About
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...
Known for
ArenaSeries • 1975
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Theatre 625Series • 1964
PerformanceSeries • 1991
BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries • 1977
The Handmaid's TaleMovie • 1990
The Tailor of PanamaMovie • 2001
WitMovie • 2001
The French Lieutenant's WomanMovie • 1981
The ServantMovie • 1963
Modesty BlaiseMovie • 1966
The Comfort of StrangersMovie • 1990
SleuthMovie • 2007
Mansfield ParkMovie • 1999
The Last TycoonMovie • 1976
The Go-BetweenMovie • 1971
Under a False NameMovie • 2004
The Quiller MemorandumMovie • 1966
AccidentMovie • 1967
The Pumpkin EaterMovie • 1964
ReunionMovie • 1989
The TrialMovie • 1993
BetrayalMovie • 1983