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J. B. Priestley

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born September 13, 1894Died August 14, 1984 (89 years)
John Boynton Priestley OM was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present and future.

Known For

  • Last Holiday
  • An Inspector Calls
  • The Old Dark House
  • Jamaica Inn
  • An Inspector Calls
  • The Old Dark House
  • Last Holiday
  • 31 iyunya
  • An Inspector Calls
  • The Princess Comes Across
  • An Inspector Calls
  • An Inspector Calls
  • Look Up and Laugh
  • Sing As We Go!
  • The Good Companions
  • They Came to a City
  • A Severed Head
  • The Good Companions
  • Thana Theke Aschi
  • Laburnum Grove
  • Britain at Bay
  • The Good Companions

Filmography

2006
Last Holiday · as Original Film Writer
1992
1987
1986
Lost Empires (TV Series) · as Novel
1982
An Inspector Calls (TV Series)
1980
The Good Companions (TV Series) · as Novel
1979
Inspektor Gull · as Novel
1978
31 iyunya · as Novel
1975
Shadows (TV Series)
1969
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series)
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series)
1963
The Old Dark House · as Novel
1957
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Novel
1954
1950
1950
1948
Actors Studio (TV Series)
1943
1942
1940
1937
1936
1935
Look Up and Laugh · as Screenplay
1934
1933
1932
The Old Dark House · as Novel

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