Tony Benn
Known for acting · Born 3 April 1925 · Died 14 March 2014 · aged 88 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
90 credits
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s.
Known for
Sicko
2007
The Spirit of '45
2013
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
2014
Unlawful Killing
2011
The Atom: A Love Affair
2019
World in Action
1963
13 Hours That Saved Britain
2011
Weekend World
1972
The Battle of Orgreave
2002
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
The Red and the Blue
1983
Acting (90)
2025Kenny DalglishSelf - Politician / ActivistFilm
2019The Atom: A Love AffairFilm
2015Laissez-faireSelf (archive footage)Film
2014We Are ManyFilm
2014Tony Benn: Will and TestamentFilm
2014Tony Benn: Labour's Lost LeaderSelf (Archive)Film
2013The Spirit of '45Himself - ContributorFilm
2013Creating Freedom: The Lottery of BirthFilm
2013Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed BritainFilm
2013Paul O Grady's Working BritainSeries
2012London: The Modern BabylonSelf - IntervieweeFilm
2012Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret RutherfordSelfFilm
2012Margaret Thatcher: The Iron LadyFilm
2011EthosSelfFilm
201113 Hours That Saved BritainFilm
2011Unlawful KillingFilm
2011Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year DuelSelfFilm
2011Entertaining the TroopsFilm
2011The Story of British PatheSeries
2010In ConfidenceSeries
2009The Week We Went To WarSeries
2009Outbreak 1939: When War Broke OutFilm
2009Beyond A JokeSeries
2008The 60s: The Beatles Decade · 3 episodesSeries
2007SickoSelfFilm
2007Taking LibertiesFilm
2006Folk BritanniaSeries
2006The Book ShowSeries
2006The Sunday EditionSeries
2005The Late EditionSeries
2005Banned in the UKSelf · 2 episodesSeries
200430 Minutes · 2 episodesSeries
2003This Week · 3 episodesSeries
2003Daily PoliticsSeries
2003The Mark Steel LecturesSeries
2003Trust Me - I'm a PoliticianSelfFilm
2003Strike: When Britain Went to WarFilm
2003Designing The DecadesSeries
2002TimeshiftSelf, Self - Postmaster GeneralSeries
2002Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World EconomySeries
2002The Battle of OrgreaveSelfFilm
2001Democracy Now!Series
2001Missing Presumed WipedFilm
2001Cabinet ConfidentialSelfFilm
2000Clarkson's Car YearsSeries
1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandSelfFilm
1999Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a GunSeries
1997HARDtalkSeries
1997The ScarHimself (uncredited)Film
1996How to Be Prime MinisterSelfFilm
1995Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch PowellSelfFilm
1995Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony BennFilm
1995Harold Wilson: A LifeSelfFilm
1995Anyone for Pennis?Film
1995The Wilderness YearsSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1994Wasted WindfallSelfSeries
1994The Sunday ProgrammeSeries
1993GMTVSeries
1993Thatcher: The Downing Street YearsSeries
1993The Big StorySeries
1992Later... with Jools HollandSelfSeries
1989Clive Anderson Talks BackSeries
1989Blackpool WakesSelfFilm
1988The Late ShowSeries
1987After DarkSeries
1986American MastersSeries
1986Open AirSeries
1984Beyond and Behind the VoteHimselfFilm
1984Open To QuestionSeries
1983The Red and the BlueSelf (uncredited)Film
1983News from DurhamHimselfFilm
1983Open SpaceSeries
1983A Week in Politics · 5 episodesSeries
1982TimewatchSeries
1982WoganSeries
1982ShadesSelf (archive footage)Film
1980NewsnightSeries
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 5 episodesSeries
1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningSeries
1975ArenaSelfSeries
1972Weekend World · 9 episodesSeries
1968How We Used To LiveSeries
1967One Pair of Eyes · 2 episodesSeries
1966The Money ProgrammeSeries
1964HorizonSeries
1964Late Night Line-Up · 2 episodesSeries
1963World in Action · 9 episodesSeries
1953Panorama · 5 episodesSeries
—Turning Points of HistorySeries
—This Week · 2 episodesSeries