Vincent Price
Acting Born May 27, 1911 Died Oct 25, 1993 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 290 credits
Biography
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor born in Saint Louis, Missouri on May 27, 1911, and passed away on October 25, 1993, at the age of 82. Known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films, his career spanned multiple genres including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and in over one hundred films, accumulating 267 known acting credits. He earned two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. Outside of his acting career, Price was an art collector and consultant with a degree in art history who lectured, wrote books on the subject, founded the Vincent Price Art Museum in California, and was a noted gourmet cook.
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Career overview
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor born in Saint Louis, Missouri on May 27, 1911, and he passed away on October 25, 1993 at the age of eighty-two. Well known for his distinctive voice and his memorable performances in horror films, his extensive acting career spanned multiple genres including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. Throughout his career, Price performed on stage, television, radio, and appeared in over one hundred films, accumulating two67 known acting credits. For his contributions to the entertainment industry, he earned two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with one designated for motion pictures and the other for television.
Beyond his acting career, Price was an art collector, consultant, and gourmet cook. Holding a degree in art history, he wrote books, delivered lectures on the subject, and founded the Vincent Price Art Museum in California. Recognized by several alternative monikers including The King of the Grand Guignol, The Merchant of Menace, and The Renaissance Man, his legacy encompasses both his prolific contributions to cinema and his lifelong dedication to the arts.
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The Vincent Price Legacy
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Spooktacular!
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesThey Came from the AtticCheap Thrills: Those Drive-in Horror Flicks
AluminationHollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Hair Wolf
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Kings of Cult
I Am DivineHamlet A.D.D.
Corman's World
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Spine Tingler! The William Castle StoryFamous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Once Upon a Halloween
Pulp CinemaHeroes of Horror
Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Conversations with VincentVincent Price: My Life and Crimes
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Heart of Justice
The Horror Hall of Fame IIPreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Edward ScissorhandsTiny Toon AdventuresCatchfireThe Making of Edward Scissorhands
Step Into the Third Dimension
Dead HeatJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzThe Freddy Krueger Special
BiographyThe Whales of AugustCreepy ClassicsFrom a Whisper to a ScreamSparky's Magic Piano
The Great Mouse DetectiveBlacke's MagicEscapesThe NativityVincent Price's Dracula
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-DooGonzo Presents Muppet Weird StuffNight of 100 Stars IIDon't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
Vincent Price's Halloween ThrillerDon't Ask Me, Ask GodSnow White and the Seven DwarfsBloodbath at the House of DeathThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Michael Jackson's ThrillerHouse of the Long ShadowsHansel and GretelThe Red Room Riddle
WoganFaerie Tale TheatreFaerie Tale TheatreRuddigoreMagic with the Stars
Full Filmography
290 titles- The Vincent Price Legacy (2025) as Himself
- Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Spooktacular! (2023) as Self
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies (2022) as Self - (archive footage)
- They Came from the Attic (2022) as Dr. Robert Morgan (Archival Footage)
- Cheap Thrills: Those Drive-in Horror Flicks (2022)
- Alumination (2021) as Self
- Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020) as (archive footage)
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020) as (archive footage)
- Hair Wolf (2018) as (voice) (uncredited)
- The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) as Self (archive)
- Kings of Cult (2015) as (archive footage)
- I Am Divine (2014) as Self (archive)
- Hamlet A.D.D. (2014) as Bob (Archive Footage)
- Corman's World (2011) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010) as (archive footage)
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self (archive)
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006) as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- Once Upon a Halloween (2005) as Professor Ratigan (voice) (archive sound)
- Pulp Cinema (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Heroes of Horror (2001) as (archive footage)
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997) as Self
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- Conversations with Vincent (1994)
- Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes (1994) as Himself
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) as Zigzag the Grand Vizier (voice)
- The Heart of Justice (1992) as Reggie Shaw
- The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) as Self - Presenter
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) as The Inventor
- Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) as Narrator (voice)
- Catchfire (1990) as Mr. Avoca
- The Making of Edward Scissorhands (1990) as Self
- Step Into the Third Dimension (1989) as Himself / Narrator
- Dead Heat (1988) as Arthur P. Loudermilk
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988) as Vincent Price
- The Freddy Krueger Special (1988) as Spirit of the Nightmare (archive footage)
- Biography (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- The Whales of August (1987) as Mr. Maranov
- Creepy Classics (1987) as Self - Host
- From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) as Julian White
- Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
- Vincent Price: The Sinister Image (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- The Little Troll Prince (1987) as King Ulvik (Right Head) / Kristi and Sonja's Father (voice)
