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John Betjeman
Deceased

How Did John Betjeman Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 77
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn28/08/1906Died19/05/1984 (aged 77)CauseParkinson's diseaseWikidataQ962308 ↗Buried atSt Enodoc's Church, TrebetherickTMDb#1283756 ↗

Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.

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Filmography16 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2001John Betjeman: The Last LaughMovieSelf95
1981Late Flowering LoveMovie—75
1976Summoned by BellsMovieHimself70
1974A Passion for ChurchesMovieSelf/Narrator68
1973Metro-LandMovie—67
1970Railways for Ever!MovieNarrator (voice)64
1968Poet Goes NorthMovieHimself62
1968Marble Arch to EdgwareMovieSelf62
1964Larkin and Betjeman: Down Cemetery RoadMovieSelf58
1963World in ActionSeries—57
1963A Hundred Years UndergroundMovieSelf57
1962John Betjeman Goes By TrainMovie—56
1962In ViewSeriesSelf - Presenter/Narrator56
1960Journey Into a Lost WorldMovieHimself54
1959John Betjeman: A Poet in LondonMovieSelf53
1955Discovering Britain With John Betjeman: Avebury, WiltshireMovieNarrator49