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Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was an American actor best known for his performances in horror films, although his career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. He was born and raised near St. Louis, Missouri and has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
Birth Name
Vincent Leonard Price Jr.
Born
Saturday, 27 May 1911
Died
Monday, 25 October 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self | 2018 |
| The Green Fog | Gilbert De Quincey | 2018 |
| It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The American International Pictures Story | Self | 2015 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lionel Grisbane | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Anton Phibes, Eramus | 2014 |
| Super Duper Alice Cooper | Self | 2014 |
| I Am Divine | Self | 2013 |
| Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Clock | Self | 2010 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Self / Prince Prospero / Matthew Hopkins | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self | 2018 |
| The Green Fog | Gilbert De Quincey | 2018 |
| It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The American International Pictures Story | Self | 2015 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lionel Grisbane | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Anton Phibes, Eramus | 2014 |
| Super Duper Alice Cooper | Self | 2014 |
| I Am Divine | Self | 2013 |
| Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Clock | Self | 2010 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Self / Prince Prospero / Matthew Hopkins | 2010 |
| Notes on the Port of St. Francis | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2010 |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Self - Host | 2009 |
| Board James | Himself, Self | 2009 |
| Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self | 2007 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Anton Phibes, Dr. Warren Chapin, François Delambre, Prince Prospero / Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen / Roderick Usher / Dr. Erasmus Craven / Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Ernest Valdemar / Nicholas Medina / Verden Fell, Prof. Henry Jarrod, The Invisible Man, The Narrator | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2007 |
| The Hilarious House of Frightenstein | The Narrator | 2006 |
| The Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Himself (voice) / Self | 2006 |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self | 2005 |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Self | 2004 |
| Vincent Price: The Sinister Image | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Pulp Cinema | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2001 |
| A Century of Science Fiction | Self | 2001 |
| Heroes of Horror | Various Roles (Archive Footage) / Self / Prof. Henry Jerrod / Francios Delambre / Dr. Warren Chapin / Dr. Anton Phibes / Edward Lionheart / Propero | 2001 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'The Fly' | 1997 |
| Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II | Rap Performer (segment "Thriller") | 1997 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self, Self - Star, 'House of Wax' | 1996 |
| 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons | Self | 1996 |
| Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory | Rap Performer (segment "Thriller") | 1995 |
| Masters of Fantasy | Himself, Self | 1994 |
| Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes | Himself / Self | 1994 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1994 |
| A Visit with Vincent | Self | 1994 |
| Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs | Mr. Gilbert | 1994 |
| The Thief and the Cobbler | ZigZag / Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice) | 1993 |
| Visiting... with Huell Howser | Self | 1993 |
| The Heart of Justice | Reggie Shaw | 1992 |
| Hooray for Horrorwood | Self | 1991 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Himself / Self | 1991 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame II | Himself / Self - Presenter | 1991 |
| Edward Scissorhands | The Inventor | 1990 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | Himself / Self - Inductee | 1990 |
| Tiny Toon Adventures | Narrator | 1990 |
| Catchfire | Mr. Avoca | 1990 |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Performer | 1989 |
| Step Into the Third Dimension | Himself / Narrator / Self - Host - Narrator | 1989 |
| Dead Heat | Arthur P. Loudermilk | 1988 |
| Monsters & Maniacs | Self | 1988 |
| The Little Troll Prince | King Ulvik #1 | 1987 |
| The Whales of August | Mr. Maranov | 1987 |
| From a Whisper to a Scream | Julian White | 1987 |
| Biography | Mark Cardigan (clip from His King of Woman (1951)), Self | 1987 |
| The Nativity | King Herod (voice) / King Herod | 1987 |