- Strange But True Football Stories (1987)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986) as Professor Ratigan (voice)
- Blacke's Magic (1986)
- Escapes (1986) as The Mailman
- The Nativity (1986) as King Herod (voice)
- Vincent Price's Dracula (1986) as Himself - Host / Narrator
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) as Vincent Van Ghoul (voice)
- Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985) as Self
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
- Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985) as Himself - Introduced
- Vincent Price's Halloween Thriller (1984) as Self - Host
- Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984) as Self
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984) as The Magic Mirror
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) as Sinister Man
- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) as Narrator (voice)
- Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) as Narrator (voice)
- House of the Long Shadows (1983) as Lionel Grisbane
- Hansel and Gretel (1983) as Narrator (voice)
- The Red Room Riddle (1983) as Self
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as The Magic Mirror
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Narrator (voice)
- Ruddigore (1982) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd
- Magic with the Stars (1982) as Self
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- Vincent (1982) as Narrator (voice)
- Fun with Mr. Future (1982) as Mad Scientist
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self - Co-Host
- The Monster Club (1981) as Eramus
- Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) as Professor Humperdo
- America Screams (1981) as Himself - Host/Narrator
- Masterpiece Mystery (1980) as Self
- I Go Pogo (1980) as Deacon Mushrat (voice)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1980) as Narrator
- Days of Fury (1980) as Self - Narrator
- John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body (1980) as Self / R. Montague Crawford
- Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) as Self
- CBS Library (1979) as Host
- Scavenger Hunt (1979) as Milton Parker
- Time Express (1979)
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979) as Host
- Ringo (1978) as Dr. Nancy
- The Love Boat (1977) as Wendell "The Amazing Alonso" Mordan
- The Brady Bunch Hour (1977)
- The Butterfly Ball (1977) as The Narrator
- The World of Vincent Price (1977)
- Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977) as Silent Movie Villain
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- The Muppet Show (1976) as Self - Special Guest Star
- Donny & Marie (1976) as Self
- The Captain and Tennille (1976) as Self - Guest
- Joys (1976) as Self
- Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1976) as Spider (voice)
- Ellery Queen (1975) as Director Michael Raynor
- Journey into Fear (1975) as Dervos
- Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) as The Spirit of the Nightmare
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Percy's Progress (1974) as Stavos Mammonian
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974) as Self
- Madhouse (1974) as Paul Toombes
- The Devil's Triangle (1974) as Narrator
- The Snoop Sisters (1973) as Michael Bastion
- Theatre of Blood (1973) as Edward Lionheart
- Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) as Dr. Anton Phibes
- Columbo (1971) as David Lang
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
- The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971) as The Host
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- The Pet Set (1971) as Self
- The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971)
- What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) as William Spevin
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) as Dr. Anton Phibes
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) as January Q. Irontail (voice)
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) as Vincent Price
- Cooking Price-Wise (1971) as Self
- Cooking Price-Wise (1971) Catering
- Night Gallery (1970)
- Cry of the Banshee (1970) as Lord Edward Whitman
- Cucumber Castle (1970) as Wicked Count Voxville
- Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Dr. Browning
- An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970) as Narrator
- Love, American Style (1969)
- The Brady Bunch (1969) as Professor Hubert Whitehead
- The Brady Bunch (1969) as Professor Hubert Whitehead (uncredited)
- The Oblong Box (1969) as Sir Julian Markham
- More Dead than Alive (1969) as Dan Ruffalo
- The Trouble with Girls (1969) as Mr. Morality
- Edgar Allan Poe’s Annabel Lee (1969) as Narrator
- Here's Lucy (1968) as Vincent Price
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- The Mod Squad (1968)
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
- Witchfinder General (1968) as Matthew Hopkins
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) as Self
- House of 1,000 Dolls (1967) as Felix Manderville
- The Jackals (1967) as Oupa Decker
- Batman (1966) as Egghead
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966) as Dr. Goldfoot / General Willis
- Clown Alley (1966) as The Skin Diver / Sharpshooter / Working Man
- Get Smart (1965) as Jarvis Pym
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Dr. Austin Sloper
- The Dean Martin Show (1965)
- F Troop (1965)
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) as Dr. Goldfoot
- War-Gods of the Deep (1965) as Sir Hugh
- The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965) as Dr. Goldfoot
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Dr. Thaddeus Morton
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) as Professor Multiple
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Victor Marton
- The Last Man on Earth (1964) as Dr. Robert Morgan
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964) as Prince Prospero
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) as Verden Fell
- The Comedy of Terrors (1964) as Waldo Trumbull
- Horror!!! (1964) as Self
- Chagall (1964) as Narrator
- The Danny Kaye Show (1963) as Self
- The Haunted Palace (1963) as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
- The Raven (1963) as Dr. Erasmus Craven
- Twice-Told Tales (1963) as Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon
- Diary of a Madman (1963) as Simon Cordier
- Beach Party (1963) as Big Daddy
- Monsters and Madonnas: The World of William Mortensen (1963) as Himself
- Taboos of the World (1963) as Narrator (English edit)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self (archive footage)
