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Vincent Price

Acting

Born May 27, 1911 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died October 25, 1993

Also known as Vincent Leonard Price Jr. · The King of the Grand Guignol · The Merchant of Menace

Biography

Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films. His career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and in over one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television. Price was an art collector and consultant, with a degree in art history. He lectured and wrote books on the subject. He was the founder of the Vincent Price Art Museum in California. He was also a noted gourmet cook. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vincent Price, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1983
  • Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1971
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Columbo

1971as David Lang

The Muppet Show

1976as Self - Special Guest Star

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

1985as Vincent Van Ghoul (voice)

Get Smart

1965as Jarvis Pym

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007as Self (archive)

Tiny Toon Adventures

1990as Narrator (voice)

Night Gallery

1969

The Ten Commandments

1956as Baka

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Charles Courtney

Kings of Cult

2015as (archive footage)

Edward Scissorhands

1990as The Inventor

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

1971as The Host

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Professor Multiple

Laura

1944as Shelby Carpenter

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Dr. Sigmund Fraud

Leave Her to Heaven

1945as Russell Quinton

I Am Divine

2013as Self (archive)

Batman

1966as Egghead

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Hair Wolf

2018as (voice) (uncredited)

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

2011as Various Roles (archive footage)

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993as Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)

The Great Mouse Detective

1986as Professor Ratigan (voice)

Mean Streets

1973as Verden Fell (archive footage)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Victor Marton

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948as The Invisible Man (voice)

The Web

1947as Andrew Colby

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944as Angus Mealey

The Song of Bernadette

1943as Prosecutor Vital Dutour

The Whales of August

1987as Mr. Maranov

The Bionic Woman

1976

Daniel Boone

1964as Dr. Thaddeus Morton

The Fly

1958as François Delambre

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The House of the Seven Gables

1940as Clifford Pyncheon

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961as Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

While the City Sleeps

1956as Walter Kyne

House of Wax

1953as Henry Jarrod

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare

1976as Spider (voice)

House on Haunted Hill

1959as Frederick Loren

His Kind of Woman

1951as Mark Cardigan

The Three Musketeers

1948as Richelieu

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Crossroads

Biography

1987as Self (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Theater of Blood

1973as Edward Lionheart

The Brady Bunch

1969as Professor Hubert Whitehead (uncredited)