Vincent Price

What can you say about an actor who seems more like an uncle or friend, than an out of reach movie icon. I grew up with Vincent Price. As a child growing up in the 60's, I could not wait for Saturdays to come so I could go all day to the show to see the newest Vincent Price movie. Remember back then movies cost you a quarter, so you could sit over and over and watch the same movie. Even though Mr. Price regularly played a villian, I never saw him that way. Even through a child's eyes I saw through each and every character portrayed. You always got the feeling that yes, this character was a "bad guy", but there was some underlying reason for this. A certain madness, rotten wife, family curse, something that made him that way. Mr. Price often played a good guy, as in The Fly, Edward Scissorhands, Laura, The Last Man on Earth and the Raven. But oh, were not the roles that he played the villian in, so much more entertaining. Roles in such movies as Theatre of Blood, Dr. Phibes, The Conqueror Worm, Masque of the Red Death, Pit and the Pendulum, House on Haunted Hill and my personal favourite. His role as Prof. Henry Jarrod in House of Wax will stand out as classics of horror for all time. Mr. Price is probably most widely known by the general public for his many roles in Roger Corman films. But as an actor with over 100 films to his credit this is but a small sampling of his great talent and contributions to the film world. Mr. Price was also a renowned author, chef, art expert, radio personality and host of Mystery Yheater on PBS. He loved art so much that he even started his own gallery. The Vincent Price Gallery is located in East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, California. I was recently asked if there was anyone alive or dead I could meet who would it be. I didn't even have to think about this, it would be Vincent Price. When he passed away I felt that I had truly lost a dear friend. Never again would I hear that great evil laugh, or see that wonderful smirk and twinkle in his eyes. But then, I remembered yes he was an actor, a great actor who remains for all us to enjoy over and over on films. Gone yes, but never ever forgotten.
Cathy Harrison - Countess Blood

"Thanks to Duane (Count Blood) for Mr. Price's LAUGH!"

BIOGRAPHY

Vincent Leonard Price was born on May 27th, 1911 in St. Louis Missouri. He travelled in Europe, studied at Yale, and became an actor. He made his screen debut in 1938, and after many minor roles he began to perform in low-budget horror movies such as House of Wax (1953), achieving his first major success with House of Usher (1960). Known for his distinctive, low-pitched, creaky, atmospheric voice, and his quizzical, mock-serious facial expressions, he went on to star in a series of acclaimed Gothic horror movies, such as Pit and the Pendulum (1961) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). He abandoned films in the mid-1970s, going on to present cookery programmes for television - he wrote A Treasury of Great Recipes (1965) with his second wife, Mary Grant - but he had two last roles in Thev Whales of August(1987) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) Vincent Price passed away on October 25,1993, in Los Angeles, California, USA from lung cancer.

