Biography Of John Briley

Biography

Briley was born in Kalamazoo,Michigan, and served in the United States Air Force, 1943–46, reaching the rank of captain. At the University of Michigan, he gained a BA in 1950 and an MA in English 1951. He married Dorothy Louise Reichart in 1950, and they had four children. He worked in public relations for General Motors before rejoining the air force in 1955. He was posted to RAF Northhort airbase at South Ruislip near London, where he was director of orientation activities and started writing.
In 1960, he earned a PHD in Elizabethn Drama from the University of Birmingham , left the air force and became a staff writer with Metro-Mayer at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood He left MGM in 1964^. He also had an uncredited part in the 1965 comedy Situations Hopeless....But Not Serious .