Vincent Price

Vincent Price
Vincent Price
	Price in Get Smart (1969)
Born	Vincent Leonard Price Jr.; May 27, 1911; St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 25, 1993 (aged 82); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation	Actor; art historian; art collector; gourmet cook; voice actor;
Years active	1935–1991
Spouse(s)	Edith Barrett; (m. 1938–1948, divorced); Mary Grant Price; (m. 1949–1973, divorced); Coral Browne; (m. 1974–1991; her death)
Children	Vincent Barrett; Victoria;

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was well known for his voice and serious but comic attitude in a series of horror movies made in the later part of his career. Price was also an art collector and consultant, with a degree in art history, and lectured and wrote books on the subject. He was the founder of the Vincent Price Art Museum in California.

Career

His career began in 1935. He starred in film noirs. He soon moved to star in horror movies. He would work with other known horror movie stars such as Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his works. Price narrated Michael Jackson's hit song "Thriller".^[1] Price also played the villain Egghead in the 1960s television series Batman. He retired in 1993 shortly before his death.

Personal life

Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Yale University. He was married three times. His first two marriages both ended in divorce. His last marriage was to Caral Browne who died in 1991.

Price died of lung cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 82.^[2] He was cremated and his ashes scattered off Point Dume in Malibu, California.^[3]

Movies

Year	Movie	Role	Director	Notes
1938	Service de Luxe	Robert Wade	Rowland V. Lee
1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Sir Walter Raleigh	Michael Curtiz
1939	Tower of London	Duke of Clarence	Rowland V. Lee
1940	The Invisible Man Returns	Geoffrey Radcliffe	Joe May
	Green Hell	David Richardson	James Whale
	The House of the Seven Gables	Clifford Pyncheon	Joe May
	Brigham Young	Joseph Smith	Henry Hathaway
1941	Hudson's Bay	King Charles II	Irving Pichel
1943	The Song of Bernadette	Prosecutor Vital Dutour	Henry King
1944	The Eve of St. Mark	Pvt. Francis Marion	John M. Stahl
	Wilson	William Gibbs McAdoo	Henry King
	Laura	Shelby Carpenter	Otto Preminger
	The Keys of the Kingdom	Angus Mealey	John M. Stahl
1945	A Royal Scandal	Marquis de Fleury	Ernst Lubitsch Otto Preminger
1945	Leave Her to Heaven	Russell Quinton	John M. Stahl
1946	Shock	Dr. Richard Cross	Alfred L. Werker
1946	Dragonwyck	Nicholas Van Ryn	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1947	The Web	Andrew Colby	Michael Gordon
	The Long Night	Maximilian	Anatole Litvak
	Moss Rose	Police Inspector R. Clinner	Gregory Ratoff
1948	Up in Central Park	Boss Tweed	William A. Seiter
	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	The Invisible Man	Charles Barton	Voice Uncredited
	Rogues' Regiment	Mark Van Ratten	Robert Florey
	The Three Musketeers	Richelieu	George Sidney
1949	The Bribe	Carwood	Robert Z. Leonard
1949	Bagdad	Pasha Ali Nadim	Charles Lamont
1950	The Baron of Arizona	James Reavis	Samuel Fuller
	Champagne for Caesar	Burnbridge Waters	Richard Whorf
	Curtain Call at Cactus Creek	Tracy Holland	Charles Lamont
1951	Adventures of Captain Fabian	George Brissac	William Marshall
	His Kind of Woman	Mark Cardigan	John Farrow
	Pictura: An Adventure in Art	Narrator	Various
1952	The Las Vegas Story	Lloyd Rollins	Robert Stevenson
1953	House of Wax	Professor Henry Jarrod	Andre DeToth
1954	Dangerous Mission	Paul Adams	Louis King
	Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake	Colonel Edwin L. Drake	Arthur Pierson
	Casanova's Big Night	Casanova	Norman Z. McLeod	Uncredited
	The Mad Magician	Don Gallico	John Brahm
1955	Son of Sinbad	Omar Khayyam	Ted Tetzlaff
1956	Serenade	Charles Winthrop	Anthony Mann
	While the City Sleeps	Walter Kyne	Fritz Lang
	The Vagabond King	Narrator	Michael Curtiz	Voice Uncredited
	The Ten Commandments	Baka	Cecil B. DeMille
1957	The Story of Mankind	The Devil	Irwin Allen
1958	The Fly	François Delambre	Kurt Neumann
1959	House on Haunted Hill	Frederick Loren	William Castle
	Return of the Fly	Francois Delambre	Edward Bernds
	The Big Circus	Hans Hagenfeld	Joseph M. Newman
	The Tingler	Dr. Warren Chapin	William Castle
	The Bat	Dr. Malcolm Wells	Crane Wilbur
1960	House of Usher	Roderick Usher	Roger Corman
1961	Master of the World	Robur	William Witney
	Pit and the Pendulum	Nicholas Medina Sebastian Medina	Roger Corman
	Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile	Benakon	Fernando Cerchio
	Rage of the Buccaneers	Romero	Mario Costa
1962	Confessions of an Opium Eater	Gilbert De Quincey	Albert Zugsmith
	Tales of Terror	Locke Fortunato Luchresi Ernest Valdemar	Roger Corman
	Convicts 4	Carl Carmer	Millard Kaufman
	Tower of London	Richard of Gloucester	Roger Corman
1963	The Raven	Dr. Erasmus Craven	Roger Corman
	Diary of a Madman	Magistrate Simon Cordier	Reginald Le Borg
	Beach Party	Big Daddy	William Asher
	The Haunted Palace	Joseph Curwen Charles Dexter Ward	Roger Corman
	Twice-Told Tales	Alex Medbourne Giacomo Rappaccini Gerald Pyncheon	Sidney Salkow
1964	The Comedy of Terrors	Waldo Trumbull	Jacques Tourneur
	The Last Man on Earth	Dr. Robert Morgan	Ubaldo Ragona
	The Masque of the Red Death	Prince Prospero	Roger Corman
1965	The Tomb of Ligeia	Verden Fell	Roger Corman
	War-Gods of the Deep	Sir Hugh, The Captain	Jacques Tourneur
	Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	Dr. Goldfoot	Norman Taurog
1966	Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs	Dr. Goldfoot General Willis	Mario Bava
1967	The House of 1,000 Dolls	Felix Manderville	Jeremy Summers
1967	The Jackals	Oupa Decker	Robert D. Webb
1968	Witchfinder General (U.S. title Conqueror Worm)	Matthew Hopkins	Michael Reeves
1968	Spirits of the Dead	Narrator	Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim	English version Uncredited
1969	More Dead Than Alive	Dan Ruffalo	Robert Sparr
	The Trouble with Girls	Mr. Morality	Peter Tewksbury
	The Oblong Box	Sir Julian Markham	Gordon Hessler
1970	Scream and Scream Again	Dr. Browning	Gordon Hessler
	An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe	Narrator	Kenneth Johnson
	Cry of the Banshee	Lord Edward Whitman	Gordon Hessler
	Cucumber Castle	Wicked Count Voxville	Hugh Gladwish
1971	Here Comes Peter Cottontail	January Q. Irontail	Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.	Voice
	The Abominable Dr. Phibes	Dr. Anton Phibes	Robert Fuest
	Mooch Goes to Hollywood	Himself	Richard Erdman
	What's a Nice Girl Like You...?	William Spevin	Jerry Paris
1972	Dr. Phibes Rises Again	Dr. Anton Phibes	Robert Fuest
1973	Theatre of Blood	Edward Lionheart	Douglas Hickox
1974	Madhouse	Paul Toombes	Jim Clark
1974	Percy's Progress	Stavos Mammonian	Ralph Thomas
1975	Journey Into Fear	Dervos	Daniel Mann
1975	Welcome to My Nightmare	The Curator	David Winters	Voice
1976	The Butterfly Ball	Narrator	Tony Klinger	Voice
1979	Scavenger Hunt	Milton Parker	Michael Schultz
1980	Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo'	The Deacon	Marc Paul Chinoy	Voice
1981	The Monster Club	Eramus	Roy Ward Baker
1981	Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner	Professor Humperdo	John Trent
1982	Vincent	Narrator	Tim Burton	Voice
1982	Fun with Mr. Future	Mad Scientist	Darrell Van Citters	Voice
1983	House of the Long Shadows	Lionel Grisbane	Pete Walker
1983	Michael Jackson's Thriller	Narrator	John Landis	Voice
1984	Bloodbath at the House of Death	Sinister Man	Ray Cameron
1985	The Little Troll Prince	Ulvik #1	Ray Patterson	Voice
1985	The Black Cauldron	Horned King's Guards	Richard Rich Ted Berman	Voice
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Professor Ratigan	Burny Mattinson, Ron Clements, David Michener, John Musker	Voice
1986	Escapes	Host / The Mailman	David Steensland	Television movie
1987	The Nativity	King Herod	Don Lusk	Voice
	From a Whisper to a Scream	Julian White	Jeff Burr
	The Whales of August	Mr. Maranov	Lindsay Anderson
	Sparky's Magic Piano	Henry, Sparky's father	Lee Mishkin	Voice
1988	Dead Heat	Arthur P. Loudermilk	Mark Goldblatt
1990	Catchfire	Mr. Avoca	Dennis Hopper
1990	Edward Scissorhands	The Inventor	Tim Burton
1992	The Heart of Justice	Reggie Shaw	Bruno Barreto	Television movie
1995	The Thief and the Cobbler	Zig-Zag the Grand Vizier	Richard Williams	Voice