FILMOGRAPHY

1.Arabian Knight (1995) (voice) .... Zigzag
2.Century of Cinema, A (1994) .... Himself (archive footage)
3.Heart of Justice, The (1992) (TV) .... Shaw
4.Edward Scissorhands (1990) .... The Inventor
5.Backtrack (1989) .... Mr. Avoca
6.Dead Heat (1988) .... Arthur P. Loudermilk
7.Whales of August, The (1987) .... Mr. Maranov
8.Great Mouse Detective, The (1986) (voice) .... Professor Ratigan
9.Escapes (1986) (TV) .... Host
10.Offspring, The (1986) .... Julian White
11."13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The" (1985) TV Series (voice) .... Vincent VanGhoul
12.Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) .... The Monk
13.Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' (1984) (voice) .... The Deacon
14.House of the Long Shadows (1983) .... Lionel Grisbane
15.Thriller (1983) (V) (voice) .... Rap
16.Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) (uncredited) (archive footage)
17.Ruddigore (1982) .... Sir Despard Murgatroyd
18.Vincent (1982) (voice) .... Narrator
19.Freddy the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) (TV)
20."Mystery!" (1980) TV Series .... Host (1980-1989)
21.Monster Club, The (1980) .... Eramus
22.Scavenger Hunt (1979) .... Milton Parker
23."Time Express" (1979) TV Series .... Jason Winters
24.Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979) .... Host
25."Ringo" (1978) TV Series
26.Days of Fury (1978) (voice) .... Narrator
27.Strange Case of Alice Cooper, The (1978) (voice) .... Narrator
28.Butterfly Ball, The (1976) (voice) .... Narrator
29.Joys (1976) (TV)
30.Welcome to My Nightmare (1976) (voice) .... Spider's Voice
31.Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) (TV) .... The Spirit of the Nightmare
32.Journey Into Fear (1975) .... Dervos
33.Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) (TV)
34.Devil's Triangle, The (1974) (voice) .... Narrator
35.It's Not the Size That Counts (1974) .... Stavos Mammonian
36.Madhouse (1974) .... Paul Toombes
37.Theatre of Blood (1973) .... Edward Lionheart
38.Columbo: Lovely But Lethal (1973) (TV) .... David Lang
39.Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) .... Dr. Anton Phibes
40.What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) (TV) .... William Spevin
41."Hilarious House of Frightenstein, The" (1971) TV Series .... The Narrator
42.Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) .... Dr. Anton Phibes
43.Cry of the Banshee (1970) .... Lord Edward Whitman
44.Heiress, The (1969) (TV) .... Dr. Austin Sloper
45.Trouble with Girls, The (1969) .... Mr. Morality
46.More Dead Than Alive (1969) .... Dan Ruffalo
47.Oblong Box, The (1969) .... Julian Markham
48.Scream and Scream Again (1969) .... Dr. Browning
49.Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (1968) .... Matthew Hopkins ... aka Conqueror Worm, The (1968) (USA)
50.Tre passi nel delirio (1968) (English version) .... Narrator ... aka Spirits of the Dead (1968) (USA
51.Casa de las mil muñecas, La (1967) .... Felix Manderville ... aka House of a Thousand Pleasures (1967)
52.Jackals, The (1967) (unreleased) .... Oupa the Prospector
53."Batman" (1966/II) TV Series .... Egghead (1966-1967)
54.Spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966) .... Dr. Goldfoot ... aka Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966
55.Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) .... Dr. Goldfoot
56.Tomb of Ligeia, The (1965) .... Verden Fell
57.War Gods of the Deep (1965) .... The Captain ... aka City under the Sea (1965)
58.Masque of the Red Death, The (1964) .... Prospero
59.Ultimo uomo della Terra, L' (1964) .... Robert Morgan ... aka Last Man on Earth, The (1964)
60.Diary of a Madman (1963) .... Simon Cordier
61.Beach Party (1963) (uncredited) .... Big Daddy
62.Chagall (1963) (voice) .... Narrator ... aka Marc Chagall (1963)
63.Comedy of Terrors, The (1963) .... Waldo Trumbull
64.Haunted Palace, The (1963) .... Charles Dexter Ward (Joseph Curwen)
65.Raven, The (1963) .... Dr. Erasmus Craven
66.Tabù, I (1963) (voice) .... Narrator ... aka Taboos of the World (1963)
67.Twice-Told Tales (1963) .... Alex Medbourne/Rappaccini/Gerald Pyncheon
68.Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) .... Gilbert De Quincey
69.Convicts Four (1962) .... Carl Carmer
70.Tales of Terror (1962) .... Fortunato/Valdemar/Locke
71.Tower of London (1962) .... Richard of Gloucester
72.Master of the World (1961) .... Robur
73.Gordon, il pirata nero (1961) .... Romero ... aka Black Buccaneer, The (1961)
74.Naked Terror (1961) (voice) .... Narrator
75.Nefertiti, regina del Nilo (1961) .... Benakon ... aka Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961)
76.Pit and the Pendulum (1961) .... Nicholas Medina
77."Chevy Mystery Show, The" (1960) TV Series .... Host ... aka "Sunday Mystery Hour" (1961) (USA: rerun title)
78.House of Usher (1960) .... Roderick Usher ... aka Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
79.Three Musketeers, The (1960) (TV)
80.Return of the Fly, The (1959) .... François Delambre
81.Bat, The (1959) .... Dr. Malcolm Wells
82.Big Circus, The (1959) .... Hans Hagenfeld
83.Tingler, The (1959) .... Dr. Warren Chapin
84.Fly, The (1958) .... François Delambre
85."E.S.P." (1958) TV Series .... Host
86.House on Haunted Hill (1958) .... Frederick Loren
87.Story of Mankind, The (1957) .... The Devil
88.Vagabond King, The (1956) .... Narrator
89.Serenade (1956) .... Charles Winthrop
90.Ten Commandments, The (1956) .... Baka
91.While the City Sleeps (1956) .... Walter Kyne Jr
92.Son of Sinbad (1955) .... Omar Khayyam ... aka Nights in a Harem (1955)
93.Story of Colonel Drake, The (1955) .... Colonel Drake
94.Dangerous Mission (1954) .... Paul Adams
95.Casanova's Big Night (1954) (uncredited) .... Casanova
96.Mad Magician, The (1954) .... Don Gallico/Gallico the Great
97.House of Wax (1953) .... Professor Henry Jarrod
98.Las Vegas Story, The (1952) .... Lloyd Rollins
99.Pictura (1952) .... Narrator
100.His Kind of Woman (1951) .... Mark Cardigan
101.Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) .... George Brissac
102.Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) .... Tracy Holland
103.Baron of Arizona, The (1950) .... James Addison Reavis
104.Champagne for Caesar (1950) .... Burnbridge Waters
105.Bribe, The (1949) .... Carwood
106.Bagdad (1949) .... Pasha Ali Nadim
107.Three Musketeers, The (1948) .... Cardinal Richelieu
108.Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (voice) (uncredited) .... The Invisible Man
109.Rogues' Regiment (1948) .... Mark Van Ratten
110.Up in Central Park (1948) .... Boss Tweed
111.Web, The (1947) .... Andrew Colby
112.Long Night, The (1947) .... Maximilian
113.Moss Rose (1947) .... Inspector Clinner
114.Dragonwyck (1946) .... Nicholas Van Ryn
115.Shock (1946) .... Dr. Cross
116.Leave Her to Heaven (1945) .... Russell Quinton
117.Royal Scandal, A (1945) .... Marquis de Fleury
118.Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) .... The Rev. Angus Mealey
119.Laura (1944) .... Shelby Carpenter
120.Eve of St. Mark, The (1944) .... Private Francis Marion
121.Wilson (1944) .... William Gibbs McAdoo
122.Song of Bernadette, The (1943) .... Vital Dutour, Imperial Prosecutor
123.House of the Seven Gables, The (1940) .... Clifford Pyncheon
124.Green Hell (1940) .... David Richardson
125.Invisible Man Returns, The (1940) .... Geoffrey Radcliffe
126.Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) .... Joseph Smith ... aka Brigham Young (1940)
127.Hudson's Bay (1940) .... King Charles II
128.Tower of London (1939) .... Duke of Clarence
129.Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939) .... Sir Walter Raleigh
130.Service de Luxe (1938) .... Robert Wade

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