Biography
Tony Benn (born Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn) was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Member of Parliament for 47 years from 1950 to 2001 and held Cabinet posts in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s.
He appeared as himself in several documentaries. These include Taking Liberties (2007), a film about civil liberties under the Blair government, and Sicko (2007).
Benn was born on 3 April 1925 in Marylebone, London, and died on 14 March 2014.