| The Great Mouse Detective | Professor Ratigan (voice) / Professor Ratigan | 1986 |
| Star's Table | Self | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Blacke's Magic | Emeric Valdemar | 1986 |
| Escapes | The Mailman / Host (Hall of Faces) | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Frederick Loren, In clips from the 'House on Haunted Hill' trailer | 1986 |
| The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | King Herod | 1985 |
| The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | Vincent VanGhoul / Vincent Van Ghoul (voice), Vincent VanGhoul | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Self | 1985 |
| Bloodbath at the House of Death | Sinister Man | 1984 |
| The Making of 'Thriller' | Self - 'Rap' Performer | 1983 |
| Michael Jackson's Thriller | Narrator (voice) | 1983 |
| Hansel and Gretel | Host | 1983 |
| House of the Long Shadows | Lionel Grisbane | 1983 |
| Life's Most Embarrassing Moments | Self | 1983 |
| Fun with Mr. Future | Mad Scientist | 1982 |
| Vincent | Narrator | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Narrator, The Magic Mirror | 1982 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Rice / (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Wogan | Himself | 1982 |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1982 |
| Vincent Price's Dracula | Himself - Host / Narrator / Self - Host | 1982 |
| Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook | Carlyle Wentworth | 1981 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self - Co-Host | 1981 |
| Bustin' Loose | Alcoholic Mechanic | 1981 |
| The Monster Club | Eramus | 1981 |
| I Go Pogo | Deacon Mushrat / Deacon Mushrat (voice) | 1980 |
| Days of Fury | Host / Narrator | 1980 |
| Masterpiece Mystery | Himself - Host | 1980 |
| Scavenger Hunt | Milton Parker | 1979 |
| CBS Library | Self - Host | 1979 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Baxter Garwood | 1979 |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self / Himself | 1979 |
| Time Express | Jason Winters | 1979 |
| The Strange Case of Alice Cooper | Nurse Rozetta Introduction / Narrator | 1979 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Blankety Blank | Himself | 1979 |
| Ringo | Dr. Nancy | 1978 |
| America 2-Night | Self - Guest | 1978 |
| The Jim Nabors Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Wendell Mordan - 'The Amazing Alonzo' | 1977 |
| The Butterfly Ball | The Narrator / Narrator | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Self - Intruduction (2nd installment) (1985) | 1977 |
| The Brady Bunch Variety Hour | Vincent Price | 1976 |
| The Captain and Tennille | Self | 1976 |
| The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | 1976 |
| Family Feud | Himself - Celebrity Contestant | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Manfred / Cyrus Carstairs | 1976 |
| Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection | Himself | 1976 |
| Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (Concert Feature) | Spider Voice / Spider (voice) | 1975 |
| Donny and Marie | The Creature of Frankenstein | 1975 |
| Journey Into Fear | Dervos | 1975 |
| Alice Cooper: The Nightmare | The Spirit of the Nightmare | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Director Michael Raynor | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self, Self - Guest | 1974 |
| It's Not the Size That Counts | Stavos Mammonian | 1974 |
| Madhouse | Paul Toombes | 1974 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | Himself / Self | 1974 |
| Mean Streets | Verden Fell | 1973 |
| Baffle | Self | 1973 |
| The Devil's Triangle | Narrator | 1973 |
| Theater of Blood | Edward Lionheart | 1973 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Michael Bastion | 1972 |
| In Concert | Self | 1972 |
| The Midnight Special | Himself | 1972 |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Dr. Anton Phibes | 1972 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest Star | 1972 |
| Mooch | Vincent Price | 1971 |
| What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | William Spevin | 1971 |
| The Jimmy Stewart Show | Vincent Price | 1971 |
| The Pet Set | Himself | 1971 |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Self | 1971 |
| Make Your Own Kind of Music! | Self | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Anton Phibes | 1971 |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail | January Q. Irontail / Irontail (voice) | 1971 |
| Columbo | David Lang | 1971 |
| Stand Up and Cheer | Self | 1971 |
| Cucumber Castle | Wicked Count Voxville | 1970 |
| Cry of the Banshee | Lord Edward Whitman | 1970 |
| The Virginia Graham Show | Self | 1970 |
| Scream and Scream Again | Dr. Browning | 1970 |
| An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe | Narrator | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | John Carnby, Professor (segment "Class of '99") | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Haunted House") | 1969 |
