Vincent Price

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". 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. He was cremated and his ashes scattered off Point Dume in Malibu, California.

Movies
YearMovieRoleDirectorNotes1938Service de LuxeRobert WadeRowland V. Lee 1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and EssexSir Walter RaleighMichael CurtizTower of LondonDuke of ClarenceRowland V. Lee1940The Invisible Man ReturnsGeoffrey Radcliffe Joe MayGreen HellDavid RichardsonJames WhaleThe House of the Seven GablesClifford PyncheonJoe MayBrigham YoungJoseph SmithHenry Hathaway1941Hudson's BayKing Charles IIIrving Pichel1943The Song of BernadetteProsecutor Vital DutourHenry King1944The Eve of St. MarkPvt. Francis MarionJohn M. StahlWilsonWilliam Gibbs McAdooHenry KingLauraShelby CarpenterOtto PremingerThe Keys of the KingdomAngus MealeyJohn M. Stahl1945A Royal ScandalMarquis de FleuryErnst LubitschOtto PremingerLeave Her to HeavenRussell QuintonJohn M. Stahl1946ShockDr. Richard CrossAlfred L. WerkerDragonwyckNicholas Van RynJoseph L. Mankiewicz1947The WebAndrew ColbyMichael GordonThe Long NightMaximilianAnatole LitvakMoss RosePolice Inspector R. ClinnerGregory Ratoff1948Up in Central ParkBoss TweedWilliam A. SeiterAbbott and Costello Meet FrankensteinThe Invisible ManCharles BartonVoiceUncreditedRogues' RegimentMark Van RattenRobert FloreyThe Three MusketeersRichelieuGeorge Sidney1949The BribeCarwoodRobert Z. LeonardBagdadPasha Ali NadimCharles Lamont1950The Baron of ArizonaJames ReavisSamuel FullerChampagne for CaesarBurnbridge WatersRichard WhorfCurtain Call at Cactus CreekTracy HollandCharles Lamont1951Adventures of Captain FabianGeorge BrissacWilliam MarshallHis Kind of WomanMark CardiganJohn FarrowPictura: An Adventure in ArtNarratorVarious1952The Las Vegas StoryLloyd RollinsRobert Stevenson1953House of WaxProfessor Henry JarrodAndre DeToth1954Dangerous MissionPaul AdamsLouis KingBorn in Freedom: The Story of Colonel DrakeColonel Edwin L. DrakeArthur PiersonCasanova's Big NightCasanovaNorman Z. McLeodUncreditedThe Mad MagicianDon GallicoJohn Brahm1955Son of SinbadOmar KhayyamTed Tetzlaff1956SerenadeCharles WinthropAnthony MannWhile the City SleepsWalter KyneFritz LangThe Vagabond KingNarratorMichael CurtizVoiceUncreditedThe Ten CommandmentsBakaCecil B. DeMille1957The Story of MankindThe DevilIrwin Allen1958The FlyFrançois DelambreKurt Neumann1959House on Haunted HillFrederick LorenWilliam CastleReturn of the FlyFrancois DelambreEdward BerndsThe Big CircusHans HagenfeldJoseph M. NewmanThe TinglerDr. Warren ChapinWilliam CastleThe BatDr. Malcolm WellsCrane Wilbur1960House of UsherRoderick UsherRoger Corman1961Master of the WorldRoburWilliam WitneyPit and the PendulumNicholas MedinaSebastian Medina Roger CormanNefertiti, Queen of the NileBenakonFernando CerchioRage of the BuccaneersRomero Mario Costa1962Confessions of an Opium EaterGilbert De Quincey Albert ZugsmithTales of TerrorLockeFortunato LuchresiErnest Valdemar Roger CormanConvicts 4Carl Carmer Millard KaufmanTower of LondonRichard of GloucesterRoger Corman1963The RavenDr. Erasmus Craven Roger CormanDiary of a MadmanMagistrate Simon CordierReginald Le BorgBeach PartyBig DaddyWilliam AsherThe Haunted PalaceJoseph CurwenCharles Dexter WardRoger CormanTwice-Told TalesAlex MedbourneGiacomo RappacciniGerald Pyncheon Sidney Salkow1964The Comedy of TerrorsWaldo Trumbull Jacques TourneurThe Last Man on EarthDr. Robert MorganUbaldo RagonaThe Masque of the Red DeathPrince ProsperoRoger Corman1965The Tomb of LigeiaVerden Fell Roger CormanWar-Gods of the DeepSir Hugh, The Captain Jacques TourneurDr. Goldfoot and the Bikini MachineDr. GoldfootNorman Taurog1966Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl BombsDr. GoldfootGeneral WillisMario Bava1967The House of 1,000 DollsFelix MandervilleJeremy SummersThe JackalsOupa DeckerRobert D. Webb1968Witchfinder General (U.S. title Conqueror Worm)Matthew HopkinsMichael ReevesSpirits of the DeadNarratorFederico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger VadimEnglish versionUncredited1969More Dead Than AliveDan RuffaloRobert SparrThe Trouble with GirlsMr. MoralityPeter TewksburyThe Oblong BoxSir Julian Markham Gordon Hessler1970Scream and Scream AgainDr. BrowningGordon HesslerAn Evening of Edgar Allan PoeNarratorKenneth JohnsonCry of the Banshee Lord Edward WhitmanGordon HesslerCucumber CastleWicked Count Voxville Hugh Gladwish1971Here Comes Peter CottontailJanuary Q. IrontailJules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.VoiceThe Abominable Dr. PhibesDr. Anton PhibesRobert FuestMooch Goes to HollywoodHimselfRichard ErdmanWhat's a Nice Girl Like You...?William SpevinJerry Paris1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainDr. Anton PhibesRobert Fuest1973Theatre of BloodEdward Lionheart Douglas Hickox1974MadhousePaul ToombesJim ClarkPercy's ProgressStavos MammonianRalph Thomas1975Journey Into FearDervosDaniel MannWelcome to My NightmareThe CuratorDavid WintersVoice1976The Butterfly BallNarratorTony KlingerVoice1979Scavenger HuntMilton ParkerMichael Schultz1980Pogo for President: 'I Go PogoThe DeaconMarc Paul ChinoyVoice1981The Monster ClubEramusRoy Ward BakerFreddie the Freeloader's Christmas DinnerProfessor HumperdoJohn Trent1982VincentNarratorTim BurtonVoiceFun with Mr. FutureMad ScientistDarrell Van CittersVoice1983House of the Long ShadowsLionel GrisbanePete WalkerMichael Jackson's ThrillerNarratorJohn LandisVoice1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathSinister ManRay Cameron1985The Little Troll PrinceUlvik #1Ray PattersonVoiceThe Black CauldronHorned King's GuardsRichard RichTed BermanVoice1986The Great Mouse DetectiveProfessor RatiganBurny Mattinson, Ron Clements,David Michener,John MuskerVoiceEscapesHost / The MailmanDavid SteenslandTelevision movie1987The NativityKing HerodDon LuskVoiceFrom a Whisper to a ScreamJulian WhiteJeff BurrThe Whales of AugustMr. MaranovLindsay AndersonSparky's Magic PianoHenry, Sparky's fatherLee MishkinVoice1988Dead HeatArthur P. LoudermilkMark Goldblatt1990CatchfireMr. Avoca Dennis HopperEdward ScissorhandsThe Inventor Tim Burton1992The Heart of Justice Reggie ShawBruno BarretoTelevision movie1995The Thief and the CobblerZig-Zag the Grand VizierRichard Williams Voice

References

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