Vincent Price

Acting • Born 1911-05-27 – Died 1993-10-25

Acting2Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography

281 credits

Edward Scissorhands

Movie • 1990

The Inventor

Laura

Movie • 1944

Shelby Carpenter

The Movie Orgy

Movie • 1968

Self (archive footage)

Son of Sinbad

Movie • 1955

Omar

The Haunted Palace

Movie • 1963

Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen

Cry of the Banshee

Movie • 1970

Lord Edward Whitman

Scavenger Hunt

Movie • 1979

Milton Parker

The Ten Commandments

Movie • 1956

Baka

House of Usher

Movie • 1960

Roderick Usher

The Fly

Movie • 1958

François Delambre

Witchfinder General

Movie • 1968

Matthew Hopkins

Vincent

Movie • 1982

Narrator (voice)

The Masque of the Red Death

Movie • 1964

Prince Prospero

The Bribe

Movie • 1949

Carwood

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Movie • 1980

Narrator

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Movie • 1982

(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

The Las Vegas Story

Movie • 1952

Lloyd Rollins

Dragonwyck

Movie • 1946

Nicholas Van Ryn

John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body

Movie • 1980

Self / R. Montague Crawford

Beach Party

Movie • 1963

Big Daddy

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

Movie • 1965

Dr. Goldfoot

His Kind of Woman

Movie • 1951

Mark Cardigan

The Thief and the Cobbler

Movie • 1993

Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)

Catchfire

Movie • 1990

Mr. Avoca

The Great Mouse Detective

Movie • 1986

Professor Ratigan (voice)

The Tingler

Movie • 1959

Dr. Warren Chapin

The Horror Show

Movie • 1979

(archive footage)

Dead Heat

Movie • 1988

Arthur P. Loudermilk

The Mad Magician

Movie • 1954

Don Gallico

Tower of London

Movie • 1939

Duke of Clarence

Heroes of Horror

Movie • 2001

(archive footage)

The House of the Seven Gables

Movie • 1940

Clifford Pyncheon

Madhouse

Movie • 1974

Paul Toombes

The Invisible Man Returns

Movie • 1940

Geoffrey Radcliffe

Theatre of Blood

Movie • 1973

Edward Lionheart

The Pit and the Pendulum

Movie • 1961

Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina

Champagne for Caesar

Movie • 1950

Burnbridge Waters

The Web

Movie • 1947

Andrew Colby

The Bat

Movie • 1959

Dr. Malcolm Wells

Shock

Movie • 1946

Dr. Richard Cross

The Tomb of Ligeia

Movie • 1964

Verden Fell

The Raven

Movie • 1963

Dr. Erasmus Craven

Diary of a Madman

Movie • 1963

Simon Cordier

The Three Musketeers

Movie • 1948

Richelieu

Tales of Terror

Movie • 1962

Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator

The Comedy of Terrors

Movie • 1964

Waldo Trumbull

Step Into the Third Dimension

Movie • 1989

Himself / Narrator

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Movie • 2006

Self (voice) (archive footage)

While the City Sleeps

Movie • 1956

Walter Kyne

Scream and Scream Again

Movie • 1970

Dr. Browning

The Story of Mankind

Movie • 1957

Mr. Scratch / The Devil

Tower of London

Movie • 1962

Richard of Gloucester

The Baron of Arizona

Movie • 1950

James Addison Reavis

Serenade

Movie • 1956

Charles Winthrop

Kings of Cult

Movie • 2015

(archive footage)

The Song of Bernadette

Movie • 1943

Prosecutor Vital Dutour

House on Haunted Hill

Movie • 1959

Frederick Loren

Once Upon a Halloween

Movie • 2005

Professor Ratigan (voice) (archive sound)

The Long Night

Movie • 1947

Maximilian the Great

Return of the Fly

Movie • 1959

Francois Delambre

Moss Rose

Movie • 1947

Police Inspector Clinner

War-Gods of the Deep

Movie • 1965

Sir Hugh

The Trouble with Girls

Movie • 1969

Mr. Morality

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Movie • 1939

Sir Walter Raleigh

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Movie • 1971

January Q. Irontail (voice)

