Born: May 27, 1911 – Died: October 25, 1993
Vincent Price, synonymous with the macabre and the eloquent, was a cultural icon whose presence loomed large over the American horror genre. He arrived in St. Louis, Missouri, into the embrace of Marguerite Cobb Wilcox and Vincent Leonard Price, a candy company president with a flair for the sweet life. Among his kin was his namesake grandfather, the culinary innovator behind Dr. Price's Baking Powder. With roots in comfort but not extravagance, Vincent's upbringing struck a balance that befit the genteel yet striking figure he'd become.
Early Life and Career
Young Vincent's intellect and artistic leanings were evident early on. The European cultural panorama played backdrop to his education before he settled into the scholarly life at Yale, graduating with a B.A. in English. Further honing his intellect, he studied art history at the esteemed Courtauld Institute in London. His acting genesis occurred on stage at London's Gate Theatre, where he embodied Prince Albert at just 23, transitioning the role to Broadway's bright lights the same year.
Vincent's Broadway debut, playing Prince Albert in "Victoria Regina" in 1935, marked the beginning of his ascent in the performing arts. However, it was the lead role in "House of Usher" (1960) that entrenched his status in cinematic horror. Accolades were a part of Vincent's journey, but none so prominent as his reputation as a master of the Gothic genre.
His personal narrative included marriage and the embrace of parenthood. Price was known not only for his artistic talents but also for his gourmet skills and an affinity for art collection. Controversies were sparse, as his career largely overshadowed personal scandal. His philanthropic efforts, particularly in the arts, mirrored his passion for culture.
Vincent Price's legacy in Hollywood is that of a velvet-voiced virtuoso whose performances transcended mere entertainment, embodying the spirit of Gothic horror. His enigmatic presence on screen and stage remains unparalleled, a testament to his distinction as a cinematic and cultural icon.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Synthwave Horror: House on Haunted Hill | Fredrick Loren |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | ZigZag (voice) |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice (TV Movie) | Reggie Shaw |
| 1991 | Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | The Inventor |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Lino Avoca |
| 1988 | Ghost Ship (TV Movie) | Narrator (English version, voice) |
| 1988 | Dead Heat | Arthur P. Loudermilk |
| 1987 | The Little Troll Prince (TV Movie) | King Ulvik #1 (voice) |
| 1987 | The Nativity | Video | King Herod (voice) |
| 1987 | Sparky's Magic Piano | Video | Henry (voice) |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Mr. Maranov |
| 1987 | From a Whisper to a Scream | Julian White |
| 1987 | Read, Write and Draw (TV Series) | Dr. Vincent Price - Host |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Professor Ratigan (voice) |
| 1986 | Escapes (TV Movie) | The Mailman | Host (Hall of Faces) |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic (TV Series) | Emeric Valdemar |
| 1986 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series) | King Herod (voice) |
| 1985 | Simon & Schuster Communications | Video | Narrator |
| 1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (TV Series) | Vincent VanGhoul (voice) |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) | Narrator | The Magic Mirror |
| 1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | Sinister Man |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson: Thriller (Music Video) | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
| 1983 | Ruddigore (TV Movie) | Sir Despard Murgatroyd |
| 1983 | Hansel and Gretel (TV Movie) | Host |
| 1983 | *House of the Long Shadows* | Lionel Grisbane |
| 1982 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) | Baxter Garwood |
| 1982 | Fun with Mr. Future (Short) | Mad Scientist |
| 1982 | Vincent (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Standing Room Only (TV Series) | Professor Humperdo |
| 1981 | Chris and the Magical Drip (TV Movie) | (rumored) |
| 1981 | *Bustin' Loose* | Alcoholic Mechanic (scenes deleted) |
| 1981 | The Monster Club | Eramus (Segment "The Monster Club") |
| 1980 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | I Go Pogo | Deacon Mushrat (voice) |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Milton Parker |
| 1979 | The Strange Case of Alice Cooper (TV Movie) | Nurse Rozetta Introduction | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Time Express (TV Series) | Jason Winters |
| 1978 | The Love Boat (TV Series) | Wendell Mordan - 'The Amazing Alonzo' |
| 1978 | Ringo (TV Movie) | Dr. Nancy |
| 1977 | Légendes du Québec (Short) | Narrator (English version, voice) |
| 1977 | Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me | TV Special | Silent Movie Villain |
| 1977 | The Butterfly Ball | Narrator |
| 1977 | The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV Series) | Vincent Price |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) | Manfred | Cyrus Carstairs |
| 1976 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) | Director Michael Raynor |
| 1976 | Donny and Marie (TV Series) | The Creature of Frankenstein (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (Concert Feature) | Spider Voice (voice) |
