His death was only later announced by the J.B. Priestley Society.
Tom who was J.
B. Priestleys only son became one of this countrys finest film editors.
Tom Priestley (1973)Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Perhaps his most famous film wasDeliverancefor which he was Oscar Nominated.
He was a most charming man.
His breakthrough credits came with the filmsWhistle Down the Wind(1961) andThis Sporting Life(1963).
He would reteam with Radford for 1987sWhite Mischief.
B. Priestley Society and The Priestley Centre for the Arts in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.
