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Vincent
Price
Birthname: Vincent Leonard Price Jr.
Born 27 May, 1911
St. Louis, Missouri
USA
Time of Death: 25 October 1993 |
Vincent Price had his on-screen debut in 1938 with
the comedy "Service de Luxe"
after having done some theatre work for a few years. Price has starred
in many different kinds of films, but is most known for his horror
movies. Early on he starred in horror movies like "Tower
of London" (1939) (also starring Basil Rathbone and
Boris Karloff), and "The Invisible Man
Returns" (1940), but it wasn't until about 15 years
later that he really got a "horror star" status with the
movie "House
of Wax" (1953). In the late 50's he did lots of horror,
like "The Fly"
(1958), "House
on Haunted Hill" (1959), "Tingler,
The" (1959), "Return
of the Fly" (1959) and "The
Bat" (1959). In the 60's, he's most known for his Poe adaptations
directed by Roger Corman, like "House
of Usher" (1960), "Pit
and the Pendulum" (1961), "Tales
of Terror " (1962) and "Masque
of the Red Death" (1964). In the 70's he continued doing
several Poe adaptations, in addition to horror classic "The
Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971). During his career, he
often starred alongside other horror stars, like Peter Lorre, Boris
Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Because his voice was
nearly as famous as his face, he did several narrator roles and
voices, even for Disney in the 80's and early 90's. In 1990 he got
a role in Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands".
Vincent Price died three years later in Los Angeles of lung cancer.
My oppinion
Vincent Price is one of my favourite horror actors. Any movie, no
matter how bad, is always watchable as long as Vincent stars in
it. There's no doubt that he had a real talent for acting. His voice,
facial expressions, and general looks and figure, all fits perfectly
for a horror character. Especially his performance in "The
Last Man on Earth" was great in my opinion, as he's
on-screen almost the entire time of the movie, but it never becomes
dull. Also the movies he's done with Roger Corman are very enjoyable.
Vincent Price never got the attention he deserved as an actor, because
he mostly starred within the horror genre, which has never really
had a good "reputation", which is a shame, but for fans
of the genre, he'll always be remembered as one of the greatest
of all time!
R.I.P. Vincent Price!
Filmography
Vincent Price has acted in more then 100 movies,
so I'll list only his horror movies with a few exceptions.
For Vincent Price's full filmography, visit IMDB.
| Nr |
Year |
Title
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Screenshots |
Link |
| 1 |
1939 |
Tower of London
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IMDB |
| 2 |
1940 |
Invisible Man Returns, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 3 |
1940 |
Brigham Young - Frontiersman
(Western)
|
|
IMDB |
| 4 |
1946 |
Shock
|
|
IMDB |
| 5 |
1948 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
(Voice)
aka Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
aka Brain of Frankenstein, The
aka Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts
|
|
IMDB |
| 6 |
1950 |
Baron of Arizona, The (Western)
|
|
IMDB |
| 7 |
1950 |
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(Western)
aka Take the Stage
|
|
IMDB |
| 8 |
1953 |
House of Wax
|
|
IMDB |
| 9 |
1954 |
Mad Magician, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 10 |
1956 |
Ten Commandments, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 11 |
1958 |
The Fly
|
Screenshots |
IMDB |
| 12 |
1959 |
House
on Haunted Hill
|
Screenshots |
IMDB |
| 13 |
1959 |
Tingler, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 14 |
1959 |
Return
of the Fly
|
Screenshots |
IMDB |
| 15 |
1959 |
The Bat
|
|
IMDB |
| 16 |
1960 |
House of Usher
aka Fall of the House of Usher, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 17 |
1961 |
Master of the World (Sci-Fi/Adventure)
|
|
IMDB |
| 18 |
1961 |
Pit
and the Pendulum
aka Pit and the Pendulum, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 19 |
1962 |
Tales
of Terror
aka Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror
