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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-27 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Vincent Price

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)

2022

They Came from the Attic as Dr. Robert Morgan (Archival Footage)

2021

Alumination as Self

2020

2018

Hair Wolf as (voice) (uncredited)

2015

Kings of Cult as (archive footage)

2011

Corman's World as Various Roles (archive footage)

2010

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)

2006

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2005

Once Upon a Halloween as Professor Ratigan

2001

Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
Pulp Cinema as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)

1994

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler as Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)

1992

The Heart of Justice as Reggie Shaw

1991

1990

Edward Scissorhands as The Inventor
Catchfire as Mr. Avoca
Tiny Toon Adventures as Narrator (voice)

1989

Step Into the Third Dimension as Himself / Narrator

1988

Dead Heat as Arthur P. Loudermilk
The Freddy Krueger Special as Spirit of the Nightmare (archive footage)

1987

The Whales of August as Mr. Maranov
The Nativity as King Herod (voice)
Creepy Classics as Self - Host
Vincent Price: The Sinister Image as Self (archive footage)

1986

The Great Mouse Detective as Professor Ratigan (voice)
Escapes as The Mailman
Vincent Price's Dracula as Himself - Host / Narrator

1985

Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! as Himself - Introduced
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo as Vincent Van Ghoul (voice)

1984

1983

House of the Long Shadows as Lionel Grisbane
Michael Jackson's Thriller as Narrator (voice)

1982

Vincent as Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Ruddigore as Sir Despard Murgatroyd
Fun with Mr. Future as Mad Scientist
Faerie Tale Theatre as The Magic Mirror
Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice)
Wogan as Self

1981

America Screams as Himself - Host/Narrator
Entertainment Tonight as Self - Co-Host

1980

John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body as Self / R. Montague Crawford
I Go Pogo as Deacon Mushrat (voice)

1979

Scavenger Hunt as Milton Parker
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
CBS Library as Host

1978

Ringo as Dr. Nancy

1977

Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me as Silent Movie Villain
The Butterfly Ball as The Narrator
The Love Boat as Wendell "The Amazing Alonso" Mordan

1976

Joys as Self
The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star

1975

Alice Cooper: The Nightmare as The Spirit of the Nightmare

1974

Madhouse as Paul Toombes
Percy's Progress as Stavos Mammonian
Dinah! as Self

1973

Theatre of Blood as Edward Lionheart
Mean Streets as Verden Fell (archive footage)
The Snoop Sisters as Michael Bastion

1972

Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Dr. Anton Phibes

1971

Here Comes Peter Cottontail as January Q. Irontail (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Dr. Anton Phibes
Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Vincent Price
Columbo as David Lang
The Pet Set as Self

1970

Cry of the Banshee as Lord Edward Whitman
Scream and Scream Again as Dr. Browning
Cucumber Castle as Wicked Count Voxville

1969

The Trouble with Girls as Mr. Morality
The Oblong Box as Sir Julian Markham
More Dead than Alive as Dan Ruffalo
The Brady Bunch as Professor Hubert Whitehead
The Brady Bunch as Professor Hubert Whitehead (uncredited)

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Witchfinder General as Matthew Hopkins
Here's Lucy as Vincent Price

1967

The Jackals as Oupa Decker
House of 1,000 Dolls as Felix Manderville
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1966

Clown Alley as The Skin Diver / Sharpshooter / Working Man
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Dr. Goldfoot / General Willis
Batman as Egghead

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Dr. Austin Sloper

1964

The Masque of the Red Death as Prince Prospero
The Tomb of Ligeia as Verden Fell
The Comedy of Terrors as Waldo Trumbull
Chagall as Narrator
The Last Man on Earth as Dr. Robert Morgan
Horror!!! as Self
Daniel Boone as Dr. Thaddeus Morton
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Victor Marton
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Professor Multiple

1963

The Haunted Palace as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
Beach Party as Big Daddy
The Raven as Dr. Erasmus Craven
Diary of a Madman as Simon Cordier
Twice-Told Tales as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
Taboos of the World as Narrator (English edit)

1962

Tales of Terror as Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator
Tower of London as Richard of Gloucester
Convicts 4 as Carl Carmer
Confessions of an Opium Eater as Gilbert De Quincey

1961

The Pit and the Pendulum as Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
Master of the World as Captain Robur
Naked Terror as Narrator(voice)
Famous Ghost Stories as Poltergeist/Narrator

1960

House of Usher as Roderick Usher
The Chevy Mystery Show as Self - Host
The Chevy Mystery Show as Michael Seemes

1959

The Tingler as Dr. Warren Chapin
The Bat as Dr. Malcolm Wells
House on Haunted Hill as Frederick Loren
Return of the Fly as Francois Delambre
The Big Circus as Hans Hagenfeld
Adventures in Paradise as Armand Duchette
Riverboat as Otto Justin

1958

The Fly as François Delambre
Passionate Pastime as Narrator

1957

The Story of Mankind as Mr. Scratch / The Devil
Collector’s Item as Mr. Prentiss

1956

While the City Sleeps as Walter Kyne
Serenade as Charles Winthrop
The Vagabond King as Narrator (voice)
Forbidden Area as Clark Simmons
Playhouse 90 as Clark Simmons

1955

Night of Execution as Gideon Rone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Charles Courtney
Crossroads as Rev. Robert Russell

1954

The Mad Magician as Don Gallico
Dangerous Mission as Paul Adams
Climax! as Gideon Rone
Climax! as Casey Lodge
Climax! as Dr. Farrin

1953

House of Wax as Henry Jarrod
The Oscars as Self
General Electric Theater as Vince Meagher
General Electric Theater as Philosophical Peddler Beauregard Archibald

1952

The Las Vegas Story as Lloyd Rollins

1951

His Kind of Woman as Mark Cardigan
Pictura as Narrator: Hieronymous Bosch episode (voice)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Narrator / Wendell Bensen
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Baron Laval aka Aristide Pujol
The Red Skelton Show as Dr. Sigmund Fraud

1950

Champagne for Caesar as Burnbridge Waters
The Baron of Arizona as James Addison Reavis
Lux Video Theatre as Joseph Bentley
Lux Video Theatre as Christoff
Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Austin Sloper
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

The Bribe as Carwood
Bagdad as Pasha Ali Nadim

1948

Up in Central Park as Boss Tweed
Rogues' Regiment as Mark Van Ratten

1947

The Web as Andrew Colby
The Long Night as Maximilian the Great
Moss Rose as Police Inspector Clinner

1946

Dragonwyck as Nicholas Van Ryn
Shock as Dr. Richard Cross

1945

Leave Her to Heaven as Russell Quinton
A Royal Scandal as Marquis de Fleury

1944

Laura as Shelby Carpenter
The Keys of the Kingdom as Angus Mealey
Wilson as William Gibbs McAdoo
The Eve of St. Mark as Francis Marion

1943

The Song of Bernadette as Prosecutor Vital Dutour

1941

Hudson's Bay as King Charles II

1940

The House of the Seven Gables as Clifford Pyncheon
The Invisible Man Returns as Geoffrey Radcliffe
Brigham Young as Joseph Smith
Green Hell as David Richardson

1939

Tower of London as Duke of Clarence

1938

Service de Luxe as Robert Wade

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Crew

1971

Cooking Price-Wise as Catering