| The Brady Bunch | Professor Hubert Whitehead | 1969 |
| Name Droppers | Self | 1969 |
| The Trouble with Girls | Mr. Morality | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| The Oblong Box | Julian / Sir Julian Markham | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| More Dead Than Alive | Dan Ruffalo | 1969 |
| The Good Guys | Mr. Middleton | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | John Wells / Wentworth | 1968 |
| Here's Lucy | Vincent Price | 1968 |
| Spirits of the Dead | Narrator / Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1968 |
| Witchfinder General | Matthew Hopkins | 1968 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
| House of 1,000 Dolls | Felix Manderville | 1967 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters, Guest - Various Characters, Self | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Eye on Art | Narrator | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Jackals | Oupa Decker | 1967 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1966 |
| Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | General Willis / Dr. Goldfoot | 1966 |
| Your Choice for the Film Awards | Self - Co-Host | 1966 |
| Batman | Egghead | 1966 |
| Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | Dr. Goldfoot | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Dr. Austin Sloper | 1965 |
| Get Smart | Dr. Jarvis Pym | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Himself | 1965 |
| F Troop | Count Sfoza | 1965 |
| City in the Sea | The Captain, Sir Hugh / Sir Hugh | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist, Self - Center Square | 1965 |
| The Tomb of Ligeia | Verden Fell | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Dr. Thaddeus Morton | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Victor Marton | 1964 |
| Chagall | Narrator / Narrator (English version) | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Professor Multiple | 1964 |
| The Masque of the Red Death | Prince Prospero | 1964 |
| The Last Man on Earth | Dr. Robert Morgan | 1964 |
| The Comedy of Terrors | Waldo Trumbull | 1964 |
| Twice-Told Tales | Gerald Pyncheon / Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Waldo Trumbull | 1963 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Art Collector and Critic / The snotty Maitre'd, Dr. Frankenstein, Gangster, The Dentist / The Prime Minister | 1963 |
| The Haunted Palace | Joseph Curwen / Charles Dexter Ward | 1963 |
| Beach Party | Big Daddy | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Himself, Self | 1963 |
| Diary of a Madman | Magistrate Simon Cordier / Simon Cordier | 1963 |
| The Raven | Dr. Erasmus Craven | 1963 |
| Tower of London | Richard of Gloucester | 1962 |
| Exploring | Narrator | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself, Himself - Guest, Himself - Guest Host | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
| Convicts 4 | Carl Carmer | 1962 |
| Tales of Terror | Ernest Valdemar / Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator | 1962 |
| Confessions of an Opium Eater | Gilbert De Quincey | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Actor, Self | 1962 |
| Rage of the Buccaneers | Romero | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Co-Host, Himself, Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Queen of the Nile | Benakon | 1961 |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Sebastian Medina / Nicholas Medina | 1961 |
| Naked Terror | Narrator | 1961 |
| Master of the World | Robur / Captain Robur | 1961 |
| The Best of the Post | Roger Bauer | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Moment of Fear | Dr. Marius Lindsay | 1960 |
| House of Usher | Roderick Usher | 1960 |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | Host, Self - Host / Host, Michael Seemes / Host, Self - Guest Host / Host | 1960 |
| Startime | Self, Sir Bors | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Armand Duchette | 1959 |
| Riverboat | 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 |
| About Faces | Self | 1959 |
| House on Haunted Hill | Frederick Loren | 1959 |
| The Fly | François Delambre | 1958 |
| E.S.P. | Self - Host, Himself - Host / Self - Host, Himself - Host | 1958 |
| The Story of Mankind | Mr. Scratch - The Devil / Mr. Scratch / The Devil | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Charles Matthews / Othello | 1957 |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | Himself | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Ten Commandments | Baka | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Alex, Clark Simmons, Jesse White, Self - Host | 1956 |
| Washington Square | Self | 1956 |
| The Vagabond King | Narrator | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1951 |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self - Musician | 1956 |
| While the City Sleeps | Walter Kyne | 1956 |
