Biography and filmography

J. B. Priestley

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.

Movies (59)

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

2015 · Theatre Play

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

2015 · Original Story

Thana Theke Aschi

Thana Theke Aschi

2010 · Author

Las vacaciones de mi vida

Las vacaciones de mi vida

2006 · Original Film Writer

A Summer Day's Dream

A Summer Day's Dream

1994 · Theatre Play

The Ghosts of the Green Room

The Ghosts of the Green Room

1991 · Novel

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1987 · Writer

Time and the Conways

Time and the Conways

1985 · Writer

Time and the Conways

Time and the Conways

1984 · Theatre Play

Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner

1983 · Writer

I Have Been Here Before

I Have Been Here Before

1982 · Writer

The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon

The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon

1981 · Theatre Play

On the Road with J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions

On the Road with J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions

1980

Inspector Goole

Inspector Goole

1979 · Novel

31st of June

31st of June

1978 · Novel

Snuki

Snuki

1978 · Novel

The Golden Fleece

The Golden Fleece

1977 · Theatre Play

Time and the Conways

Time and the Conways

1974 · Author

An Evening with J.B. Priestley

An Evening with J.B. Priestley

1973 · Self, Writer

He Came

He Came

1973 · Writer

Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner

1972 · Story

A Severed Head

A Severed Head

1971 · Theatre Play

El árbol de los Linden

El árbol de los Linden

1970 · Writer

Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler

Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler

1969 · Himself

Level Seven

Level Seven

1966 · Adaptation

Onkel Phils Nachlaß

Onkel Phils Nachlaß

1965 · Writer

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

1965 · Author

Johnson Over Jordan

Johnson Over Jordan

1965 · Original Story

I Have Been Here Before

I Have Been Here Before

1964 · Theatre Play

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1963 · Novel

Now Let Him Go

Now Let Him Go

1963 · Theatre Play

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds

1962 · Writer

Poklad

Poklad

1960 · Theatre Play

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

1960 · Self

And That on Monday Morning

And That on Monday Morning

1959 · Theatre Play

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1957 · Writer

Now Let Him Go

Now Let Him Go

1957 · Writer

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1957 · Novel

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

1954 · Writer, Theatre Play

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1951 · Writer

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

1950 · Writer, Producer

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1949 · Writer

I Have Been Here Before

I Have Been Here Before

1949 · Theatre Play

They Came to a City

They Came to a City

1944 · Theatre Play

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1943 · Writer

Let the People Sing

Let the People Sing

1942 · Novel

The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

1942 · Story

Britain at Bay

Britain at Bay

1940 · Narrator, Writer

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

1939 · Additional Dialogue

Bees on the Boat-Deck

Bees on the Boat-Deck

1939 · Writer

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1938 · Writer

Laburnum Grove

Laburnum Grove

1936 · Theatre Play

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

1936 · Writer

Look Up and Laugh

Look Up and Laugh

1935 · Screenplay

BBC: The Voice of Britain

BBC: The Voice of Britain

1935

Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner

1934 · Theatre Play

Sing As We Go

Sing As We Go

1934 · Writer

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1933 · Novel

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1932 · Novel

TV shows (16)