Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
April 3, 1925
Died
March 14, 2014 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
Tony Benn
Biography
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
TV
Horizon
1964
TV
Democracy Now!
2001
TV
Wogan
1982
TV
HARDtalk
1997
TV
American Masters
1986
TV
Panorama
1953
TV
Weekend World
1972
TV
GMTV
1993
TV
Later... with Jools Holland
Self
1992
TV
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
TV
Timewatch
1982
TV
Newsnight
1980
TV
Timeshift
Self
2002
TV
Timeshift
Self - Postmaster General
2002
TV
Timeshift
2002
TV
World in Action
1963
TV
Arena
1975
TV
This Week
2003
TV
The Money Programme
1966
TV
How We Used To Live
1968
Filmography
2019FilmThe Atom: A Love Affair2015FilmLaissez-faireas Self (archive footage)2014FilmTony Benn: Will and Testament2014FilmWe Are Many2014FilmTony Benn: Labour's Lost Leaderas Self (Archive Footage)2013TVPaul O Grady's Working Britain2013FilmCreating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth2013FilmThe Spirit of '45as Himself - Contributor2013FilmMargaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain2012FilmLondon: The Modern Babylonas Self - Interviewee2012FilmTruly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherfordas Self2012FilmMargaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady2011FilmEntertaining the Troops2011TVThe Story of British Pathe2011FilmHeath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duelas Self2011FilmUnlawful Killing2011Film13 Hours That Saved Britain2011FilmEthosas Self2010TVIn Confidence2009TVThe Week We Went To War2009FilmOutbreak 1939: When War Broke Out2009TVBeyond A Joke2008TVThe 60s: The Beatles Decade2007FilmSickoas Self2007FilmTaking Liberties2006TVThe Book Show2006TVThe Sunday Edition2006TVFolk Britannia2005TVBanned in the UKas Self2005TVThe Late Edition2004TV30 Minutes2003TVThe Mark Steel Lectures2003TVDesigning The Decades2003FilmTrust Me - I'm a Politicianas Self2003TVThis Week2003TVDaily Politics2002FilmThe Battle of Orgreaveas Self2002TVTimeshiftas Self2002TVCommanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy2001FilmMissing Presumed Wiped2001FilmCabinet Confidentialas Self2001TVDemocracy Now!2000TVClarkson's Car Years1999TVMachine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun1999FilmPaul Robeson: Here I Standas Self1997TVHARDtalk1997FilmThe Scaras Himself (uncredited)1996FilmHow to Be Prime Ministeras Self1995FilmWestminster: Behind Closed Doors with Tony Benn1995TVThe Wilderness Yearsas Self1995FilmOdd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powellas Self1995FilmAnyone for Pennis?1995FilmHarold Wilson: A Lifeas Self1994TVThe Sunday Programme1994TVWasted Windfallas Self1993TVThatcher: The Downing Street Years1993TVThe Big Story1993TVGMTV1992TVLater... with Jools Hollandas Self1989TVClive Anderson Talks Back1989FilmBlackpool Wakesas Self1988TVThe Late Show1987TVAfter Dark1986TVOpen Air1986TVAmerican Masters1984TVOpen To Question1984FilmBeyond and Behind the Voteas Himself1983FilmThe Red and the Blueas Self (uncredited)1983TVOpen Space1983TVA Week in Politics1983FilmNews from Durhamas Himself1982TVTimewatch1982FilmShadesas Self (archive footage)1982TVWogan1980TVNewsnight1979TVFriday Night, Saturday Morning1979TVQuestion Timeas Self - Panellist1975TVArena1972TVWeekend World1968TVHow We Used To Live1967TVOne Pair of Eyes1966TVThe Money Programme1964TVLate Night Line-Up1964TVHorizon1963TVWorld in Action1953TVPanorama—TVThis Week—TVTurning Points of History