The Monster Club

Movie • 1981

Eramus

House of the Long Shadows

Movie • 1983

Lionel Grisbane

Clown Alley

Movie • 1966

The Skin Diver / Sharpshooter / Working Man

Twice-Told Tales

Movie • 1963

Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon

Leave Her to Heaven

Movie • 1945

Russell Quinton

From a Whisper to a Scream

Movie • 1987

Julian White

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Movie • 1971

Dr. Anton Phibes

The Keys of the Kingdom

Movie • 1944

Angus Mealey

House of Wax

Movie • 1953

Henry Jarrod

Ruddigore

Movie • 1982

Sir Despard Murgatroyd

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Movie • 1972

Dr. Anton Phibes

The Jackals

Movie • 1967

Oupa Decker

The Whales of August

Movie • 1987

Mr. Maranov

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Movie • 1985

Self

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Movie • 1984

Sinister Man

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

Movie • 1970

Narrator

Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner

Movie • 1981

Professor Humperdo

Master of the World

Movie • 1961

Captain Robur

The Oblong Box

Movie • 1969

Sir Julian Markham

The Vagabond King

Movie • 1956

Narrator (voice)

Convicts 4

Movie • 1962

Carl Carmer

Michael Jackson's Thriller

Movie • 1983

Narrator (voice)

Brigham Young

Movie • 1940

Joseph Smith

Wilson

Movie • 1944

William Gibbs McAdoo

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

Movie • 1966

Dr. Goldfoot / General Willis

A Royal Scandal

Movie • 1945

Marquis de Fleury

Percy's Progress

Movie • 1974

Stavos Mammonian

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Movie • 1962

Gilbert De Quincey

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

Movie • 1961

Benakon

Collector’s Item

Movie • 1957

Mr. Prentiss

More Dead than Alive

Movie • 1969

Dan Ruffalo

Hudson's Bay

Movie • 1940

King Charles II

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare

Movie • 1976

Spider (voice)

House of 1,000 Dolls

Movie • 1967

Felix Manderville

Dangerous Mission

Movie • 1954

Paul Adams

Hair Wolf

Movie • 2018

(voice) (uncredited)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Movie • 1971

Vincent Price

Escapes

Movie • 1986

The Mailman

Adventures of Captain Fabian

Movie • 1951

George Brissac

The Big Circus

Movie • 1959

Hans Hagenfeld

Green Hell

Movie • 1940

David Richardson

Journey into Fear

Movie • 1975

Dervos

Passionate Pastime

Movie • 1958

Narrator

Vincent Price's Dracula

Movie • 1986

Himself - Host / Narrator

Bagdad

Movie • 1949

Pasha Ali Nadim

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Movie • 1950

Tracy Holland

They Came from the Attic

Movie • 2022

Dr. Robert Morgan (Archival Footage)

The Freddy Krueger Special

Movie • 1988

Spirit of the Nightmare (archive footage)

Service de Luxe

Movie • 1938

Robert Wade

Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me

Movie • 1977

Silent Movie Villain

Magic with the Stars

Movie • 1982

Self

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Movie • 1971

William Spevin

Up in Central Park

Movie • 1948

Boss Tweed

Rage of the Buccaneers

Movie • 1961

Romero

Naked Terror

Movie • 1961

Narrator(voice)

Chagall

Movie • 1964

Narrator

Notes on the Port of St. Francis

Movie • 1951

Narrator (voice)

Rogues' Regiment

Movie • 1948

Mark Van Ratten

The Eve of St. Mark

Movie • 1944

Francis Marion

Casanova's Big Night

Movie • 1954

Casanova

Forbidden Area

Movie • 1956

Clark Simmons

Alumination

Movie • 2021

Self

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Movie • 1988

Vincent Price

Pictura

Movie • 1951

Narrator (segment "The Lost Paradise") (voice)

The Butterfly Ball

Movie • 1977

The Narrator

I Go Pogo

Movie • 1980

Deacon Mushrat (voice)

The Maya Through the Ages

Movie • 1950

Narrator

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Movie • 1948

The Invisible Man (voice)

Alice Cooper: The Nightmare

Movie • 1975

The Spirit of the Nightmare

Cucumber Castle

Movie • 1970

Wicked Count Voxville

The Christmas Carol

Movie • 1949

Narrator

Vincent Price's Halloween Thriller

Movie • 1984

Self - Host

Days of Fury

Movie • 1980

Self - Narrator

Taboos of the World

Movie • 1963

Narrator (English edit)

Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes

Movie • 1994

Himself

The Nativity

Movie • 1986

King Herod (voice)

Fun with Mr. Future

Movie • 1982

Mad Scientist

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Movie • 1984

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie • 1985

Self

Sparky's Magic Piano

Movie • 1987

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

Movie • 2021

Self (archive footage)

The Devil's Triangle

Movie • 1974

Narrator

Beyond Doubt

Movie

Man (archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Movie • 2010

(archive footage)

Creepy Classics

Movie • 1987

Self - Host

Ringo

Movie • 1978

Dr. Nancy

Night of Execution

Movie • 1955

Gideon Rone

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Movie • 1974

Self

Once Upon a Midnight Scary

Movie • 1979

Host

Pulp Cinema

Movie • 2001

Self (archive footage)

Famous Ghost Stories

Movie • 1961

Poltergeist/Narrator

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Movie • 1984

The Magic Mirror

The Little Troll Prince

Movie • 1987

The Heart of Justice

Movie • 1992

Reggie Shaw

Joys

Movie • 1976

Self

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

Movie • 1984

Narrator (voice)

America Screams

Movie • 1981

Himself - Host/Narrator

Monsters and Madonnas: The World of William Mortensen

Movie • 1963

Himself

Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!

Movie • 1985

Himself - Introduced

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Movie • 1991

Self

The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot

Movie • 1965

Dr. Goldfoot

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Movie • 1997

Self (archive footage)

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

Movie • 1954

Colonel Edwin L. Drake

Movie • 2007

Self (archive footage)

Horror!!!

Movie • 1964

Self

Movie

Self

Conversations with Vincent

Movie • 1994

Hansel and Gretel

Movie • 1983

Narrator (voice)

The Mystery of Thirteen

Movie • 1957

Self - Host

The World of Vincent Price

Movie • 1977

Columbo

TV • 1971

David Lang

Here's Lucy

TV • 1968

Vincent Price

Trapper John, M.D.

TV • 1979

F Troop

TV • 1965

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

TV • 1985

Vincent Van Ghoul (voice)

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

TV • 1971

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Wendell "The Amazing Alonso" Mordan

Tiny Toon Adventures

TV • 1990

Narrator (voice)

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

TV • 1971

The Host

The Bionic Woman

TV • 1976

Batman

TV • 1966

Egghead

The Brady Bunch

TV • 1969

Professor Hubert Whitehead

The Merv Griffin Show

TV • 1962

Self

Playhouse 90

TV • 1956

Clark Simmons

Donny & Marie

TV • 1976

Self

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Night Gallery

TV • 1970

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV • 1982

The Magic Mirror

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Death

Get Smart

TV • 1965

Jarvis Pym

The Muppet Show

TV • 1976

Self - Special Guest Star

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Charles Courtney

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Dr. Thaddeus Morton

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV • 1968

Self

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Herbert

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Climax!

TV • 1954

Gideon Rone

Adventures in Paradise

TV • 1959

Armand Duchette

The Jimmy Stewart Show

TV • 1971

The Dean Martin Show

TV • 1965

Matinee Theater

TV • 1955

Riverboat

TV • 1959

Otto Justin

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Peter Hammond

Blacke's Magic

TV • 1986

The Brady Bunch Hour

TV • 1977

The Steve Allen Show

TV • 1956

Self

BBC Play of the Month

TV • 1965

Dr. Austin Sloper

Lights Out

TV • 1949

Crossroads

TV • 1955

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self

The Captain and Tennille

TV • 1976

Self - Guest

Startime

TV • 1959

Time Express

TV • 1979

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

TV • 1964

Victor Marton

CBS Library

TV • 1979

Host

The George Gobel Show

TV • 1954

Self

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV • 1982

TV • 1950

Dr. Austin Sloper

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

The Chevy Mystery Show

TV • 1960

Self - Host

The Chevy Mystery Show

TV • 1960

TV • 1954

Dr. Farrin

The Carol Burnett Show

TV • 1967

Self - Guest / Various Characters

The Carol Burnett Show

TV • 1967

Self

Entertainment Tonight

Self - Mystery Guest

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self

The Snoop Sisters

TV • 1973

Michael Bastion

The Danny Kaye Show

TV • 1963

TV • 1987

Self (archive footage)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV • 1968

Self (uncredited)