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Harold Pinter (1930–2008)

Writer | Actor | Director

Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Laureate for Literature, was born October 10, 1930, in London's working-class Hackney district to Hyman and Frances Pinter, Eastern European Jews who had immigrated to the United Kingdom from Portugal. Hyman (known as "Jack") was a tailor specializing in women's clothing and Frances was a homemaker... See full bio »

Born:

in Hackney, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in London, England, UK
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2011 Smísené dvouhry (video)
 
2002-2010 Arena (TV series documentary)
– Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010) (excerpts)
– One for the Road (2002) (play)
 
2007 Sleuth (screenplay)
 
2007 Working with Pinter (TV documentary)
 
2007 Celebration (TV movie)
 
2006 Kolekcja (TV movie)
 
2004 The Caretaker (TV movie) (play)
 
2003 Victoria Station (short) (play)
 
2002 The Dwarfs (TV movie) (novel)
 
1999 Against the War (TV documentary)
 
1999 Bez pogovora (TV movie) (play "The Dumb Waiter")
 
1991-1995 Performance (TV series)
– Landscape (1995) (play and teleplay)
– Old Times (1991) (play / screenplay)
 
1993 The Trial (screenplay)
 
1992 Party Time (TV short) (play / screenplay)
 
1990 The Comfort of Strangers (screenplay)
 
1990 The Handmaid's Tale (screenplay)
 
1990 Apeili (short) (play)
 
1989 Reunion (writer)
 
1989 Pinter-cyclus (TV short) (one-act play)
 
1989 The Heat of the Day (TV movie)
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
– The Birthday Party (1987) (writer)
 
1987 Basements (TV movie) (plays "The Dumb Waiter" and "The Room" / screenplay)
 
1985 Turtle Diary (screenplay)
 
1985 Summer Season (TV series)
– One for the Road (1985) (writer)
– The Dumb Waiter (1985) (play)
 
1984 A Kind of Alaska (TV movie) (play)
 
1984 De huisbewaarder (TV movie)
 
1984 Le gardien (TV movie) (play)
 
1983 Yöjalassa (TV movie) (play "A Night Out")
 
1983 Betrayal (writer)
 
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman (screenplay)
 
1979 Velhos Tempos (TV movie) (play)
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Langrishe Go Down (1978) (screenplay)
 
1978 Teatro estudio (TV series)
– La fiesta de cumpleaños (1978) (play)
 
1978 Do You Remember? (TV series)
– Night School (1978) (script)
 
1978 Niemandsland (TV movie)
 
1978 Die Geburtstagsfeier (TV movie) (play "The Birthday Party")
 
1978 No Man's Land (TV movie)
 
1977 Old Times (TV movie) (play)
 
1977 The Lover (TV movie) (play)
 
1976 De Dienstlift (TV movie) (play)
 
1976 The Last Tycoon (screenplay)
 
1976 Teatro Club (TV series)
– El montaplatos (1976) (play)
 
1976 Great Performances (TV series)
– The Collection (1976) (writer)
 
1974 Gamle dage (TV movie) (play "Old Times")
 
1974 Provod (TV movie)
 
1973 The Homecoming (play / screenplay)
 
1973 Der Hausmeister (TV movie) (play "The Caretaker")
 
1973 But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1973)
 
1973 Rodjendan (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 Ljubavnik (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 The Basement (TV movie)
 
1971 Viceværten (TV movie) (play "The Caretaker")
 
1971 Schweigen (TV movie) (novel "Silence")
 
1971 Gemengd dubbel (TV movie)
 
1970 The Go-Between (screenplay)
 
1969 De dienstlift (TV movie)
 
1969 Källarvåningen (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
– Pinter People (1969) (writer)
 
1969 The Collection (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 The Birthday Party (play / screenplay)
 
1968 Tiefparterre (TV movie) (play "The Basement")
 
1968 Teatro de siempre (TV series)
– El portero (1968)
 
1968 Teaparty (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1968) (additional material)
– Episode #1.2 (1968) (additional material)
 
1968 Rommet (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Die Kollektion (TV movie) (play "The Collection")
 
1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
– The Basement (1967) (writer)
– A Night Out (1967) (writer)
– A Slight Ache (1967) (radio play / screenplay)
 
1967 Accident (screenplay)
 
1966 The Quiller Memorandum (screenplay)
 
1966 Syntymäpäivät (TV movie) (play "The Birthday Party")
 
1960-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– The Caretaker (1966) (writer)
– The Birthday Party (1960) (writer)
 
1966 Abendkurs (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 The Present Stage (TV series)
– The Caretaker Part Two (1966) (play "The Caretaker")
– The Caretaker Part One (1966) (play "The Caretaker")
 
1966 Modesty Blaise (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1966 The Birthday Party (TV movie) (play)
 
1965 De minnaar (TV movie) (play)
 
1965 Serveringshissen (TV movie) (play "The Dumb Waiter")
 
1965 Seuraava (TV movie) (play "The Dumb Waiter")
 
1965 Tea Party (TV movie)
 
1965 Teekutsut (TV movie) (play "Tea Party")
 
1965 Primera fila (TV series)
– Tea Party (1965) (play)
 
1965 Camera Three (TV series)
– The Pinter Plays (1965) (plays)
 
1965 En Kopp te (TV movie)
 
1964 Rakastaja (TV movie) (play "The Lover")
 
1964 Älskaren (TV movie)
 
