Tony Benn

Known for: Acting

Born: 1925-04-03 – 2014-03-14 (aged 88)

From: Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (89)

MOVIE★ 6.5
The Atom: A Love Affair
2019
MOVIE★ 10.0
Laissez-faire
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
2014
MOVIE★ 6.7
We Are Many
2014
MOVIE
Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader
2014
as Self (Archive Footage)
TV
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
MOVIE★ 7.2
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
2013
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Spirit of '45
2013
as Himself - Contributor
MOVIE
Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain
2013
MOVIE★ 6.4
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.4
Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
2012
MOVIE
Entertaining the Troops
2011
TV
The Story of British Pathe
2011
MOVIE
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Unlawful Killing
2011
MOVIE★ 6.3
13 Hours That Saved Britain
2011
MOVIE★ 6.9
Ethos
2011
as Self
TV
In Confidence
2010
TV★ 5.0
The Week We Went To War
2009
MOVIE
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
TV
Beyond A Joke
2009
TV
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
MOVIE★ 7.4
Sicko
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Taking Liberties
2007
TV
The Book Show
2006
TV
The Sunday Edition
2006
TV
Folk Britannia
2006
TV
Banned in the UK
2005
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Late Edition
2005
TV
30 Minutes
2004
TV★ 7.5
The Mark Steel Lectures
2003
TV
Designing The Decades
2003
MOVIE
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Strike: When Britain Went to War
2003
TV★ 7.0
This Week
2003
TV★ 8.0
Daily Politics
2003
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Battle of Orgreave
2002
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Timeshift
2002
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
2002
MOVIE★ 8.5
Missing Presumed Wiped
2001
MOVIE
Cabinet Confidential
2001
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Democracy Now!
2001
TV
Clarkson's Car Years
2000
TV
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun
1999
MOVIE★ 8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.7
HARDtalk
1997
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Scar
1997
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE
How to Be Prime Minister
1996
as Self
MOVIE
Westminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn
1995
TV
The Wilderness Years
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell
1995
as Self
MOVIE
Anyone for Pennis?
1995
MOVIE
Harold Wilson: A Life
1995
as Self
TV
The Sunday Programme
1994
TV
Wasted Windfall
1994
as Self
TV★ 10.0
Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
1993
TV
The Big Story
1993
TV★ 5.8
GMTV
1993
TV★ 5.6
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Clive Anderson Talks Back
1989
MOVIE
Blackpool Wakes
1989
as Self
TV★ 3.8
The Late Show
1988
TV
After Dark
1987
TV★ 6.0
Open Air
1986
TV★ 7.0
American Masters
1986
TV
Open To Question
1984
MOVIE
Beyond and Behind the Vote
1984
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Red and the Blue
1983
as Self (uncredited)
TV
Open Space
1983
TV
A Week in Politics
1983
MOVIE
News from Durham
1983
as Himself
TV★ 6.9
Timewatch
1982
MOVIE
Shades
1982
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
TV★ 6.0
Newsnight
1980
TV★ 7.5
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
TV★ 5.9
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
TV★ 7.2
Arena
1975
as Self
TV
Weekend World
1972
TV★ 7.5
How We Used To Live
1968
TV★ 7.0
One Pair of Eyes
1967
TV★ 8.0
The Money Programme
1966
TV★ 6.7
Late Night Line-Up
1964
TV★ 7.4
Horizon
1964
TV★ 7.0
World in Action
1963
TV★ 6.3
Panorama
1953
TV★ 10.0
This Week
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TV★ 5.0
Turning Points of History
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