Vincent Leonard Price Jr.
1911 - 1993 (lung cancer and emphysema)
American born St Louis, Missouri
Nickname King of the Grand Guignol, Bink, Merchant of menace . Height 6' 4" (1.93 m) . Actor, writer, and gourmet, born in St Louis, Missouri. He 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 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 - but he had two last 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. Spouse Coral Browne (24 October 1974 - 29 May 1991) (her death), Mary Grant (25 August 1949 - 1973) (divorced) 1 child, Edith Barrett (23 April 1938 - 4 June 1948) (divorced) 1 child.
"Video on Trial" (2006) , "The Critic" (1994) , The Heart of Justice (1993) , The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) , "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1991) , Edward Scissorhands (1990) , Catchfire (1990) , Dead Heat (1988) , The Offspring (1987) , The Whales of August (1987) , Sparky's Magic Piano (1987), The Great Mouse Detective (1986) , Escapes (1986) , The Nativity (1986) , The Little Troll Prince (1985) , "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" (1985) , "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) , Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) , Thriller (1983) , House of the Long Shadows (1983) , "Trapper John, M.D." (1982) , Ruddigore (1982) , Vincent (1982) , Mystery!" (1980) , Freddy the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) , Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' (1980) , The Monster Club (1980) , "Time Express" (1979) , Scavenger Hunt (1979) , The Strange Case of Alice Cooper (1979) , Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979) "The Love Boat" (1978) , Ringo (1978) , Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977) , "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1977) , "The Bionic Woman" (1976) , "Ellery Queen" (1976) , The Butterfly Ball (1976) , Journey Into Fear (1975) , Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) , Percy's Progress (1974) , Madhouse (1974) , Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) , "The Snoop Sisters" (1974) , Columbo: Lovely But Lethal (1973) , Theatre of Blood (1973) , "The Brady Bunch" (1972) , "Night Gallery" (1971) , Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) , The Aries Computer (1972) , An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1972) , What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) , The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) , Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) , "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" (1971) , Cucumber Castle (1970) , "The Mod Squad" (1970) , "Love, American Style" (1970) , Cry of the Banshee (1970) , Scream and Scream Again (1970) , "Get Smart" (1969) , "The Good Guys" (1969) , "Play of the Month" (1969) , The Trouble with Girls (1969) , The Oblong Box (1969) , "Daniel Boone" (1969) , More Dead Than Alive (1968) , Witchfinder General (1968) , Histoires extraordinaires (1968) , "Batman" (1967) , Casa de las mil muñecas, La (1967) , "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1967) , "F Troop" (1967) , The Jackals (1967) , Spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966) , The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965) , Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) , "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1965) , The City Under the Sea (1965) , The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) , The Masque of the Red Death (1964) , The Last Man on Earth (1964) , The Comedy of Terrors (1964) , Twice-Told Tales (1963) , The Haunted Palace (1963) , Beach Party (1963) , Diary of a Madman (1963) , The Raven (1963) , "Pantomime Quiz" (1963) , Tower of London (1962) , Convicts 4 (1962) , Tales of Terror (1962) , Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) , Gordon, il pirata nero (1961) , Nefertiti, regina del Nilo (1961) , Pit and the Pendulum (1961) , Master of the World (1961) , "The Best of the Post" (1961) , "The United States Steel Hour" (1960) , The Three Musketeers (1960) , "The Chevy Mystery Show" (1960) , House of Usher (1960) , "Startime" (1960) , "Adventures in Paradise" (1960) , "Riverboat" (1959) , The Bat (1959) , Return of the Fly (1959) , The Tingler (1959) , The Big Circus (1959) , House on Haunted Hill (1959) , "The Red Skelton Show" (1959) , "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1958) , The Fly (1958) , "Matinee Theatre" (1956) , "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1952) , "General Electric Theater" (1956) , Collector's Item (1958) , "Half Hour to Kill" (1958) , "Playhouse 90" (1956) , "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1957) , The Story of Mankind (1957) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1957) , "Climax!" (1955) , "Shower of Stars" (1957) , "Crossroads" (1955) , The Ten Commandments (1956) , "Science Fiction Theater" (1956) , The Vagabond King (1956) , "The Alcoa Hour" (1956) , "Lux Video Theatre" (1951) , While the City Sleeps (1956) , Serenade (1956) , "TV Reader's Digest" (1955), "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" (1955) , Son of Sinbad (1955) , Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1955) , The Mad Magician (1954) , Casanova's Big Night (1954) , Dangerous Mission (1954) , "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1953) , "Summer Theatre" (1953) , House of Wax (1953) , "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1952) , "Gruen Guild Playhouse" (1952) , "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1952) , "Lights Out" (1952) , The Las Vegas Story (1952) , "Fireside Theatre" (1951) , His Kind of Woman (1951) , Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) , Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) , Champagne for Caesar (1950) , The Baron of Arizona (1950) , Bagdad (1949) , The Bribe (1949) , The Christmas Carol (1949) , The Three Musketeers (1948) , Rogues' Regiment (1948) , Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) , Up in Central Park (1948) , Moss Rose (1947) , The Long Night (1947) , The Web (1947) , Dragonwyck (1946) , Shock (1946) , Leave Her to Heaven (1945) , A Royal Scandal (1945) , The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) , Laura (1944) , Wilson (1944) , The Eve of St. Mark (1944) , The Song of Bernadette (1943) , Hudson's Bay (1941) , Brigham Young (1940) , The House of the Seven Gables (1940) , Green Hell (1940) , The Invisible Man Returns (1940) , Tower of London (1939) , The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) , Service de Luxe (1938)