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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Full filmography
- Family Guy (1999) as Alan Bennett (voice)
- Play for Today (1970) as Denis Midgley
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Osric
- Remembers… (2022) as Self
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) as Sillery
- The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Osric
- Fortunes of War (1987) as Lord Pinkrose
- Tempo (1961) as Self
- The Lady in the Van (2015) as Alan Bennett (2014)
- The Madness of King George (1994) as 2nd MP
- Building Sights (1988) as Self - Presenter
- Ashenden (1991) as Grantly Caypor
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) as Justice Shallow
- In Love and War (1996) as Porter
- Meg and Mog (2003) as Owl
- Little Dorrit (1987) as The Bishop
- Talking Heads (1988) as Graham Whittaker
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013) as Hector
- Hamlet (1970) as Osric