Vincent Price

Highest Rated: 100% Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story (2007)
Lowest Rated: 11% Dead Heat (1988)
Birthday: May 27, 1911
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Lean, effete, and sinister, Vincent Price was among the movies' greatest villains as well as one of the horror genre's most beloved and enduring stars. Born May 27, 1911, in St. Louis, MO, Price graduated from Yale University, and later studied fine arts at the University of London. He made his theatrical debut in the Gate Theatre's 1935 production of Chicago, followed by work on Broadway, in stock and with Orson Welles' famed Mercury Theater. Under contract to Universal, Price traveled to Hollywood, making his screen debut in 1938's Service de Luxe, before returning to Broadway for a revival of Outward Bound. His tenure at Universal was largely unsuccessful, and the studio kept him confined to supporting roles. Upon completing his contract, Price jumped to 20th Century Fox, starring in a pair of 1940 historical tales, Brigham Young -- Frontiersman and Hudson Bay. Still, fame eluded him, and in 1941 he began a long Broadway run (in Angel Street) that kept him out of films for three years. Price returned to the West Coast to co-star in 1943's The Song of Bernadette and became a prominent supporting player in a series of acclaimed films, including 1944's Wilson and Laura, and 1946's Leave Her to Heaven. His first starring role was in the low-budget Shock!, portraying a murderous psychiatrist. He next played a sadistic husband opposite Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck. Clearly, Price's niche was as a villain -- everything about him suggested malice, with each line reading dripping with condescension and loathing; he relished these roles, and excelled in them. Still, he was not the star Fox wanted; after 1947's The Web, his contract expired and was not renewed. Price spent the next several years freelancing with a variety of studios and by 1952 had grown so disenchanted with Hollywood that he returned to the stage, performing in a San Francisco production of The Cocktail Party before replacing Charles Laughton in the touring company of Don Juan in Hell.Price then signed on to star in 1953's House of Wax, Warners' 3-D update of their Mystery of the Wax Museum. The picture was one of the year's biggest hits, and one of the most successful horror films ever produced. Price's crazed performance as a vengeful sculptor brought him offers for any number of similar projects, and he next appeared in another 3-D feature, Dangerous Mission. He also made a triumphant return to the stage to appear in Richard III, followed by Black-Eyed Susan. The latter was Price's last theatrical performance for 14 years, however, as he began a very busy and eclectic motion picture schedule. Though he essayed many different types of characters, his forays into horror remained by far his most popular, and in 1958 he co-starred in the hit The Fly as well as William Castle's House on Haunted Hill. By the 1960s, Price was working almost exclusively in the horror genre. For producer Roger Corman, he starred in a series of cult classic adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe stories including 1960's The Fall of the House of Usher, 1963's The Raven, 1964's The Masque of the Red Death, and 1968's The Conqueror Worm. He also appeared in a number of teen movies like 1963's Beach Party, 1965's Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and the 1969 Elvis Presley vehicle The Trouble With Girls. Price began to cut back on his film activities during the 1970s despite hits like 1971's The Abominable Dr. Phibes and its follow-up Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Instead he frequently lectured on art, and even published several books. For disciple Tim Burton, Price co-starred in the 1990 fantasy Edward Scissorhands; apart from voice-over work, it was his last screen appearance. He died in Los Angeles on October 25, 1993.

Highest Rated Movies

Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story
100%
Laura
100%
The Fly
95%
House of Wax
95%

