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Tony Benn

Politician | * 04/03/1925 († 88, 03/14/2014) | Marylebone, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The 2nd Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014. The son of a Liberal and later Labour Party politician, Benn was born in Westminster and privately educated at Westminster School. He was elected for Bristol South East at the 1950 general election but inherited his father's peerage on his death, which prevented him from continuing to serve as an MP. He fought to remain in the House of Commons and campaigned for the ability to renounce the title, a campaign which eventually succeeded with the Peerage Act 1963. He was an active member of the Fabian Society and served as chairman from 1964 to 1965. He served in Harold Wilson's Labour government, first as Postmaster General, where he oversaw the opening of the Post Office Tower, and later as Minister of Technology. Benn served as Chairman of the National Executive Committee from 1971 to 1972 while in Opposition. In the Labour government of 1974–1979, he returned to the Cabin... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | History | Drama
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Movies with Tony Benn as Actor(4)

as Self (archive footage)2015 Laissez-faire
as himself2011 Ethos
as Himself (uncredited)1997 The Scar
as Self (uncredited)1983 The Red and the Blue

TV Shows/Series with Tony Benn as Actor(3)

as Self - Postmaster General2002 Timeshift
as himself2002 Timeshift
as Self - Panellist1979 Question Time

Full Name: Tony Benn
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 04/03 1925 (April) in Marylebone, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 03/14 2014 (March) in London (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New College, Westminster School, Central Foundation Boys' School
Member of: Stop the War Coalition
Spouses (current/former): Caroline Benn
Children: Melissa Benn, Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate, Hilary Benn, Joshua William Wedgwood Benn
Father: William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
Mother: Margaret Wedgwood Benn
Other names for Tony Benn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn"
Tony Benn frequently works together with these people:
Nicholas Soames (2x, Actor)
Griff Rhys Jones (2x, Actor)
Brian Eno (2x, Crew)
Margaret Thatcher (2x, Actress)
Nicolai Gentchev (2x, Crew)
Shabana Mahmood (2x, Actor)
Jonathan Miller (2x, Crew)
Penny Mordaunt (2x, Actress)
Mo Mowlam (2x, Actress)
Joan Ruddock (2x, Cast)
Wes Streeting (2x, Actor)
Jackie Ballard (2x, Actress)

Other people with this name: Tony Benn

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:47773, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024