1964 Der Liebhaber (TV movie) (play "The Love")
 
1964 The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay)
 
1964 Elskeren (TV movie) (novel)
 
1963 The Servant (screenplay)
 
1963 The Guest (writer)
 
1963 The Lover (TV movie)
 
1963 Der stumme Diener (TV movie) (play "The Dumb Waiter")
 
1962 Muotinäytös (TV movie) (play "The Collection")
 
1962/I Kollektionen (TV movie) (play)
 
1962/II Kollektionen (TV movie) (play)
 
1961 Tämä ainoa yö (TV movie) (play "A Night Out")
 
1961 The Birthday Party (TV movie) (play)
 
1960-1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Room (1961) (writer)
– The Dumb Waiter (1961) (writer)
– The Collection (1961) (writer)
– Night School (1960) (writer)
 
1960 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– A Night Out (1960) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (20 titles)
2007 Sleuth
Man on T.V.
 
2007 Krapp's Last Tape (TV movie)
Krapp
 
2002 Arena (TV series documentary)
Nicolas
– One for the Road (2002) … Nicolas
 
2001 The Tailor of Panama
Uncle Benny
 
2001 Wit (TV movie)
Mr. Bearing (Vivian's Father)
 
2000 Catastrophe (short)
The Director
 
1999 Mansfield Park
Sir Thomas Bertram
 
1997 Mojo
Sam Ross
 
1996 Breaking the Code (TV movie)
John Smith
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Nat Goldberg
– The Birthday Party (1987) … Nat Goldberg
 
1985 Turtle Diary
Man in Bookshop
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
Barry Shannon
– Langrishe Go Down (1978) … Barry Shannon
 
1977 Rogue Male (TV movie)
Saul Abrahams
 
1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Steven Hench
 
1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Stott
– The Basement (1967) … Stott
 
1967 Accident
TV Producer Bell
 
1964 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Garcin
– In Camera (1964) … Garcin
 
1963 The Servant
Society Man
 
1963 The Guest
Man (uncredited)
 
1960 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Seeley
– A Night Out (1960) … Seeley (as David Baron)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
1995 Performance (TV series)
– Landscape (1995)
 
1992 Party Time (TV short)
 
1982 The Hothouse (TV movie)
 
1980 The Rear Column (TV movie)
 
1974 Butley
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1963 The Servant (lyrics: "All Gone")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 Isabelle (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
2007 Newsnight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Himself (as Sir Harold Pinter)
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Himself (as Sir Harold Pinter)
 
2007 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 July 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Working with Pinter (TV documentary)
 
2005 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself - Nobelpristagare / Himself -Nobelpriset
– Harold Pinter (2005) … Himself - Nobelpristagare
– Harold Pinter/Nobelpriset … Himself -Nobelpriset
 
1978-2005 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Peter Hall- 50 Years in Theatre: Part 2 (2005) … Himself
– Peter Hall- 50 Years in Theatre: Part 1 (2005) … Himself
– The South Bank Show Awards (1997) … Himself
– Harold Pinter (1978) … Himself
 
2005 The Culture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (2005) … Himself
 
1999-2004 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Harold Pinter (1999) … Himself
 
2004 One Year On: Iraq - A Newsnight Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Truth About 60s TV (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (video documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2002 The Bricklayer (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Changing Stages (TV series documentary)
Interviewee
– Between Brecht and Beckett (2000) … Interviewee
 
1999 Against the War (TV documentary)
Presenter/Himself
 
1998 Ritratto di Harold Pinter (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Face to Face (TV series)
Himself
– Harold Pinter (1997) … Himself
 
1993 Hollywood U.K. (TV series documentary)
Himself - Contributor
– A Very British Picture (1993) … Himself - Contributor
 
1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Himself / Various Voices
– Pinter People (1969) … Himself/Various Voices
 
1965 Tempo (TV series)
– Profile No. 1: Harold Pinter (1965)
 
1965 The More Man Understands (documentary short)
Himself - Commentator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2011 Mi reino por un caballo (TV series)
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 La mandrágora (TV series)
 
2005 La nit al dia (TV series)
 
2002 The Real Jane Austen (TV documentary)
Sir Thomas Bertram (uncredited)
 
2002 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Venice Report (TV documentary short)
Sam Ross
 
Étoiles et toiles (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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Playwright: "Tea Party" (filmed as Teekutsut). See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 10 Print Biographies  | 30 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

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Alternate Names:

David Baron | Sir Harold Pinter
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. The invasion was an arbitrary military action inspired by a series of lies upon lies and gross manipulation of the media and therefore of the public; an act intended to consolidate American military and economic control of the Middle East masquerading... See more »

Trivia:

In the early 1960s, he had an extra-marital affair with broadcaster Joan Bakewell. Later, Pinter went on to write what became the movie Betrayal, which told the story of their affair. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra