Alan Bennett
Known For
Writing
Born
1934-05-09 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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 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.
Most Known For
Family Guy
as Alan Bennett (voice)
Play for Today
as Denis Midgley
Omnibus
as Self
The South Bank Show
as Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Building Sights
as Self - Presenter
Dreamchild
as Mock Turtle (voice)
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Sillery
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
Remembers…
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Osric
Meg and Mog
as Owl
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett (2014)
Fortunes of War
as Lord Pinkrose
The Wind in the Willows
as Mole
Tempo
as Self
Talking Heads
as Graham Whittaker
In Love and War
as Porter
The Madness of King George
as 2nd MP
Selling Hitler
as Hugh Trevor-Roper