
Alan Bennett
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.
64 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 64

Family Guy
1999

Play for Today
1970

Omnibus
1967

The South Bank Show
1978

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977

Remembers…
2022

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Fortunes of War
1987

Talking Heads
1988

The Lady in the Van
2015

Tempo
1961
Ashenden
1991

The Madness of King George
1994

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013

Building Sights
1988

Little Dorrit
1987

Meg and Mog
2003

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004

In Love and War
1996

The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982

Dreamchild
1985

The Wind in the Willows
1995

The Young Visiters
2003

Every Home Should Have One
1970
The Glass Box
1985

Alice in Wonderland
1966
Julie Walters and Friends
1991

Selling Hitler
1993

The Importance of Being Morrissey
2003

Hamlet
1970

Intensive Care
1982

Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976

Long Shot
1978

Afternoon Off
1979

The Willows in Winter
1996

The Abbey with Alan Bennett
1995

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978

Beyond the Fringe
1964
On the Margin
1966

A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978

Julie Walters and Friends
1991

Talking Heads
1988

Thora Hird Tribute
2003

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996

Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
2013
The Drinking Party
1965

The Native Hue of Resolution
2013

Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012

Alan Bennett's Diaries
2016

Stewart Lee: Tornado
2022
Portrait or Bust
1994

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024

Dinner at Noon
1988

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
1998

Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
2017

Books: The Last Chapter?
2011

Being Alan Bennett
2009