Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Vincent Price ( May 27 , 1911 â `` October 25 , 1993 ) was an American actor , well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the later part of his career .
Simplified: Vincent Leonard Price , Jr. ( May 27 , 1911 -- October 25 , 1993 ) was an American actor , well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career .