Filmography

Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Moss Rose	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	The Christmas Carol	Actor	—	2009
100%	Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Vincent Price: The Sinister Image	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Heroes of Horror	Actor	—	2001
88%	The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General)	Matthew Hopkins	—	2000
No Score Yet	Serenade	Charles Winthrop	—	2000
No Score Yet	Muppet Show, The - Monster Laughs With Vincent Price	Actor	—	1994
50%	The Princess and the Cobbler (The Thief and the Cobbler)	Zigzag	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Heart of Justice	Shaw	—	1993
No Score Yet	Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible: Queen Esther	Actor	—	1991
50%	Catchfire (Backtrack)	Lino	—	1990
90%	Edward Scissorhands	Inventor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Once Upon a Midnight Scary	Actor	—	1990
11%	Dead Heat	Arthur P. Loudermilk	—	1988
No Score Yet	Monsters and Maniacs	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Sparky's Magic Piano	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	From a Whisper to a Scream	Julian White	—	1987
60%	The Whales of August	Mr. Maranov	—	1987
79%	The Great Mouse Detective	Professor Rattigan	—	1986
No Score Yet	Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Palace of Peterhof, Peter the Great	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Tsarko Selo, Catherine II	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Escapes	Host	—	1986
No Score Yet	Port Arthur Jail	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Sorcerer's Apprentice	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Dracula: The Great Undead	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	The Little Troll Prince	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Bloodbath at the House of Death	The Monk	—	1984
No Score Yet	Thriller	Narrator	—	1983
No Score Yet	House of the Long Shadows	Lionel Grisbane	—	1983
No Score Yet	Vincent	Narrator	—	1982
No Score Yet	Ruddigore	Actor	—	1982
75%	The Monster Club	Eramus	—	1980
No Score Yet	Scavenger Hunt	Milton Parker	—	1979
No Score Yet	Journey Into Fear (Burn Out)	Dervos	—	1975
No Score Yet	Butterfly Ball	Actor	—	1975
No Score Yet	Madhouse	Paul Toombes	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Devil's Triangle	Narrator	—	1974
93%	Theater of Blood (Theatre of Blood) (Much Ado About Murder)	Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart	—	1973
60%	Dr. Phibes Rises Again	Dr. Phibes	—	1972
No Score Yet	An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe	Actor	—	1972
86%	The Abominable Dr. Phibes	Dr. Phibes	—	1971
No Score Yet	Here Comes Peter Cottontail	Irontail	—	1971
No Score Yet	Mooch	Actor	—	1971
No Score Yet	Hilarious House of Frightenstein	Actor	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Hilarious House of Frightenstein	Actor	—	1971
No Score Yet	Cry of the Banshee	Lord Edward Whitman	—	1970
58%	Scream and Scream Again (Screamer)	Dr. Browning	—	1970
No Score Yet	The Trouble with Girls	Morality	—	1969
90%	Spirits of the Dead	Narrator	—	1969
57%	The Oblong Box (Dance, Mephisto)	Julian	—	1969
No Score Yet	More Dead Than Alive	Dan Ruffalo	—	1969
No Score Yet	La casa de las mil muñecas (House of 1,000 Dolls) (House of a Thousand Pleasures) (House of a Thousand Dolls)	Felix Manderville	—	1967
No Score Yet	The Jackals	Oupa Decker, the Prospector	—	1967
No Score Yet	Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs	Dr. Goldfoot	—	1966
No Score Yet	War-Gods of the Deep	Sir Hugh	—	1965
No Score Yet	War Gods of the Deep	Actor	—	1965
82%	The Tomb of Ligeia	Verden Fell	—	1965
29%	Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	Dr. Goldfoot	—	1965
No Score Yet	The Masque of the Red Death	Prince Prospero	—	1964
72%	The Last Man on Earth	Dr. Robert Morgan	—	1964
88%	The Comedy of Terrors	Waldo Trumbull	—	1964
No Score Yet	Queen of the Nile	Benakon	—	1964
No Score Yet	Pirate Warrior	Actor	—	1964
57%	Twice Told Tales	Alex Medbourne / Dr. Giacomo Rappaccini / Gerald Pyncheon	—	1963
71%	The Haunted Palace	Charles Dexter Ward	—	1963
No Score Yet	Diary of a Madman	Magistrate Simon Cordier	—	1963
92%	The Raven	Dr. Erasmus Craven	—	1963
No Score Yet	Tower of London	Richard of Gloucester	—	1962
No Score Yet	Convicts 4	Carl Carmer	—	1962
71%	Tales of Terror	Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Ernest Valdemar	—	1962
No Score Yet	Confessions of an Opium Eater	Gilbert De Quincey	—	1962
84%	Pit and the Pendulum (The Pit and the Pendulum)	Nicholas Medina	—	1961
No Score Yet	Master of the World	Captain Robur	—	1961
90%	The Fall of the House of Usher	Roderick Usher	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Left Fist of David	Actor	—	1960
38%	Return of the Fly	Francois Delambre	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Bat	Dr. Malcolm Wells	—	1959
76%	The Tingler	Dr. Warren Chapin	—	1959
88%	House On Haunted Hill	Fredrick Loren	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Big Circus	Hans Hagenfeld	—	1959
95%	The Fly	Francois Delambre	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Story of Mankind	Devil	—	1957
94%	The Ten Commandments	Baka	—	1956
89%	While the City Sleeps	Walter Kyne	—	1955
No Score Yet	Son of Sinbad	Omar Khayham	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Mad Magician	Gallico	—	1954
No Score Yet	Casanova's Big Night	Casanova	—	1954
No Score Yet	Dangerous Mission	Paul Adams	—	1954
95%	House of Wax	Prof. Henry Jarrod	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Las Vegas Story	Lloyd Rollins	—	1952
No Score Yet	His Kind of Woman	Mark Cardigan	—	1951
No Score Yet	Adventures of Captain Fabian	George Brissac	—	1951
No Score Yet	Champagne for Caesar	Burnbridge Waters	—	1950
86%	The Baron of Arizona	James Addison Reavis	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Bribe	Carwood	—	1949
No Score Yet	Bagdad	Pasha Ali Nadim	—	1949
78%	The Three Musketeers	Richelieu	—	1948
88%	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Invisible Man	—	1948
No Score Yet	Up in Central Park	Boss Tweed	—	1948
No Score Yet	Rogues' Regiment	Mark Van Ratten	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Web	Andrew Colby	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Long Night	Maximilian	—	1947
No Score Yet	Dragonwyck	Nicholas Van Ryn	—	1946
No Score Yet	Shock	Dr. Richard Cross	—	1946
91%	Leave Her to Heaven	Russell Quinton	—	1945
33%	A Royal Scandal	Marquis de Fleury	—	1945
No Score Yet	In Old New Mexico	Actor	—	1945
No Score Yet	The Keys of the Kingdom	Rev. Angus Mealy	—	1944
No Score Yet	Guest in the House	Marion	—	1944
100%	Laura	Shelby Carpenter	—	1944
89%	Wilson	William G. McAdoo	—	1944
86%	The Song of Bernadette	Dutour	—	1943
No Score Yet	Hudson's Bay	King Charles	—	1941
82%	The Invisible Man Returns	Geoffrey Radcliffe	—	1940
No Score Yet	Brigham Young	Joseph Smith	—	1940
No Score Yet	Green Hell	David Richardson	—	1940
No Score Yet	The House of the Seven Gables	Clifford Pyncheon	—	1940
No Score Yet	Tower of London	Duke of Clarence	—	1939
71%	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Sir Walter Raleigh	—	1939
No Score Yet	Masters of Mayhem	Actor	—	1939
No Score Yet	Service De Luxe	Robert Wade	—	1938
No Score Yet	Fun Learning: Chocolate Princess and Other Children's Stories	Actor	—
No Score Yet	An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe	Actor	—