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Convicts 4 (1962) as Carl Carmer
- Tower of London (1962) as Richard of Gloucester
- Tales of Terror (1962) as Locke / Fortunato / Valdemar / Narrator
- Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) as Gilbert De Quincey
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Master of the World (1961) as Captain Robur
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961) as Benakon
- Rage of the Buccaneers (1961) as Romero
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) as Nicholas Medina / Sebastian Medina
- Famous Ghost Stories (1961) as Poltergeist/Narrator
- Naked Terror (1961) as Narrator(voice)
- The Chevy Mystery Show (1960) as Self - Host
- The Chevy Mystery Show (1960) as Michael Seemes
- House of Usher (1960) as Roderick Usher
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Armand Duchette
- Startime (1959) as Self
- Startime (1959) as Sir Bors
- Riverboat (1959) as Otto Justin
- House on Haunted Hill (1959) as Frederick Loren
- The Big Circus (1959) as Hans Hagenfeld
- The Tingler (1959) as Dr. Warren Chapin
- The Bat (1959) as Dr. Malcolm Wells
- Return of the Fly (1959) as Francois Delambre
- The Fly (1958) as François Delambre
- Passionate Pastime (1958) as Narrator
- Half Hour to Kill (1958) as Host
- Half Hour to Kill (1958) as Gene Wolcott
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
- The Mystery of Thirteen (1957) as Self - Host
- The Clouded Image (1957) as Alex
- The Story of Mankind (1957) as Mr. Scratch / The Devil
- Collector’s Item (1957) as Mr. Prentiss
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self
- Playhouse 90 (1956) as Clark Simmons
- The Ten Commandments (1956) as Baka
- Forbidden Area (1956) as Clark Simmons
- While the City Sleeps (1956) as Walter Kyne
- The Vagabond King (1956) as Narrator (voice)
- The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956) as Self
- Serenade (1956) as Charles Winthrop
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Charles Courtney
- Crossroads (1955)
- Crossroads (1955) as Rev. Robert Russell
- Night of Execution (1955) as Gideon Rone
- Son of Sinbad (1955) as Omar
- Climax! (1954) as Gideon Rone
- Climax! (1954) as Casey Lodge
- Climax! (1954) as Dr. Farrin
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- Casanova's Big Night (1954) as Casanova
- The Mad Magician (1954) as Don Gallico
- Dangerous Mission (1954) as Paul Adams
- Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954) as Colonel Edwin L. Drake
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- House of Wax (1953) as Henry Jarrod
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Death
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Vince Meagher
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Philosophical Peddler Beauregard Archibald
- The Las Vegas Story (1952) as Lloyd Rollins
- The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Self
- The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Sigmund Fraud
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Narrator / Wendell Bensen
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Swede
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as An Artist
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Baron Laval aka Aristide Pujol
- Pictura (1951) as Narrator (segment "The Lost Paradise") (voice)
- His Kind of Woman (1951) as Mark Cardigan
- Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) as George Brissac
- Notes on the Port of St. Francis (1951) as Narrator (voice)
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Peter Hammond
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Herbert
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Joseph Bentley
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Christoff
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Dr. Austin Sloper
- The Baron of Arizona (1950) as James Addison Reavis
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) as Tracy Holland
- Champagne for Caesar (1950) as Burnbridge Waters
- The Maya Through the Ages (1950) as Narrator
- Lights Out (1949)
- Bagdad (1949) as Pasha Ali Nadim
- The Christmas Carol (1949) as Narrator
- The Bribe (1949) as Carwood
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Three Musketeers (1948) as Richelieu
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as The Invisible Man (voice)
- Rogues' Regiment (1948) as Mark Van Ratten
- Up in Central Park (1948) as Boss Tweed
- The Long Night (1947) as Maximilian the Great
- The Web (1947) as Andrew Colby
- Moss Rose (1947) as Police Inspector Clinner
- Dragonwyck (1946) as Nicholas Van Ryn
- Shock (1946) as Richard Cross
- A Royal Scandal (1945) as Marquis de Fleury
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945) as Russell Quinton
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Co-Host
- Laura (1944) as Shelby Carpenter
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) as Angus Mealey
- The Eve of St. Mark (1944) as Francis Marion
- Wilson (1944) as William Gibbs McAdoo
- The Song of Bernadette (1943) as Prosecutor Vital Dutour
- Brigham Young (1940) as Joseph Smith
- Green Hell (1940) as David Richardson
- The Invisible Man Returns (1940) as Geoffrey Radcliffe
- The House of the Seven Gables (1940) as Clifford Pyncheon
- Hudson's Bay (1940) as King Charles II
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as Sir Walter Raleigh
- Tower of London (1939) as Duke of Clarence
- Service de Luxe (1938) as Robert Wade
- Beyond Doubt as Man (archive footage)
- Discovering: Vincent Price as Self
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Vincent Price best known for?
Vincent Price is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Makarov and The Girls (2021), The Island Of The Angels (2004), Night Court (1984), Lord of War (2005).
When and where was Vincent Price born?
Vincent Price was born on May 27, 1911 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. They passed away on October 25, 1993.
How many credits does Vincent Price have?
Vincent Price has accumulated over 290 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1938 to 2025.
What is Vincent Price's background in cinema and television?
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor born in Saint Louis, Missouri on May 27, 1911, and passed away on October 25, 1993, at the age of 82. Known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films, his career spanned multiple genres including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appear...