Born on this day – J. B. Priestley:

J. B. Priestley

Writer

September 13, 1894 – August 14, 1984

Credits:

Books:

A Visit to New Zealand (1974); Adam in Moonshine (1927); An Inspector Calls (1948); Angel Pavement (1930); Benighted (1927); Beyond Time (2019); Black Water (1983); Black-Out in Gretley (1942); Bodley Head Leacock (1957); Bright Day (1946); Britain Under Fire (1942); Charles Dickens and His World (1961); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Daylight On Saturday (1944); Delight (1949); Dragon's Mouth (1952); English Humour (1929); English Journey (1934); Essays of Today and Yesterday (1935); Faraway (1932); Farthing Hall (1929); Festival at Farbridge (1951); Figures in Modern Literature (1924); Found, Lost, Found (1976); George Meredith (1926); Ghosts for Christmas (1988); Hauntings (1968); I for One (1923); I Have Been Here Before (1938); I'll Tell You Everything (1932); Instead of the Trees (1977); It's An Old Country (1967); Jenny Villiers (1947); Johnson over Jordan (1939); Journey Down a Rainbow (1955); Let the People Sing (1939); Letter To A Returning Serviceman (1945); Literature and Western Man (1960); London End (1968); London Stories (2013); Lost Empires (1965); Low Notes on a High Level (1954); Man and Time (1964); Margin Released (1962); Medley Macabre (1966); Midnight On the Desert (1937); My Six Favorite Plays (1978); Open House (1927); Our Nation's Heritage (1939); Out of the People (1941); Out of Town (1968); Outcries and Asides (1974); Over The Long High Wall (1972); Papers from Lilliput (1922); Particular Pleasures (1975); Postscripts aka Britain Speaks (1940); Rain Upon Godshill (1938); Realms of Darkness (1985); Salt is Leaving (1966); Saturn Over the Water (1961); Self-Selected Essays (1937); Sir Michael and Sir George (1966); Snoggle (1971); Spirits of the Season (2018); Stories of the Occult (1978); Tales of the Dark 3 (1988); Talking (1926); The 31st of June (1961); The 6th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1970); The Art of the Dramatist (1957); The Balconinny (1930); The Book of Bodley Head Verse (1926); The Carfitt Crisis (1975); The Doomsday Men (1938); The Edwardians (1970); The English (1971); The English Comic Characters (1925); The Good Companions (1929); The Great Book of Humour (1935); The Happy Dream (1976); The High Toby (1948); The Magicians (1954); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Other Place (1953); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume I (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume II (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume III (1950); The Prince of Pleasure (1969); The Second Omnibus Book (1930); The Shapes of Sleep (1962); The Silver Ship (1932); The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Three (2018); The Wonderful World of the Theatre (1959); Theatre Outlook (1947); They Walk in the City (1936); Thomas Love Peacock (1966); Thoughts in the Wilderness (1957); Three Men in New Suits (1945); Time and the Conways (1937); Time Travelers (1997); Trumpets Over the Sea (1968); Victoria's Heyday (1972); When We Were Married (1938); Wonder Hero (1933).

Movies and television:

1940: A Reminiscence by J.B. Priestley (1965); A Severed Head (1971); Actor's Studio (1950); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1957); Alta comedia (1971–1974); An Evening with J.B. Priestley (1973); An Inspector Calls (1948 / 1954 / 1982 / 2015 / 2018 / 2020); Angel Pavement (1957–1967); Anoihtoi logariasmoi (2000); Armchair Theatre (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1979); Battle for Music (1943); BBC Play of the Month (1974–1983); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); Beshenoe zoloto (1977); Bright Shadow (1950); Britain at Bay (1940); Celebrity Playhouse (1981); Ci sono già stato (1954); Conflict (1967); Conversations for Tomorrow (1964); Cornelius (1938); Dangerous Corner (1934 / 1946 / 1949 / 1965); De roos en de kroon (1963); Det er fra politiet (1960); Die Conways und die Zeit (1958); Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds (1962); Die Zeit und die Conways (1960); Doctor Who: The Cravat Doctor Adventures (2018); Doomsday for Dyson (1958); Eden End (1977); El teatro (1974); El temps i els Conway (1993); En inspektør ringer på (1961); Enas epitheoritis erhetai (1999); Encounter (1954); Ergens ligt een stad... (1964); Essi arrivarono a una città (1961); Estudio 1 (1967–2000); Gefährliche Kurve (1957); Gendel i gangstery (1967); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Great British Railway Journeys (2023); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Het begon in het paradijs (1960); Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford (2019); How the BBC Began (2022); I Have Been Here Before (1949 / 1964); Il tempo e la famiglia Conway (1954); In Front of the Children (1982); Inspektor Gull (1979); Inspektor sa vracia (1972); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1958); Jamaica Inn (1939); Jenny Villiers (1948); Kraft Theatre (1947–1951); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Laburnum Grove (1936 / 1938 / 1947); Last Holiday (1950 / 2006); Let the People Sing (1942); Little Ships (2010); Look Up and Laugh (1935); Lost City (1958); Lost Empires (1986); Matinee Theatre (1958); Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1955); Music at Night (1952); Omnibus (1968–1969); On the Road (1980); On Trial (1960); One Man's Week (1971); One Pair of Eyes (1973); Onkel Phils Nachlaß (1965); Out of the Unknown (1966); Paradies auf erden (1967); Performance (1994); Playdate (1964); Primera fila (1963–1965); Prizraki zelyonoy komnaty (1992); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Salute to America (1939); Sau Jhooth Ek Sach (2004); Seit Adam und Eva (1955 / 1962); Shadows (1975); Silberhochzeit!?! (2015); Sing As We Go! (1934); Skandalnoye proishestviye v Brikmille (1981); Snoggl (1993); Snuki (1978); Somewhere in France (1942); Studio One (1952–1958); Summer Day's Dream (1949); Suspeita (1958); Tarkastaja tulee (1964); Teatro estudio (1977); Television Theater (1997); Teper pust ukhodit (1963); Thana Theke Aschi (1965 / 2010); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Germans Are Coming (2005); The Good Companions (1933 / 1949 / 1957 / 1980 / 1981); The Linden Tree (1949); The Long Mirror (1948); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1961); The Old Dark House (1932 / 1963); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rose and Crown (1946 / 1956 / 1963); The Time and the Conways (1966); The Venetian Door (1966); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Winslow Boy / A Touch of Venus (1969); The World at War (1973–1974); They Came to a City (1944); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Time and the Conways (1985); Timeshift (2015); To theatro tis Defteras (1976); To theatro ton neon (1973); Today (1968); Treasure on Pelican (1951); TV de Vanguarda (1954–1957); Un inspecteur vous demande (1965); Und das am Montagmorgen (1957 / 1959); Virage dangereux (1956); Vorhang auf! (1954); Vremya i semya Konvey (1984); We Live in Two Worlds (1937); Wenn wir verheiratet sind (1982); What Did You Do in the War, Auntie? 1939-45 (1995); When We Are Married (1938 / 1943 / 1949 / 1951 / 1957 / 1987); Whitehall Wonders (1949); You Know What People Are (1955); Zur Rose und Krone (1964).