| 1975 | Journey Into Fear | Dervos |
| 1975 | Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (TV Movie) | The Spirit of the Nightmare |
| 1975 | Consumer Survival Kit (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1974 | Mooch (TV Movie) | Vincent Price |
| 1974 | It's Not the Size That Counts | Stavos Mammonian |
| 1974 | Madhouse | Paul Toombes |
| 1974 | The Snoop Sisters (TV Series) | Michael Bastion |
| 1971–1974 | The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (TV Series) | The Narrator |
| 1974 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) | Guest - Various Characters |
| 1973 | Columbo (TV Series) | David Lang |
| 1973 | Theater of Blood | Edward Lionheart |
| 1972 | The Brady Bunch (TV Series) | Professor Hubert Whitehead |
| 1971–1972 | Night Gallery (TV Series) | John Carnby | Professor (segment "Class of '99") |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Dr. Anton Phibes |
| 1972 | The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) | Vincent Price |
| 1971 | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (TV Movie) | William Spevin |
| 1968–1971 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) | Guest Performer |
| 1971 | Curiosity Shop (TV Series) | Master of Scaremontes |
| 1971 | Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (TV Series) | (1972) |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Anton Phibes |
| 1971 | The Devil's Triangle | Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail (TV Movie) | January Q. Irontail (voice) |
| 1970 | Cucumber Castle (TV Movie) | Wicked Count Voxville |
| 1970 | Mod Squad (TV Series) | John Wells | Wentworth |
| 1970 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) | Vincent Price |
| 1970 | Love, American Style (TV Series) | (segment "Love and the Haunted House") |
| 1970 | Cry of the Banshee | Lord Edward Whitman |
| 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Dr. Browning |
| 1970 | An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe | Narrator |
| 1969 | Get Smart (TV Series) | Jarvis Pym |
| 1969 | World Wide Adventures: Annabel Lee (Short) | Narrator (voice, as Mr. Vincent Price) |
| 1969 | The Good Guys (TV Series) | Mr. Middleton |
| 1969 | BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) | Dr. Austin Sloper |
| 1969 | The Oblong Box | Sir Julian Markham |
| 1969 | The Trouble with Girls | Mr. Morality |
| 1969 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) | Dr. Thaddeus Morton |
| 1969 | More Dead Than Alive | Dan Ruffalo |
| 1956–1968 | The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) | Dr. Nelson Jr. | Dr. Flygrabber | Professor Super-Dope ... |
| 1968 | Spirits of the Dead | Narrator (English version, voice, uncredited) |
| 1968 | Witchfinder General | Matthew Hopkins |
| 1966–1967 | Batman (TV Series) | Egghead |
| 1967 | The Jackals | Oupa Decker |
| 1967 | House of 1,000 Dolls | Felix Manderville |
| 1967 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) | Professor Multiple |
| 1967 | F Troop (TV Series) | Count Sforza |
| 1966 | Clown Alley (TV Movie) | The Skin Diver | Sharpshooter | Working Man |
| 1966 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Dr. Goldfoot | General Willis |
| 1964–1966 | The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) | Gangster | Dr. Frankenstein | The Dentist ... |
| 1965 | The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (TV Movie) | Dr. Goldfoot |
| 1965 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | Dr. Goldfoot |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) | Victor Marton |
| 1965 | City in the Sea | The Captain, Sir Hugh |
| 1953–1965 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) | Panelist Vincent Price | Vincent Price |
| 1964 | Tombstone's Historama (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | The Tomb of Ligeia | Verden Fell |
| 1964 | The Masque of the Red Death | Prince Prospero |
| 1964 | The Last Man on Earth | Dr. Robert Morgan |
| 1963 | The Comedy of Terrors | Waldo Trumbull |
| 1963 | Twice-Told Tales | Alex Medbourne | Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini | Gerald Pyncheon |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | Charles Dexter Ward | Joseph Curwen |
| 1963 | Beach Party | Big Daddy |
| 1963 | Diary of a Madman | Magistrate Simon Cordier |
| 1963 | The Raven | Dr. Erasmus Craven |
| 1962 | Tower of London | Richard of Gloucester |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 | Carl Carmer |
| 1962 | Tales of Terror | Locke | Fortunato Luchresi | Ernest Valdemar |
| 1962 | Confessions of an Opium Eater | Gilbert De Quincey |
| 1961 | Famous Ghost Stories (TV Movie) | Narrator |
| 1961 | Rage of the Buccaneers | Romero |
| 1961 | Queen of the Nile | Benakon |
| 1961 | The Pit and the Pendulum | Nicholas Medina | Sebastian Medina |
| 1961 | Master of the World | Robur |
| 1961 | The Best of the Post (TV Series) | Roger Bauer |
| 1960 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) | S. Carrington Keller |
| 1960 | Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV Movie) | Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1960 | Expedition! (TV Series) | Narrator |
| 1960 | Campy's Corner (TV Series) | Roger Bauer |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show (TV Series) | Michael Seemes |
| 1960 | House of Usher | Roderick Usher |
| 1960 | Startime (TV Series) | Sir Bors |
