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Harold Pinter 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.
Born
Friday, 10 October 1930
Died
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story | Self | 2023 |
| Fifty Years on Stage | Self | 2013 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2009 |
| Sleuth | Man on T.V. | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | 2007 |
| Working with Pinter | 2007 | |
| The Culture Show | Self | 2004 |
| God Is African | Self | 2003 |
| The Bricklayer | Self | 2002 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story | Self | 2023 |
| Fifty Years on Stage | Self | 2013 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2009 |
| Sleuth | Man on T.V. | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | 2007 |
| Working with Pinter | 2007 | |
| The Culture Show | Self | 2004 |
| God Is African | Self | 2003 |
| The Bricklayer | Self | 2002 |
| The Tailor of Panama | Uncle Benny | 2001 |
| Wit | Mr. Bearing (Vivian's Father) / Mr. Bearing | 2001 |
| Changing Stages | Interviewee | 2000 |
| Mansfield Park | Sir Thomas Bertram | 1999 |
| Against the War | himself / Presenter / Self | 1999 |
| Mojo | Sam Ross | 1997 |
| Breaking the Code | John Smith | 1996 |
| Turtle Diary | Man in Bookshop | 1985 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| Rogue Male | Saul Abrahams | 1976 |
| Arena | Self / Nicolas | 1975 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Steven Hench | 1970 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | Various Voices / Self | 1967 |
| Accident | Bell - TV Producer | 1967 |
| The Wednesday Play | Garcin | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Stott | 1964 |
| The Guest | Man | 1964 |
| The Servant | People in restaurant: Society Man | 1963 |
| Monitor | Self | 1958 |
| Armchair Theatre | Seeley | 1956 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Boy | 1955 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Performance | 1991 |
| Butley | 1974 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1984 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
| 1982 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
