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.

Filmography

• 2025The Choral — Writer
• 2024Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
• 2023Allelujah — Executive Producer, Writer
• 2022Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads — Writer, Creator
• 2018National Theatre Live: Allelujah! — Writer
• 2018National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III — Writer
• 2015The Lady in the Van — Alan Bennett (2014), Writer
• 2013Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time — Mole (voice)
• 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage — Hector
• 2013National Theatre Live: People — Writer
• 2013The Native Hue of Resolution
• 2012My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
• 2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art — Writer
• 2006The History Boys — Author, Screenplay
• Meg and Mog — Owl
• 2003The Young Visiters — Narrator (voice)
• 2003Thora Hird Tribute — Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
• Telling Tales — Writer, Creator
• Family Guy — Alan Bennett (voice)
• 1998Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics — (voice)
• 1998Playing Sandwiches — Writer
• 1998Talking Heads 2 — Writer
• 1998Waiting for the Telegram — Writer
• A Dance to the Music of Time — Sillery
• 1996In Love and War — Porter
• 1996The Willows in Winter — Mole
• 1996The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse — Timmy Willie (voice)
• 1995The Wind in the Willows — Mole (voice)
• 1994Portrait or Bust — Himself, Writer
• 1994The Madness of King George — 2nd MP, Screenplay, Theatre Play
• 1993Selling Hitler — Hugh Trevor-Roper
• 1991A Life in Death — Writers' Assistant
• 1991A Question of Attribution — Writer
• Ashenden — Grantly Caypor
• 1991Julie Walters and Friends — Writer
• Julie Walters and Friends — Creator
• 1990102 Boulevard Haussmann — Writer
• Screen One — Writer
• 1988A Lady of Letters — Writer
• 1988Bed Among the Lentils — Writer, Director
• 1988Dinner at Noon — Himself - Presenter, Writer
• 1988Talking Heads — Writer, Director
• Talking Heads — Graham Whittaker, Writer, Director, Creator
• Fortunes of War — Lord Pinkrose
• 1987Little Dorrit — The Bishop
• 1987Prick Up Your Ears — Screenplay
• Breaking Up — Mr. Posner
• Man and Music — Presenter
• 1986The Insurance Man — Writer
• 1985Dreamchild — Mock Turtle (voice)
• Screen Two — Writer
• 1984A Private Function — Screenplay, Story
• 1983An Englishman Abroad — Writer
• 1982A Woman of No Importance. — Writer
• 1982Intensive Care — Denis Midgley, Writer
• 1982Marks — Writer
• Objects of Affection — Writer, Creator
• 1982Our Winnie — Writer
• 1982Rolling Home — Writer
• 1982Say Something Happened — Writer
• 1982The Merry Wives of Windsor — Justice Shallow
• 1979Afternoon Off — Mr Petty, Writer
• 1979All Day on the Sands — Writer
• 1979One Fine Day — Writer
• 1979The Old Crowd — Writer
• 1978A Visit from Miss Prothero — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer
• 1978Doris and Doreen — Writer
• 1978Long Shot — Neville's Doctor
• 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf — Narrator (voice), Writer
• 1977A Little Outing — Writer
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer
• Premiere — Writer
• 1975Sunset Across the Bay — Writer
• 1972A Day Out — Writer
• 1970Every Home Should Have One — Defence Solicitor
• 1970Hamlet — Osric
• Play for Today — Denis Midgley, Writer
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Osric
• 1966Alice in Wonderland — Mouse
• On the Margin
• 1965The Drinking Party — Eryximachus
• 1964Beyond the Fringe — Various Characters, Writer
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Osric

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2025Innes Lloyd: The Producer — Self
• Remembers… — Self
• 2022Stewart Lee: Tornado — Self
• 2017Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety — Himself
• 2016Alan Bennett's Diaries — Himself
• 2011Books: The Last Chapter? — Self
• 2009Being Alan Bennett — Himself
• 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? — Self
• 2003The Importance of Being Morrissey — Self
• 1995Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook — Self
• The Abbey with Alan Bennett — Self
• Building Sights — Self - Presenter
• The Glass Box — Self (archival footage)
• 1982The Secret Policeman's Other Ball — Self - Various Roles
• The South Bank Show — Self
• 1976Pleasure at Her Majesty's — Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• Tempo — Self