TV

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	Mystery! 1980-2007	Host	1999 1983 1982
No Score Yet	The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 1985	Voice	1985
No Score Yet	Trapper John, M.D. 1979-1986	Baxter Garwood	1982
100%	The Muppet Show 1976-1981	Guest	1977
No Score Yet	The Bionic Woman 1976-1978	Manfred/Cyrus	1976
No Score Yet	Columbo 1968-2003	Lang	1973
No Score Yet	Night Gallery 1970-1973	Professor Sorcerer	1972 1971
77%	The Brady Bunch 1969-1974	Professor Whitehead	1972 1971
No Score Yet	Get Smart 1965-1970	Jarvis Pym	1969
93%	Batman 1966-1968	Egghead	1967 1966
100%	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1964-1968	Marton	1965
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Charles Courtney	1957

QUOTES FROM Vincent Price CHARACTERS

Prof. Henry Jarrod: My creations have some merit, I suspect. But in bringing back to life the lovely Marie Antoinette I have done my best work.
Sidney Wallace: Ohhhh, I've never seen anything so exquisite.
Prof. Henry Jarrod: People say that they can see my Marie Antoinette breathe; that her breast rises and falls. Look at her eyes, they follow you wherever you go. She's very real to me.

Prof. Henry Jarrod: It's not easy to shut an actor's mouth.

Lt. Anderson: There'll be a man patrolling the grounds all night, Miss Van Gorder.
Cornelia Van Gorder: Oh, thank you.
Dr. Malcolm Wells: and nobody inside, Andy?
Lt. Anderson: Why should there be?
Dr. Malcolm Wells: Well, how do you know but what the "Bat" is hiding somewhere inside the house?
Lt. Anderson: I'm quite sure he isn't in the house, Doctor. Not now.

Dr. Malcolm Wells: You know it's a pity you leased this house, Miss Van Gorder.
Cornelia Van Gorder: Why a pity?
Dr. Malcolm Wells: Well my dear lady, I don't want to alarm you but...
Cornelia Van Gorder: Oh, well after tonight nothing will alarm me.
Dr. Malcolm Wells: Yes I understand. It must have been terrifying. So many unexplainable things have happened here. There's something about the place. Your servants must have sensed it when they - walked out on you. An apprehension of disaster.

Shelby Carpenter: I've spent very little time in observing my own character, Mr. McPherson.

Shelby Carpenter: But Lieutenant I don't understand. You sent for me didn't you?
Mark McPherson: [swallows a bit of scotch] Yeah.
Mark McPherson: Yeah.
Shelby Carpenter: Well don't you want to see me? Don't you want to ask me some questions?
Mark McPherson: I'll be seeing you.

