Alan Bennett
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 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.
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Filmography
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
as Self
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
as Self
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
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett (2014)
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
as Mole (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Hector
- No poster
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
The Young Visiters
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003
as Self
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998
as (voice)
The Willows in Winter
1996
as Mole
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
as Timmy Willie (voice)
In Love and War
1996
as Porter
The Wind in the Willows
1995
as Mole (voice)
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
The Madness of King George
1994
as 2nd MP