| Serenade | Charles Winthrop | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Paul Mallen | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Alvanley | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Rabbi Gershom Seixas, Rev. Robert Russell, Reverend Alfred W. Price | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Charles Courtney | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Howard Keith Howard | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self - Filmed tribute, Self | 1955 |
| Son of Sinbad | Omar / Omar Khayyam | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Dr. Philip Redmond, Police Sgt. Gary Williams | 1955 |
| The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | Vincent Price / Rodney van Such | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Rev. John Hayes | 1955 |
| Climax! | Gideon Rone, Dr. Farrin, Casey Lodge | 1954 |
| The George Gobel Show | Himself, The Doctor | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Quiz Show Candidate Vincent Price / Mr. Fitzgerald in Courtroom Skit, Self - Surpise Visitor, Self | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Dr. Marius Lindsay | 1954 |
| The Mad Magician | Gallico the Great / Don Gallico | 1954 |
| Casanova's Big Night | Casanova | 1954 |
| Dangerous Mission | Paul Adams | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The Philip Morris Playhouse | Dr. Martinson | 1953 |
| House of Wax | Prof. Henry Jarrod | 1953 |
| The Plymouth Playhouse | Cooper Fielding | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Vince Meagher, Philosophical Peddler Beauregard Archibald, Death | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self - actor / art expert / member of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the Department of the Interior | 1950 |
| The Las Vegas Story | Lloyd Rollins | 1952 |
| Chesterfield Presents | Count Victor Lustig | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | An Artist, Baron Laval aka Aristide Pujol, Narrator / Wendell Bensen, Swede | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Black Bart / Beige Bart, Carlyle Wentworth, Clarence Narrow - Deadeye's Atty Brother, Claude Casserole, Clem's Greedy Relative, Dr. Crookshank (Fagan Parody), Dr. Flygrabber, Fashion Designer Monsieur Pierre, Gilbert, Himself, Mad Scientist, Maxwell the Magician, Mr. Gould, Muggsy, Professor Super-Dope, Self - Musician, Sigmund Fraud, Thomas - Cavendish Butler, Vincent Price, Warren Glenhall | 1951 |
| Gruen Guild Theater | Rodney Ames | 1951 |
| His Kind of Woman | Mark Cardigan | 1951 |
| Pictura | Narrator: Hieronymous Bosch episode (voice) / Narrator: Hieronymous Bosch episode | 1951 |
| Adventures of Captain Fabian | George Brissac | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Panelist Vincent Price, Self, Vincent Price | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Duke de Chartles | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Christoff, Dr. Austin Sloper, Herbert, Joseph Bentley | 1950 |
| The New Truth and Consequences | Himself | 1950 |
| Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Tracy Holland | 1950 |
| Champagne for Caesar | Burnbridge Waters | 1950 |
| The Baron of Arizona | James Addison Reavis 'The Baron' / James Addison Reavis | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Panelist, Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Peter Hammond | 1950 |
| The Christmas Carol | Narrator | 1949 |
| Bagdad | Pasha Ali Nadim | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | (unconfirmed) | 1949 |
| The Bribe | Carwood | 1949 |
| The Three Musketeers | Richelieu | 1948 |
| Rogues' Regiment | Mark Van Ratten | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Himself - Audience Bow, Himself, Self - Cameo | 1948 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Invisible Man / The Invisible Man (voice) | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1948 |
| Up in Central Park | Boss Tweed / William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed | 1948 |
| Forever Amber | Lord Harry Almsbury | 1947 |
| Moss Rose | Police Inspector R. Clinner / Inspector Clinner | 1947 |
| The Long Night | Maximilian the Great | 1947 |
| The Web | Andrew Colby | 1947 |
| Dragonwyck | Nicholas Van Ryn | 1946 |
| Shock | Dr. Richard Cross | 1946 |
| Leave Her to Heaven | Russell Quinton | 1945 |
| A Royal Scandal | Marquis de Fleury | 1945 |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | Angus Mealey | 1944 |
| Laura | Shelby Carpenter | 1944 |
| Wilson | William Gibbs McAdoo / William G. McAdoo | 1944 |
| The Eve of St. Mark | Pvt. Francis Marion / Francis Marion | 1944 |
| The Song of Bernadette | Prosecutor Vital Dutour | 1943 |
| 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 | 1940 |
| Tower of London | Duke of Clarence | 1939 |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Sir Walter Raleigh | 1939 |
| Service de Luxe | Robert Wade | 1938 |
