J. B. Priestley
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-09-13
Day of Death
1984-08-14 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Bradford, England
J. B. Priestley
Biography
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
Acting
(1980)
(1969)
(1960)
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
as Self
(1940)
Britain at Bay
as Narrator
(1935)
Crew
(2025)
Nocturne
Original Concept
(2015)
An Inspector Calls
Theatre Play
(2015)
An Inspector Calls
Original Story
(2010)
Thana Theke Aschi
Author
(1994)
A Summer Day's Dream
Theatre Play
(1991)
(1987)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1985)
Time and the Conways
Writer
(1984)
Time and the Conways
Theatre Play
(1983)
Dangerous Corner
Writer
(1982)
I Have Been Here Before
Writer
(1981)
(1979)
31st of June
Novel
(1979)
Inspector Goole
Novel
(1977)
The Golden Fleece
Theatre Play
(1974)
Time and the Conways
Author
(1973)
He Came
Writer
(1972)
Dangerous Corner
Story
(1971)
A Severed Head
Theatre Play
(1970)
El árbol de los Linden
Writer
(1966)
Level Seven
Adaptation
(1965)
Thana Theke Aschi
Author
(1965)
Onkel Phils Nachlaß
Writer
(1965)
Johnson Over Jordan
Original Story
(1964)
I Have Been Here Before
Theatre Play
(1963)
The Old Dark House
Novel
(1963)
Теперь пусть уходит
Story
(1962)
(1960)
Poklad
Theatre Play
(1959)
And That on Monday Morning
Theatre Play
(1957)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1957)
The Good Companions
Novel
(1957)
Now Let Him Go
Writer
(1954)
An Inspector Calls
Writer, Theatre Play
(1951)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1950)
Last Holiday
Writer, Producer
(1949)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1949)
I Have Been Here Before
Theatre Play
(1944)
They Came to a City
Theatre Play
(1943)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1942)
(1942)
Let the People Sing
Novel
(1940)
Britain at Bay
Writer
(1939)
Jamaica Inn
Additional Dialogue
(1939)
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Writer
(1938)
When We Are Married
Writer
(1936)
Laburnum Grove
Theatre Play
(1936)
(1935)
Look Up and Laugh
Screenplay
(1934)
Sing As We Go
Writer
(1934)
Dangerous Corner
Theatre Play
(1933)
The Good Companions
Novel
(1932)
The Old Dark House
Novel