aka Poe's Tales of Terror
|
|
IMDB |
| 20 |
1962 |
Tower of London
|
|
IMDB |
| 21 |
1963 |
Raven, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 22 |
1963 |
Diary of a Madman
|
|
IMDB |
| 23 |
1963 |
Haunted Palace, The
aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace
aka Haunted Village, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 24 |
1963 |
Twice-Told Tales
aka Corpse-Makers, The
aka Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales
aka Nights of Terror
|
|
IMDB |
| 25 |
1964 |
Comedy of Terrors, The
aka Graveside Story, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 26 |
1964 |
Last
Man on Earth, The
aka Ultimo uomo della Terra, L'
aka aka Naked Terror
aka Night Creatures, The
aka Night People
aka Wind of Death
|
Screenshots |
IMDB |
| 27 |
1964 |
Masque of the Red Death, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 28 |
1965 |
Tomb of Ligeia, The
aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia
aka Last Tomb of Ligeia
aka Ligeia
aka Tomb of the Cat
|
|
IMDB |
| 29 |
1965 |
City Under the Sea (Sci-Fi/Adventure)
aka City in the Sea
aka War-Gods of the Deep
|
|
IMDB |
| 30 |
1965 |
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
(Comedy)
aka Dr. G and the Bikini Machine
|
Screenshots |
IMDB |
| 31 |
1965 |
Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot,
The (Comedy)
|
|
IMDB |
| 32 |
1966 |
Dr. Goldfoot and the 'S' Bombs
(Comedy)
aka Spie vengono dal semifreddo
aka Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
aka Dr. Goldfoot and the Love Bomb
aka Dr. Goldfoot and the Sex Bombs
aka Spies Come from Half-Cold
aka Spy Came from the Semi-Cold, The
aka Two Mafia Guys from the FBI
|
|
IMDB |
| 33 |
1967 |
House of 1,000 Dolls (Drama/Thriller)
aka Casa de las mil muñecas, La
aka House of a Thousand Dolls
aka House of a Thousand Pleasures
|
|
IMDB |
| 34 |
1967 |
Jackals, The (Western)
|
|
IMDB |
| 35 |
1968 |
Spirits of the Dead (Narrator)
Tales of Mystery
aka Tales of Mystery and Imagination
|
|
IMDB |
| 36 |
1968 |
Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
aka Conqueror Worm, The
aka Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm
aka Witchfinder-General
|
|
IMDB |
| 37 |
1969 |
More Dead Than Alive (Western)
|
|
IMDB |
| 38 |
1969 |
Oblong Box,
The
aka Dance, Mephisto
aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box
|
|
IMDB |
| 39 |
1969 |
Trouble with Girls, The (Comedy/Drama)
aka Chautauqua, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 40 |
1969 |
Scream
and Scream Again
aka Screamer
|
|
IMDB |
| 41 |
1970 |
Cry of the Banshee
|
|
IMDB |
| 42 |
1971 |
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The
aka Curse of Dr. Phibes, The
aka Dr. Phibes
|
|
IMDB |
| 43 |
1972 |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
|
|
IMDB |
| 44 |
1972 |
Evening of Edgar Allan Poe, An
(Narrator)
|
|
IMDB |
| 45 |
1972 |
Aries Computer, The (Sci-Fi)
|
|
IMDB |
| 46 |
1973 |
Theatre of Blood
aka Much Ado About Murder
aka Theater of Blood
|
|
IMDB |
| 47 |
1974 |
Madhouse
aka Deathday
aka Madhouse of Dr. Fear, The
aka Revenge of Dr. Death, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 48 |
1975 |
Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
(TV)
aka Nightmare, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 49 |
1979 |
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
(Host, TV)
aka Once Upon a Midnight Dreary
aka Vincent Price's Once Upon a Midnight Scary
|
|
IMDB |
| 50 |
1980 |
Monster Club, The
|
|
IMDB |
| 51 |
1982 |
Vincent (Narrator)
|
|
IMDB |
| 52 |
1983 |
House of the Long Shadows
aka House of Long Shadows
|
|
IMDB |
| 53 |
1983 |
Thriller (Voice, Music)
aka Michael Jackson's Thriller
|
|
IMDB |
| 54 |
1984 |
Bloodbath at the House of Death
|
|
IMDB |
| 55 |
1986 |
Escapes (Host, TV)
|
|
IMDB |
| 56 |
1987 |
Offspring, The
aka From a Whisper to a Scream
|
|
IMDB |
| 57 |
1988 |
Dead Heat
|
|
IMDB |
| 58 |
1990 |
Edward Scissorhands (Drama/Fantasy)
|
|
IMDB |
| 59 |
1990 |
Catchfire (Drama/Thriller/Action)
aka Backtrack
aka Do It the Hard Way
|
|
IMDB |
Other Vincent Price resources:
IMDB
- (Biograpy, Filmography, ++)
Sources
IMDB
Vlads Vault
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