Personal Info
Alan Bennett
Writing
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Stewart Lee: Tornado
as Self
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
as Himself
Alan Bennett's Diaries
as Himself
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Hector
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
as Mole (voice)
The Native Hue of Resolution
TV Shows
Remembers…
as Self · 1 ep.
Meg and Mog
as Owl · 52 ep.
Family Guy
as Alan Bennett (voice) · 1 ep.
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Sillery · 4 ep.
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
as Self · 3 ep.
Ashenden
as Grantly Caypor · 1 ep.
Julie Walters and Friends
1 ep.
Talking Heads
as Graham Whittaker · 1 ep.
Building Sights
as Self - Presenter · 1 ep.
Fortunes of War
as Lord Pinkrose · 4 ep.