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Harold Pinter
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born October 10, 1930Died December 24, 2008 (78 years)
Harold Pinter CH CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works.
Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980.
Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances, but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. His early works were described by critics as "comedy of menace". Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as "memory plays". He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film. He also undertook a number of roles in works by other writers. He directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in 2007.
Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008.
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Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980.
Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances, but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. His early works were described by critics as "comedy of menace". Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as "memory plays". He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film. He also undertook a number of roles in works by other writers. He directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in 2007.
Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008.
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Known For
Harold Pinter Filmography
| 2007 | Sleuth · as Man On T.v. |
| 2007 | Working with Pinter · as Cast |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama · as Uncle Benny |
| 2001 | Wit · as Mr. Bearing |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park · as Sir Thomas Bertram |
| 1997 | Venice Report · as Sam Ross |
| 1997 | Mojo · as Sam Ross |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code · as John Smith |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary · as Man In Bookshop |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Goldberg |
| 1981 | |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Barry Shannon |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Barry Shannon |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Barry Shannon |
| 1976 | Rogue Male · as Saul Abrahams |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Nicolas |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · as Steven Hench |
| 1967 | Accident · as Bell - Tv Producer |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Garcin |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Stott |
| 1963 | The Servant · as People In Restaurant: Society Man |
| 1963 | The Guest · as Man |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Seeley |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Boy |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as 1st Official |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2007 | Sleuth · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | |
| 1993 | The Trial · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Reunion · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Collection · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Homecoming · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | The Go-Between · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Birthday Party · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Accident · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Servant · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Self |
| 2009 | The Satanic Verses Affair · as Self |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2007 | British Film Forever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Art, Truth and Politics · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film · as Self |
| 2002 | The Bricklayer · as Self |
| 1997 | HARDtalk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K. (1993) (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 1992 | Gomorron (TV Series) · as Self -Nobelpriset |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self / (voice) |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Winner |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) |
| 1988 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1974 |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: No Man's Land · as Theatre Play |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Written By |
| 1989 | Pinter-cyclus · as One-Act Play |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Theatre Play |
| 1973 | Der Hausmeister · as Play "the Caretaker" |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1966 | Modesty Blaise · as Co-Writer |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark · as Script Collaborator |
| 1965 | Estudio 1 (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1963 | The Dick Emery Show (TV Series) · as Script |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as By |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Plays |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Author |