Alan Bennett

WriterActorProducerDirectorCrew May 9 (age 91) Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Lady in the Van

Alan Bennett (2014)

Film

The Madness of King George

2nd MP

Film

The History Boys

Author

Film

Prick Up Your Ears

Screenplay

Film

In Love and War

Porter

Film

A Private Function

Story

Film

The Wind in the Willows

Mole

Film

Dreamchild

Mock Turtle (voice)

Filmography

Acting (63)

Movies (44)

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

2025

as Self

8.0

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On

2024

Stewart Lee: Tornado

2022

as Self

7.0

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

2022

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

2017

as Himself

Alan Bennett's Diaries

2016

as Himself

6.0

The Lady in the Van

2015

as Alan Bennett (2014)

6.4

The Native Hue of Resolution

2013

10.0

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time

2013

as Mole (voice)

6.0

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013

as Hector

6.2

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

2012

Books: The Last Chapter?

2011

as Self

Being Alan Bennett

2009

as Himself

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004

as Self

4.8

Thora Hird Tribute

2003

as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)

The Young Visiters

2003

as Narrator (voice)

5.4

The Importance of Being Morrissey

2003

as Self

6.7

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

1998

as (voice)

In Love and War

1996

as Porter

5.9

The Willows in Winter

1996

as Mole

6.5

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

1996

as Timmy Willie (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

1995

as Mole

7.0

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

1995

as Self

The Madness of King George

1994

as 2nd MP

6.8

Portrait or Bust

1994

as Himself

Selling Hitler

1993

as Hugh Trevor-Roper

7.0

Julie Walters and Friends

1991

Dinner at Noon

1988

as Himself - Presenter

Talking Heads

Little Dorrit

as The Bishop

Dreamchild

as Mock Turtle (voice)

6.5

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

as Justice Shallow

8.0

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982

as Self - Various Roles

6.0

Intensive Care

1982

as Denis Midgley

Afternoon Off

1979

as Mr Petty

Long Shot

1978

as Neville's Doctor

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978

as Narrator (voice)

A Visit from Miss Prothero

1978

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1976

as Self

6.5

Every Home Should Have One

1970

as Defence Solicitor

4.8

Hamlet

1970

as Osric

Alice in Wonderland

1966

as Mouse

5.9

The Drinking Party

1965

as Eryximachus

Beyond the Fringe

1964

as Various Characters

7.0

Television (19)

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Meg and Mog

2003

as Owl

6.0

Family Guy

1999

as Alan Bennett (voice)

7.4

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997

as Sillery

4.3

The Abbey with Alan Bennett

1995

as Self

Ashenden

1991

as Grantly Caypor

6.0

Julie Walters and Friends

1991

Building Sights

1988

as Self - Presenter

Talking Heads

as Graham Whittaker

Fortunes of War

as Lord Pinkrose

The Glass Box

as Self (archival footage)

The South Bank Show

1978

as Self

5.6

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self

Play for Today

as Denis Midgley

Omnibus

as Self

On the Margin

Tempo

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Osric

8.6

Crew (50)

Movies (41)

The Choral

Writer

Allelujah

Executive Producer

Allelujah

Writer

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

2018

Writer

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

Writer

The Lady in the Van

Writer

National Theatre Live: People

2013

Writer

8.0

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

Writer

The History Boys

Author

The History Boys

Screenplay

Talking Heads 2

Writer

The Madness of King George

1994

Screenplay

6.8

The Madness of King George

1994

Theatre Play

6.8

Portrait or Bust

1994

Writer

A Life in Death

1991

Writers' Assistant

A Question of Attribution

1991

Writer

6.6

Julie Walters and Friends

1991

Writer

102 Boulevard Haussmann

1990

Writer

6.0

Dinner at Noon

1988

Writer

Talking Heads

Writer

Prick Up Your Ears

Screenplay

The Insurance Man

Writer

A Private Function

Story

An Englishman Abroad

Writer

Say Something Happened

1982

Writer

Rolling Home

1982

Writer

Our Winnie

1982

Writer

Marks

1982

Writer

A Woman of No Importance.

1982

Writer

Intensive Care

1982

Writer

The Old Crowd

1979

Writer

4.9

Afternoon Off

1979

Writer

One Fine Day

Writer

All Day on the Sands

Writer

Doris and Doreen

Writer

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978

Writer

A Visit from Miss Prothero

1978

Writer

A Little Outing

1977

Writer

Sunset Across the Bay

Writer

A Day Out

Writer

Beyond the Fringe

Writer

Television (9)

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

2020

Writer

7.6

Telling Tales

2000

Writer

Talking Heads

Director

Talking Heads

Writer

Man and Music

Presenter

Screen Two

Writer

Objects of Affection

Writer

BBC2 Play of the Week

Writer

Play for Today

Writer