Harold Pinter

Biography

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, D…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sleuth (2007) — Man on T.V.
2. The Tailor of Panama (2001) — Uncle Benny
3. The Servant (1963) — People in Restaurant: Society Man
4. Mansfield Park (1999) — Sir Thomas Bertram
5. Wit (2001) — Mr. Bearing
6. Accident (1967) — Bell - TV Producer
7. Rogue Male (1976) — Saul Abrahams
8. Breaking the Code (1996) — John Smith
9. The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) — Steven Hench
10. Turtle Diary (1985) — Man in Bookshop
11. The Caretaker (1964) — Man
12. Catastrophe (2001) — The Director
13. Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023) — Self (archive footage)
14. Langrishe, Go Down (1978) — Barry Shannon
15. The South Bank Show (1978) — Self
16. The Culture Show (2004) — Self
17. Mojo (1997) — Sam Ross
18. In Camera (1964) — Garcin
19. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Garcin
20. Theatre 625 (1964) — Stott
21. The Birthday Party (1987) — Nat Goldberg
22. HARDtalk (1997)
23. Last to Go (1969)
24. Against the War (1999) — himself
25. Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010) — Self (archive footage)
26. A Night Out (1960) — Seeley
27. Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003) — Self
28. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) — Barry Shannon
29. Krapp's Last Tape (2007) — Krapp
30. One for the Road (2001) — Nicolas
31. Michael Redgrave: My Father (1997) — Self
32. Poets Against the Bomb (1981)
33. The Basement (1967) — Stott
34. Art, Truth and Politics (2005) — self
35. This Week in Britain #199: The Caretaker (1962) — Self
36. Working with Pinter (2007) — Self
37. NBC Experiment in Television (1967) — Self / (voice)
38. Theatre Night (1985) — Goldberg
39. Tony Awards (1956) — Self - Nominee

Directed

1. Butley (1974) — Director
2. Party Time (1992) — Director
3. Performance (1991) — Director
4. Landscape (1995) — Director
5. The Hothouse (1982) — Director
6. Mountain Language (1988) — Director
7. Die Geburtstagsfeier (1978) — Director
8. The Rear Column (1980) — Director