home Should Have One 5th March 1970 as Defence Solicitor

Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland 28th December 1966 as Mouse

The Drinking Party 14th November 1965 as Eryximachus

Beyond the Fringe poster

Beyond the Fringe 12th December 1964 as Various Characters

Remembers… poster

Remembers… 29th June 2022 as Self

Meg and Mog poster

Meg and Mog 27th October 2003 as Owl

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Alan Bennett (voice)

A Dance to the Music of Time poster

A Dance to the Music of Time 9th October 1997 as Sillery

The Abbey with Alan Bennett poster

The Abbey with Alan Bennett 25th December 1995 as Self

Julie Walters and Friends 29th December 1991

Ashenden 17th November 1991 as Grantly Caypor

Building Sights poster

Building Sights 1st November 1988 as Self - Presenter

Talking Heads poster

Talking Heads 19th April 1988 as Graham Whittaker

Fortunes of War poster

Fortunes of War 11th October 1987 as Lord Pinkrose

The Glass Box 9th April 1985 as Self (archival footage)

The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show 14th January 1978 as Self

BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week 21st September 1977 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball 1st April 1976 as Self

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Denis Midgley

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as Osric

Omnibus poster

Omnibus 13th October 1967 as Self

On the Margin 9th November 1966

Tempo poster

Tempo 15th October 1961 as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame 24th December 1951 as Osric