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

Omnibus

One Pair of Eyes

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

BBC: The Voice of Britain

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

Britain at Bay

All Movies (5)

• On the Road with J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions1980
• Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler1969 · as Himself
• The Trial of Oscar Wilde1960 · as Self
• Britain at Bay1940 · as Narrator
• BBC: The Voice of Britain1935

All TV Shows (2)

• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• One Pair of Eyes1967