Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films. His career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and in over one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television.
Price was an art collector and consultant, with a degree in art history. He lectured and wrote books on the subject. He was the founder of the Vincent Price Art Museum in California. He was also a noted gourmet cook.
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Known For
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Baka
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
The Inventor
The Great Mouse Detective
(1986)
Professor Ratigan (voice)
House on Haunted Hill
(1959)
Frederick Loren
The Fly
(1958)
François Delambre
The Three Musketeers
(1948)
Richelieu
Laura
(1944)
Shelby Carpenter
House of Wax
(1953)
Henry Jarrod
The Pit and the Pendulum
(1961)
Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
Return of the Fly
(1959)
Francois Delambre
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948)
The Invisible Man (voice)
Dead Heat
(1988)
Arthur P. Loudermilk
The Haunted Palace
(1963)
Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
The Song of Bernadette
(1943)
Prosecutor Vital Dutour
The Tingler
(1959)
Dr. Warren Chapin
While the City Sleeps
(1956)
Walter Kyne
Full Filmography
Acting
Service de Luxe
(1938)
Robert Wade
Tower of London
(1939)
Duke of Clarence
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Sir Walter Raleigh
The House of the Seven Gables
(1940)
Clifford Pyncheon
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940)
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Brigham Young
(1940)
Joseph Smith
Green Hell
(1940)
David Richardson
Hudson's Bay
(1941)
King Charles II
The Song of Bernadette
(1943)
Prosecutor Vital Dutour
Laura
(1944)
Shelby Carpenter
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Angus Mealey
Wilson
(1944)
William Gibbs McAdoo
The Eve of St. Mark
(1944)
Francis Marion
Leave Her to Heaven
(1945)
Russell Quinton
A Royal Scandal
(1945)
Marquis de Fleury
Dragonwyck
(1946)
Nicholas Van Ryn
Shock
(1946)
Dr. Richard Cross
The Web
(1947)
Andrew Colby
The Long Night
(1947)
Maximilian the Great
Moss Rose
(1947)
Police Inspector Clinner
The Three Musketeers
(1948)
Richelieu
Rogues' Regiment
(1948)
Mark Van Ratten
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948)
The Invisible Man (voice)
Up in Central Park
(1948)
Boss Tweed
The Bribe
(1949)
Carwood
Bagdad
(1949)
Pasha Ali Nadim
The Christmas Carol
(1949)
Narrator
Champagne for Caesar
(1950)
Burnbridge Waters
The Baron of Arizona
(1950)
James Addison Reavis
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(1950)
Tracy Holland
The Maya Through the Ages
(1950)
Narrator
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Mark Cardigan
Adventures of Captain Fabian
(1951)
George Brissac
Notes on the Port of St. Francis
(1951)
Narrator (voice)
Pictura
(1951)
Narrator: Hieronymous Bosch episode (voice)
The Las Vegas Story
(1952)
Lloyd Rollins
House of Wax
(1953)
Henry Jarrod
The Mad Magician
(1954)
Don Gallico
Dangerous Mission
(1954)
Paul Adams
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Casanova
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
(1954)
Colonel Edwin L. Drake
Son of Sinbad
(1955)
Omar
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Baka
While the City Sleeps
(1956)
Walter Kyne
Serenade
(1956)
Charles Winthrop
Forbidden Area
(1956)
Clark Simmons
The Vagabond King
(1956)
Narrator (voice)
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
Mr. Scratch / The Devil
Collector’s Item
(1957)
Mr. Prentiss
The Fly
(1958)
François Delambre
Passionate Pastime
(1958)
Narrator
The Tingler
(1959)
Dr. Warren Chapin
The Bat
(1959)
Dr. Malcolm Wells
House on Haunted Hill
(1959)
Frederick Loren
Return of the Fly
(1959)
Francois Delambre
The Big Circus
(1959)
Hans Hagenfeld
House of Usher
(1960)
Roderick Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
(1961)
Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
Master of the World
(1961)
Captain Robur
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
(1961)
Benakon
Rage of the Buccaneers
(1961)
Romero
Naked Terror
(1961)
Narrator(voice)
Tales of Terror
(1962)
Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator
Tower of London
(1962)
Richard of Gloucester
Confessions of an Opium Eater
(1962)
Gilbert De Quincey
Convicts 4
(1962)
Carl Carmer
Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art
(1962)
Self
The Haunted Palace
(1963)
Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
The Raven
(1963)
Dr. Erasmus Craven
Diary of a Madman
(1963)
Simon Cordier
Twice-Told Tales
(1963)
Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
Taboos of the World
(1963)
Narrator (English edit)
Beach Party
(1963)
Big Daddy
Monsters and Madonnas: The World of William Mortensen
(1963)
Himself
The Masque of the Red Death
(1964)
Prince Prospero
The Tomb of Ligeia
(1964)
Verden Fell
The Comedy of Terrors
(1964)
Waldo Trumbull
Chagall
(1964)
Narrator
The Last Man on Earth
(1964)
Dr. Robert Morgan
Horror!!!