| 1960 | The George Gobel Show (TV Series) | The Doctor |
| 1960 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) | Armand Duchette |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) | Otto Justin |
| 1959 | The Bat | Dr. Malcolm Wells |
| 1959 | The Tingler | Dr. Warren Chapin |
| 1959 | Return of the Fly | Francois Delambre |
| 1959 | The Big Circus | Hans Hagenfeld |
| 1959 | House on Haunted Hill | Frederick Loren |
| 1958 | Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) | Charles Matthews | Othello |
| 1958 | The Fly | François Delambre |
| 1956–1958 | Matinee Theatre (TV Series) | Paul Mallen |
| 1952–1958 | Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) | Baron Laval aka Aristide Pujol | An Artist | Swede ... |
| 1956–1958 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) | Philosophical Peddler Beauregard Archibald | Vince Meagher | Death |
| 1957 | Chesscetera (Short) | Narrator |
| 1957 | Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David (TV Movie) | Mr. Prentiss (as Mr. Vincent Price) |
| 1956–1957 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) | Jesse White | Alex | Clark Simmons |
| 1957 | Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (TV Series) | Howard Keith Howard |
| 1957 | Studio 57 (TV Series) | Dr. Marius Lindsay |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Mr. Scratch |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) | Charles Courtney |
| 1955–1957 | Climax! (TV Series) | Dr. Farrin | Casey Lodge | Gideon Rone |
| 1957 | Shower of Stars (TV Series) | Quiz Show Candidate Vincent Price | Mr. Fitzgerald in Courtroom Skit |
| 1955–1956 | Crossroads (TV Series) | Reverend Alfred W. Price | Rabbi Gershom Seixas | Rev. Robert Russell |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Baka |
| 1956 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) | Police Sgt. Gary Williams | Dr. Philip Redmond |
| 1956 | The Vagabond King | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour (TV Series) | Alvanley |
| 1951–1956 | Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) | Joseph Bentley | Dr. Austin Sloper | Christoff ... |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Walter Kyne |
| 1956 | Serenade | Charles Winthrop |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) | Rev. John Hayes |
| 1955 | The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV Series) | Vincent Price | Rodney van Such |
| 1955 | Son of Sinbad | Omar Khayyam |
| 1954 | The Orange Coast College Story (Short) | Narrator |
| 1954 | The Mad Magician | Don Gallico | Gallico the Great |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Casanova (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (Short) | Colonel Edwin L. Drake |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | Paul Adams |
| 1953 | The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series) | Dr. Martinson |
| 1953 | The Plymouth Playhouse (TV Series) | Cooper Fielding |
| 1953 | Summer Theatre (TV Series) | Cooper Fielding |
| 1953 | House of Wax | Prof. Henry Jarrod |
| 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) | Peter Hammond |
| 1952 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) | Rodney Ames |
| 1952 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) | Duke de Chartles |
| 1952 | Chesterfield Presents (TV Series) | Count Victor Lustig |
| 1952 | Lights Out (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Lloyd Rollins |
| 1951 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) | (unconfirmed) |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Mark Cardigan |
| 1951 | Adventures of Captain Fabian | George Brissac |
| 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Tracy Holland |
| 1950 | Champagne for Caesar | Burnbridge Waters |
| 1950 | The Baron of Arizona | James Addison Reavis 'The Baron' |
| 1949 | The Christmas Carol (TV Movie) | Narrator |
| 1949 | Bagdad | Pasha Ali Nadim |
| 1949 | The Croupier (TV Mini Series) | The Croupier |
| 1949 | The Bribe | Carwood |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | Richelieu |
| 1948 | Rogues' Regiment | Mark Van Ratten |
| 1948 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Invisible Man (voice, uncredited) |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park | William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | Lord Harry Almsbury (scenes deleted) |
| 1947 | Moss Rose | Police Inspector R. Clinner |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Maximilian the Great |
| 1947 | The Web | Andrew Colby |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Nicholas Van Ryn |
| 1946 | Shock | Dr. Richard Cross |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Russell Quinton |
| 1945 | A Royal Scandal | Marquis de Fleury |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Angus Mealey |
| 1944 | Laura | Shelby Carpenter |
| 1944 | Wilson | William G. McAdoo |
| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark | Pvt. Francis Marion |
| 1943 | The Song of Bernadette | Prosecutor Vital Dutour |
| 1940 | Hudson's Bay | King Charles II |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Joseph Smith |
| 1940 | The House of the Seven Gables | Clifford Pyncheon |
| 1940 | Green Hell | David Richardson |
| 1940 | The Invisible Man Returns | Geoffrey Radcliffe |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Duke of Clarence |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1938 | Service de Luxe | Robert Wade |