Alan Bennett
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-05-09 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known As
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Alan Bennett
Biography
Alan Bennett 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 K...
Acting
1996
as Porter
2004
1964
as Various Characters
1976
as Self
1982
as Self - Various Roles
1995
1996
as Mole
1995
as Mole
1993
as Hugh Trevor-Roper
2022
as Self
2011
as Self
1982
as Denis Midgley
1979
as Mr Petty
1988
1994
as 2nd MP
2013
as Mole (voice)
1987
as The Bishop
1966
as Mouse
2003
as Narrator (voice)
1985
as Mock Turtle (voice)
2016
as Himself
2003
2013
1978
as Narrator (voice)
2009
as Himself
1970
as Defence Solicitor
1978
as Neville's Doctor
1978
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1994
as Himself
1988
as Himself - Presenter
1998
2015
as Alan Bennett (2014)
1982
as Justice Shallow
1965
as Eryximachus
2017
Production
1994
as Screenplay
2006
as Screenplay
2006
as Author
1984
as Story
1984
as Screenplay
1975
as Writer
1983
as Writer
1972
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1986
as Writer
1988
as Writer
1991
as Writer
1994
as Writer
1994
as Theatre Play
1987
as Screenplay
1990
as Writer
1979
as Writer
2013
as Writer
2010
1988
as Writer
1998
as Writer
2023
as Executive Producer
2015
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1991
as Writers' Assistant
1977
as Writer
1964
as Writer
2025
as Writer
2023
as Writer
1988
as Director
1979
as Writer
1991
as Writer
2018
as Writer
2018
1998
as Writer
1998
as Executive Producer
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
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