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as Mr. Manningham in Angel Street, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1942. His long run in the play kept him off screen for three years. The play was filmed twice as Gaslight, but Price did not star in either version.]]Vincent Price (May 27, 1911 - October 25, 1993) was an American film actor. He is most well remembered for his roles in a series of low-budget horror films where his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude were well used.
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was president of the National Candy Company. Price Jr. was educated at Yale and the Cortauld Institute, London in art history and fine art. He became interested in theater in the 1930s, appearing professionally on stage from 1935.
He made his film debut in 1938 with Service de Luxe and established himself as a competent player, notably in Laura (1944), directed by Otto Preminger. He acted as Joseph Smith, Jr in the movie Brigham Young (1940). In the 1950s he moved into horror films, enjoying the role in the successful curiosity The House of Wax (1953), the first 3-D film to land in the year's top ten at the North American box office.
In the 1960s, he had a number of low-budget successes with Roger Corman and AIP including House of Usher (1960) and a number of other horror adaptations such as The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Theatre of Blood (1973). He greatly reduced his film work from around 1975 as horror itself suffered a slump, and increased his narrative and voice work. For example, Price's voice over is heard in Michael Jackson's semi-creepy, music video, Thriller.
His last significant film work was in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1989). Price was married three times.
Price also starred in the original House on Haunted Hill (1959). The actor playing the same character in the 1999 remake was made to resemble Price.
= Filmography =
- Arabian Knights, 1995
- Heart of Justice, 1992
- Catchfire, 1991
- Edward Scissorhands, 1990
- Dead Heat, 1988
- The Whales of August, 1987
- Escapes, 1986
- The Offspring, 1987
- The Great Mouse Detective, 1986
- Bloodbath at the House of Death, 1984
- House of Long Shadows, 1983
- Ruddigore, 1982
- Tim Burton's Vincent, 1982
- The Monster Club, 1981
- Days of Fury, 1980
- Scavenger Hunt, 1979
- Butterfly Ball, 1976
- Journey Into Fear, 1975
- , 1975
- , 1974
- Madhouse, 1974
- Percy's Progress, EMI, 1974
- Theatre of Blood, 1973
- , 1973
- The Aries Computer, 1972
- Dr. Phibes Rises Again, 1972
- An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe, 1972
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes, 1971
- What's a Nice Girl Like You, 1971
- Cry of the Banshee, 1970
- The Oblong Box, 1970
- Scream and Scream Again, 1970
- Spirits of the Dead, 1969
- The Heiress, 1969
- The Trouble With Girls, 1969
- More Dead Than Alive, 1969
- Witchfinder General, 1968
- House of 1000 Dolls, 1967
- The Jackals, 1967
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, 1966
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, 1965
- City Under the Sea, 1965
- The Tomb of Ligeia, 1965
- The Masque of the Red Death, 1964
- The Last Man on Earth, 1964
- Queen of the Nile, 1964
- The Comedy of Terrors, 1963
- The Haunted Palace, 1963
- Twice-Told Tales, 1963
- Beach Party, 1963
- Diary of a Madman, 1963
- The Raven, 1963
- Convicts 4, 1963
- Tower of London, 1962
- Confessions of an Opium Eater, 1962
- Tales of Terror, 1962
- Chagall, 1963
- Taboos of the World, 1963
- Rage of the Buccaneers, 1961
- Naked Terror, 1961
- The Pit and the Pendulum, 1961
- Master of the World, 1961
- House of Usher, 1960
- The Tingler, 1959
- Return of the Fly, 1959
- The Bat, 1959
- The Big Circus, 1959
- House On Haunted Hill, 1959
- The Fly, 1958
- The Story of Mankind, 1957
- The Ten Commandments, 1956
- The Vagabond King, 1956
- While the City Sleeps, 1956
- Serenade, 1956
- Story of Colonel Drake, 1955
- Son of Sinbad, 1955
- The Mad Magician, 1954
- Casanova's Big Night, 1954
- Dangerous Mission, 1954
- House of Wax, 1953
- The Las Vegas Story, 1952
- Water, Water Every Hare, 1952
- Pictura - Adventure in Art, 1951
- Adventures of Captian Fabian, 1951
- His Kind of Woman, 1951
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, 1950
- The Baron of Arizona, 1950
- Champagne for Caesar, 1950
- Bagdad, 1949
- The Bribe, 1949
- The Three Musketeers, 1948
- Rogues' Regiment, 1948
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, 1948
- Up In Central Park, 1948
- The Long Night, 1947
- Moss Rose, 1947
- The Web, 1947
- Dragonwyck, 1946
- Shock, 1946
- Leave Her to Heaven, 1945
- A Royal Scandal, 1945
- Keys of the Kingdom, 1944
- Laura, 1944
- Wilson, 1944
- The Eve of St. Mark, 1944
- The Song of Bernadette, 1943
- Hudson's Bay, 1940
- Brigham Young, 1940
- The House of the Seven Gables, 1940
- Green Hell, 1940
- The Invisible Man Returns, 1939
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, 1939
- Tower of London, 1939
- Service De Luxe, 1938
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