Alan Bennett

Writer

Born: May 9, 1934 (age 92)
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography (44)

Innes Lloyd: The Producer (2025)
Self
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On (2024)
Stewart Lee: Tornado (2022)
Self
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War (2022)
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety (2017)
Himself
Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)
Himself
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Alan Bennett (2014)
The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time (2013)
Mole (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Hector
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)
Books: The Last Chapter? (2011)
Self
Being Alan Bennett (2009)
Himself
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
Self
The Young Visiters (2003)
Narrator (voice)
The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
Self
Thora Hird Tribute (2003)
Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics (1998)
(voice)
The Willows in Winter (1996)
Mole
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse (1996)
Timmy Willie (voice)
In Love and War (1996)
Porter
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
Mole
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)
Self
The Madness of King George (1994)
2nd MP
Portrait or Bust
Portrait or Bust (1994)
Himself
Selling Hitler (1993)
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Julie Walters and Friends (1991)
Dinner at Noon (1988)
Himself - Presenter
Talking Heads (1988)
Director
Little Dorrit (1987)
The Bishop