Cast & creator
Alan Bennett
Best known for Family Guy, The South Bank Show, The South Bank Show
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.
92
film credits
39
television credits
67
1951–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (131)
Showing 131 of 131 credits
Family Guy
Alan Bennett (voice)
1999
The South Bank Show
Self
1978The South Bank Show
1978
Play for Today
Denis Midgley
1970Play for Today
Writer
1970
Screen Two
Writer
1985
Omnibus
Self
1967Film '72
Self
1971
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Osric
1969
Screen One
Writer
1989
BBC2 Play of the Week
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977BBC2 Play of the Week
Writer
1977
Remembers…
Self
2022
Tempo
Self
1961Premiere
Writer
1977
The Choral
Writer
2025
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Osric
1951
A Dance to the Music of Time
Sillery
1997
Fortunes of War
Lord Pinkrose
1987
In Love and War
Porter
1996
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett (2014)
2015The Lady in the Van
Writer
2015
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Writer
2020Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Creator
2020Breaking Up
Mr. Posner
1986
Objects of Affection
Writer
1982Objects of Affection
Creator
1982
The History Boys
Author
2006The History Boys
Screenplay
2006
The Madness of King George
2nd MP
1994The Madness of King George
Screenplay
1994The Madness of King George
Theatre Play
1994
Talking Heads
Graham Whittaker
1988Talking Heads
Writer
1988Talking Heads
Director
1988Talking Heads
Creator
1988
Meg and Mog
Owl
2003
Prick Up Your Ears
Screenplay
1987
Every Home Should Have One
Defence Solicitor
1970On the Margin
1966Ashenden
Grantly Caypor
1991
Dreamchild
Mock Turtle (voice)
1985
Telling Tales
Writer
2000Telling Tales
Creator
2000
Hamlet
Osric
1970
Building Sights
Self - Presenter
1988
A Private Function
Screenplay
1984A Private Function
Story
1984
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Hector
2013
The Wind in the Willows
Mole (voice)
1995
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004Julie Walters and Friends
1991Julie Walters and Friends
Creator
1991
Allelujah
Executive Producer
2023Allelujah
Writer
2023
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Writer
2018
Little Dorrit
The Bishop
1987
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Timmy Willie (voice)
1996
The Willows in Winter
Mole
1996
A Question of Attribution
Writer
1991
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Self
2003
Sunset Across the Bay
Writer
1975
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
1976
The Insurance Man
Writer
1986
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Writer
2018
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
1995
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1978A Visit from Miss Prothero
Writer
1978
Selling Hitler
Hugh Trevor-Roper
1993
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Justice Shallow
1982
Our Winnie
Writer
1982
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Writer
2010
Julie Walters and Friends
1991Julie Walters and Friends
Writer
1991
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
1982
The Young Visiters
Narrator (voice)
2003
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self
2025The Glass Box
Self (archival footage)
1985
All Day on the Sands
Writer
1979
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
An Englishman Abroad
Writer
1983
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Long Shot
Neville's Doctor
1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Narrator (voice)
1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Writer
1978
The Old Crowd
Writer
1979
Alice in Wonderland
Mouse
1966
National Theatre Live: People
Writer
2013
Talking Heads 2
Writer
1998
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
Self
1995
The Native Hue of Resolution
2013
Afternoon Off
Mr Petty
1979Afternoon Off
Writer
1979
A Woman of No Importance.
Writer
1982
Intensive Care
Denis Midgley
1982Intensive Care
Writer
1982
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Writer
1990
Alan Bennett's Diaries
Himself
2016
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mole (voice)
2013The Drinking Party
Eryximachus
1965
One Fine Day
Writer
1979
Talking Heads
1988Talking Heads
Writer
1988Talking Heads
Director
1988My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Doris and Doreen
Writer
1978
A Day Out
Writer
1972
Rolling Home
Writer
1982
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Self
2022
Books: The Last Chapter?
Self
2011
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Himself
2017
A Little Outing
Writer
1977Portrait or Bust
Himself
1994Portrait or Bust
Writer
1994
Being Alan Bennett
Himself
2009
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
2024
Beyond the Fringe
Various Characters
1964Beyond the Fringe
Writer
1964
Say Something Happened
Writer
1982
A Life in Death
Writers' Assistant
1991Man and Music
Presenter
1986
Marks
Writer
1982
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
(voice)
1998
Dinner at Noon
Himself - Presenter
1988Dinner at Noon
Writer
1988Playing Sandwiches
Writer
1998Waiting for the Telegram
Writer
1998A Lady of Letters
Writer
1988Bed Among the Lentils
Writer
1988Bed Among the Lentils
Director
1988