J. B. Priestley
English writer (1894-1984) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
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Basil Dean Directed Sing As We Go and Look Up and Laugh
Aleksandr Proshkin Directed He Came and Inspector Goole- John Baxter Directed Let the People Sing (1942)
- Frank Pettingell Also in The Good Companions and Sing As We Go
Guy Hamilton Directed An Inspector Calls (1954)
James Whale Directed The Old Dark House (1932)
Vladimir Etush Also in He Came and 31st of June
William Castle Directed The Old Dark House (1963)
Vladimir Basov Directed Dangerous Corner (1972)
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced The Old Dark House (1932)
Janette Scott Also in The Good Companions (1957)
William K. Howard Directed The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Joyce Grenfell Also in The Good Companions (1957)
Mervyn Johns Also in The Foreman Went to France (1942)- Victor Saville Directed The Good Companions (1933)
- Leonid Kvinikhidze Directed 31st of June (1978)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Charles Frend Directed The Foreman Went to France (1942)- Ronald Adam Directed The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Harry Watt Directed Britain at Bay (1940)- Lance Comfort Directed When We Are Married (1943)
Maire O'Neill Also in Sing As We Go and Let the People Sing
Angus MacPhail Also in The Good Companions (1933)- Anthony Hinds Produced The Old Dark House (1963)
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1984 · aged 89
