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Main Movie Roles 1990 - Catchfire 1990 - Edward Scissorhands 1987 - The Offspring 1986 - The Great Mouse Detective 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1982 - Vincent 1982 - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1979 - Scavenger Hunt 1974 - Madhouse 1973 - Theater of Blood 1972 - Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1971 - The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1970 - Scream and Scream Again 1970 - Cry of the Banshee 1969 - The Trouble with Girls 1967 - The Jackals 1965 - The City Under the Sea 1965 - Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 1964 - The Last Man on Earth 1964 - The Masque of the Red Death 1964 - The Tomb of Ligeia 1963 - The Raven 1963 - The Haunted Palace 1963 - The Comedy of Terrors 1963 - Diary of a Madman 1963 - Beach Party 1962 - Tales of Terror 1962 - Tower of London 1961 - Pit and the Pendulum 1961 - Master of the World 1960 - House of Usher 1959 - The Bat 1959 - House on Haunted Hill 1959 - The Tingler 1959 - Return of the Fly 1958 - The Fly 1957 - The Story of Mankind 1956 - The Ten Commandments 1956 - While the City Sleeps 1955 - Son of Sinbad 1954 - The Mad Magician 1953 - House of Wax 1952 - The Las Vegas Story 1951 - His Kind of Woman 1950 - The Baron of Arizona 1950 - Champagne For Caesar 1949 - The Bribe 1948 - The Three Musketeers 1948 - Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1947 - The Long Night 1947 - The Web 1947 - Moss Rose 1946 - Shock 1946 - Dragonwyck 1945 - Leave Her to Heaven 1944 - Laura 1944 - The Keys of the Kingdom 1943 - The Song of Bernadette 1940 - The Invisible Man Returns 1940 - The House of the Seven Gables 1939 - Tower of London 1939 - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

BIOGRAPHY:

Actor, writer, and gourmet, Vincent Price was 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 (I) - but had two final 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.


TRIVIA:

• Had his own mail-order book club in the 1970s, "Vincent Price Books," specializing in mystery and detective novels.
• He was a longtime member of St. Victor's, and his wife 'Coral Browne' (qv) was buried there with a Mozart Requiem Mass accompanied by a full orchestra.
• In 1951, Price founded the Vincent Price Gallery and Art Foundation on the campus of the East Los Angeles Community College. It is celebrating its 45th year.
• Was notoriously superstitious. He once joked that he kept a horseshoe, a crucifix and a mezzuza on his front door.
• Was a member of the family that started the company that makes Magic Baking Powder.
• He starred in "How to Make a Movie," a short film that was included in the "Vincent Price: Moviemaking the Hollywood Way," a home movie outfit sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• His role in _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ (qv) was intended to be much larger, but since Price was very ill from emphysema and Parkinson's disease he was only able to appear in two scenes.
• He was the Wednesday night host for CBS Radio's "Sears Mystery Theater" (1979). He was still Wednesday's host when it became "The Mutual Radio Theater" on Mutual Radio (1980).