(1964)
Self
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
(1965)
Dr. Goldfoot
War-Gods of the Deep
(1965)
Sir Hugh
The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
(1965)
Dr. Goldfoot
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
(1966)
Dr. Goldfoot / General Willis
Clown Alley
(1966)
The Skin Diver / Sharpshooter / Working Man
The Jackals
(1967)
Oupa Decker
House of 1,000 Dolls
(1967)
Felix Manderville
Witchfinder General
(1968)
Matthew Hopkins
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with Girls
(1969)
Mr. Morality
The Oblong Box
(1969)
Sir Julian Markham
More Dead than Alive
(1969)
Dan Ruffalo
Edgar Allan Poe’s Annabel Lee
(1969)
Narrator
Cry of the Banshee
(1970)
Lord Edward Whitman
Scream and Scream Again
(1970)
Dr. Browning
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
(1970)
Narrator
Cucumber Castle
(1970)
Wicked Count Voxville
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
(1971)
January Q. Irontail (voice)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
(1971)
Dr. Anton Phibes
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
(1971)
Vincent Price
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
(1971)
William Spevin
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
(1972)
Dr. Anton Phibes
Theatre of Blood
(1973)
Edward Lionheart
Madhouse
(1974)
Paul Toombes
Percy's Progress
(1974)
Stavos Mammonian
The Devil's Triangle
(1974)
Narrator
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
(1974)
Self
Journey into Fear
(1975)
Dervos
Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
(1975)
The Spirit of the Nightmare
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
(1976)
Spider (voice)
Joys
(1976)
Self
The Butterfly Ball
(1977)
The Narrator
Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me
(1977)
Silent Movie Villain
Ringo
(1978)
Dr. Nancy
Scavenger Hunt
(1979)
Milton Parker
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
(1979)
Host
The Muppets Go Hollywood
(1979)
Self
The Horror Show
(1979)
(archive footage)
I Go Pogo
(1980)
Deacon Mushrat (voice)
Days of Fury
(1980)
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
(1980)
Self / R. Montague Crawford
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(1980)
Narrator
The Monster Club
(1981)
Eramus
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
(1981)
Professor Humperdo
America Screams
(1981)
Himself - Host/Narrator
Vincent
(1982)
Narrator (voice)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Ruddigore
(1982)
Sir Despard Murgatroyd
Fun with Mr. Future
(1982)
Mad Scientist
Magic with the Stars
(1982)
House of the Long Shadows
(1983)
Lionel Grisbane
Michael Jackson's Thriller
(1983)
Narrator (voice)
Bloodbath at the House of Death
(1984)
Sinister Man
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1984)
The Magic Mirror
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
(1984)
Narrator (voice)
Vincent Price' s Halloween Thriller
(1984)
Himself
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
(1984)
[Self]
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
(1985)
Himself - Introduced
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
(1985)
Self
Escapes
(1986)
The Mailman
Vincent Price's Dracula
(1986)
Himself - Host / Narrator
The Great Mouse Detective
(1986)
Professor Ratigan (voice)
Horrible Horror
(1986)
Frederick Loren in 'House on Haunted Hill'
From a Whisper to a Scream
(1987)
Julian White
The Whales of August
(1987)
Mr. Maranov
The Nativity
(1987)
King Herod (voice)
Sparky's Magic Piano
(1987)
Creepy Classics
(1987)
Self - Host
The Little Troll Prince
(1987)
Strange But True Football Stories
(1987)
Vincent Price: The Sinister Image
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Dead Heat
(1988)
Arthur P. Loudermilk
The Freddy Krueger Special
(1988)
Spirit of the Nightmare (archive footage)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
(1988)
Step Into the Third Dimension
(1989)
Himself / Narrator
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
The Inventor
Catchfire
(1990)
Mr. Avoca
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self
The Heart of Justice
(1992)
Reggie Shaw
The Thief and the Cobbler
(1993)
Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes
(1994)
Himself
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
(1997)
Self
Masters of Horror
(1998)
Heroes of Horror
(2001)
(archive footage)
Pulp Cinema
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Halloween
(2005)
Professor Ratigan
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
(2006)
Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Corman's World
(2011)
Various Roles (archive footage)
Kings of Cult
(2015)
(archive footage)
Hair Wolf
(2018)
(voice) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(2020)
Self
Alumination
(2021)
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
They Came from the Attic
(2022)
Dr. Robert Morgan (Archival Footage)
Cheap Thrills: Those Drive-in Horror Flicks
(2022)
Directing