Shelby Carpenter: I knew there was something on my mind. What is it? Oh yes, will you dine with me tomorrow night?
Laura Hunt: Maybe.
Shelby Carpenter: No, that isn't what's worrying me. It's the next night.
Laura Hunt: But Shelby, I can't....
Shelby Carpenter: Good. And what about three weeks from tonight? And all the nights in between?
Laura Hunt: Don't you think I have any other engagements?
Shelby Carpenter: What about two months from now and the month after that?
Laura Hunt: What about next year?
Shelby Carpenter: That's all settled. What about breakfast?

Shelby Carpenter: Waldo for your own good, I'm warning you to stop implying that I had anything to do with Laura's death.
Waldo Lydecker: Very well I'll stop implying: I'll make a direct statement.

Edward Lionheart: Hark, villain! I shall grind your bones to dust and make two pasties from your shameful head...

Edward Lionheart: Alas...he didn't have the stomach for it...
Edward Lionheart: Alas... he didn't have the stomach for it.

Zigzag: I can restore you the balls although they may be lost.
King Nod: I'll give you anything Zigzag! Just do it!
Nurse/Good Witch: As my peril will be dire, you must grant my heart's desire!
King Nod: Wich is?
Zigzag: I require, Sire, your daughter Yum Yum to wed...
King Nod: You want my daughter...? Never! Never, ever! Get out! OUT!!!!
King Nod: You want my daughter? Never! Never, ever! Get out! OUT!

Zigzag: (to King Nod, about his nightmare/ vision) Calm down your highness... Invaders, One-Eyes? But this is against what has been prophecized! For has it not been written that we are safe from any threat, As long as the three balls stay on the Minaret?
Zigzag: [to King Nod, about his nightmare/ vision] Calm down your highness... Invaders, One-Eyes? But this is against what has been prophecized! For has it not been written that we are safe from any threat, As long as the three balls stay on the Minaret?

Zigzag: Men are fools who walk in dreams. They sleep their lives away... But I, Zigzag, will reign supreme, for they are easy prey... Eh, Phido?

Zigzag: (looking down on the city) Asleep, asleep, they're all asleep! But I am quite awake! I rise above the human heap! The world is mine to take!
Zigzag: [looking down on the city] Asleep, asleep, they're all asleep! But I am quite awake! I rise above the human heap! The world is mine to take!

Zigzag: (At polo match) In honor of King Nod, beloved by all, comence the game! In short, play ball!
Zigzag: [at polo match] In honor of King Nod, beloved by all, comence the game! In short, play ball!

One-Eye: None shall escape...
Zigzag: Except for the princess! That we agreed. She is the price for my treacherous deed!

One-Eye: You say you can charm beasts?
Zigzag: Yes...
One-Eye: Huh huh huh... Throw him to the alligators!

Princess Yum Yum: Who is this?
Zigzag: (to King Nod) oh greatest king of all the earth! This lowborn cobbler of no worth Attacked me in the market today! Shall we take his head away?
Zigzag: [to King Nod] oh greatest king of all the earth! This lowborn cobbler of no worth. Attacked me in the market today! Shall we take his head away?

Zigzag: I'm taking my balls and leaving!

Francois: You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

Professor Ratigan: I've won! Hahahaha!

Professor Ratigan: I AM NOT A RAT!!!
Professor Ratigan: I am not a rat!

Professor Ratigan: Ooh, I love it when I'm nasty.
Professor Ratigan: Oh, I love it when I'm nasty.

The Inventor: [to Edward] Let us pretend that we are in the drawing room and the hostess is serving tea. Now many numerous little questions confront us. Should the man rise when he accepts his cup of tea? May lump sugar be taken with the fingers? No. Is it good form to accept a second cup? Should the napkin be entirely unfolded or should the centre crease be allowed to remain? It is so easy to commit embarrassing blunders, but etiquette tells us just what is expected of us and guards us from all humiliation and discomfort. Mm, yes. Boring. Let us switch to, uh... to some poetry, hm? "There was an old man from the Cape, who made himself garments of crepe. When asked: will they tear? He replied: Here and there, but they keep such a beautiful shape!" That's right. Go ahead, smile, it's funny. That's right.
The Inventor: [to Edward] Let us pretend that we are in the drawing room and the hostess is serving tea. Now many numerous little questions confront us. Should the man rise when he accepts his cup of tea? May lump sugar be taken with the fingers? No. Is it good form to accept a second cup? Should the napkin be entirely unfolded or should the centre crease be allowed to remain? It is so easy to commit embarrassing blunders, but etiquette tells us just what is expected of us and guards us from all humiliation and discomfort. Mm, yes. Boring. Let us switch to, uh, to some poetry, hm? 'There was an old man from the Cape, who made himself garments of crepe. When asked: will they tear? He replied: Here and there, but they keep such a beautiful shape!' That's right. Go ahead, smile, it's funny. That's right.

Simon Cordier: Simon: Help me Father.
Simon Cordier: Help me Father.

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