Vincent Price

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (27 May 1911 – 25 October 1993) was an iconic American actor. He is best known for his darkly humorous work in horror films. At 6 feet 4 inches, Price was one of the most imposing actors in the genre.
== Biography ==
Price traveled through 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 The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). He abandoned films in the mid-1970s, going on to present cooking programs for television; he wrote A Treasury of Great Recipes (1965) with his second wife, Mary Grant. He had two final roles in The Whales of August (1987) and Edward Scissorhands (1990). He also recorded many Gothic horror short stories for the spoken-word label Caedmon Records. He also delivered the spoken-word monologue for the Michael Jackson song and music video "Thriller".
Price died at age 82 of lung cancer and emphysema.
== Hanna-Barbera Roles ==
* Vincent Van Ghoul in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
* King Herod in the Nativity episode of The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
* One of the heads of King Ulvik in The Little Troll Prince
== External Links ==
* Vincent Price at the Internet Movie Database
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