References

↑ "No Mere Mortal: Vincent Price and Michael Jackson's Thriller". Legacy.com. 25 October 2011.
↑ Peter B. Flint (October 27, 1993). Vincent Price, Noted Actor Of Dark Roles, Dies at 82. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/27/obituaries/vincent-price-noted-actor-of-dark-roles-dies-at-82.html. Retrieved October 27, 2014. "Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of countless low-budget but often stylish Gothic horror films, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 82 years old and died of lung cancer, a personal assistant, Reggie Williams, said. ...".
↑ Vincent Price at Find a Grave

Other websites

Official Website
Vincent Price at Allmovie
Vincent Price at the Internet Broadway Database
Vincent Price on IMDb

[1] "No Mere Mortal: Vincent Price and Michael Jackson's Thriller". Legacy.com. 25 October 2011.

[obit-2] Peter B. Flint (October 27, 1993). Vincent Price, Noted Actor Of Dark Roles, Dies at 82. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/27/obituaries/vincent-price-noted-actor-of-dark-roles-dies-at-82.html. Retrieved October 27, 2014. "Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of countless low-budget but often stylish Gothic horror films, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 82 years old and died of lung cancer, a personal assistant, Reggie Williams, said. ...".

[3] Vincent Price at Find a Grave

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Vincent Price
Price in Get Smart (1969)
Born	Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (1911-05-27)May 27, 1911 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 25, 1993(1993-10-25) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation	Actor art historian art collector gourmet cook voice actor
Years active	1935–1991
Spouse(s)	Edith Barrett (m. 1938–1948, divorced) Mary Grant Price (m. 1949–1973, divorced) Coral Browne (m. 1974–1991; her death)
Children	Vincent Barrett Victoria