List of Vincent Price works
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This is the filmography of Vincent Price (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993), which includes appearances in theatre and television. Price made his theatre debut in the Gate Theatre's production of Chicago (1935), followed by work on Broadway. Under contract to Universal Pictures, Price traveled to Hollywood, making his screen debut in Service de Luxe (1938). By the 1960s, Vincent Price was working almost exclusively in the horror genre and teen film genres. Price's last film was Edward Scissorhands (1990), and the TV movie The Heart of Justice (1992) was his final screen appearance. Price died in Los Angeles, California on October 25, 1993.
Film
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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1938 | Service de Luxe | Robert Wade | Rowland V. Lee | |
1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Sir Walter Raleigh | Michael Curtiz | |
Tower of London | Duke of Clarence | Rowland V. Lee | ||
1940 | The Invisible Man Returns | Geoffrey Radcliffe | Joe May | |
Green Hell | David Richardson | James Whale | ||
The House of the Seven Gables | Clifford Pyncheon | Joe May | ||
Brigham Young | Joseph Smith | Henry Hathaway | ||
1941 | Hudson's Bay | King Charles II | Irving Pichel | |
1943 | The Song of Bernadette | Prosecutor Vital Dutour | Henry King | |
1944 | The Eve of St. Mark | Pvt. Francis Marion | John M. Stahl | |
Wilson | William Gibbs McAdoo | Henry King | ||
Laura | Shelby Carpenter | Otto Preminger | ||
The Keys of the Kingdom | Angus Mealey | John M. Stahl | ||
1945 | A Royal Scandal | Marquis de Fleury | Ernst Lubitsch Otto Preminger | |
Leave Her to Heaven | Russell Quinton | John M. Stahl | ||
1946 | Shock | Dr. Richard Cross | Alfred L. Werker | |
Dragonwyck | Nicholas Van Ryn | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ||
1947 | The Web | Andrew Colby | Michael Gordon | |
The Long Night | Maximilian | Anatole Litvak | ||
Moss Rose | Police Inspector R. Clinner | Gregory Ratoff | ||
1948 | Up in Central Park | Boss Tweed | William A. Seiter | |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Invisible Man | Charles Barton | Uncredited voice | |
Rogues' Regiment | Mark Van Ratten | Robert Florey | ||
The Three Musketeers | Richelieu | George Sidney | ||
1949 | The Bribe | Carwood | Robert Z. Leonard | |
Bagdad | Pasha Ali Nadim | Charles Lamont | ||
1950 | The Baron of Arizona | James Reavis | Samuel Fuller | |
Champagne for Caesar | Burnbridge Waters | Richard Whorf | ||
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Tracy Holland | Charles Lamont | ||
1951 | Adventures of Captain Fabian | George Brissac | William Marshall | |
His Kind of Woman | Mark Cardigan | John Farrow | ||
Pictura: An Adventure in Art | Narrator | Various | ||
1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Lloyd Rollins | Robert Stevenson | |
1953 | House of Wax | Professor Henry Jarrod | Andre de Toth | |
1954 | Dangerous Mission | Paul Adams | Louis King | |
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | Colonel Edwin L. Drake | Arthur Pierson | ||
Casanova's Big Night | Casanova | Norman Z. McLeod | Uncredited | |
The Mad Magician | Don Gallico | John Brahm | ||
1955 | Son of Sinbad | Omar Khayyam | Ted Tetzlaff | |
1956 | Serenade | Charles Winthrop | Anthony Mann | |
While the City Sleeps | Walter Kyne | Fritz Lang | ||
The Vagabond King | Narrator | Michael Curtiz | Uncredited voice | |
The Ten Commandments | Baka | Cecil B. DeMille | ||
1957 | The Story of Mankind | The Devil | Irwin Allen | |
1958 | The Fly | François Delambre | Kurt Neumann | |
1959 | House on Haunted Hill | Frederick Loren | William Castle | |
Return of the Fly | François Delambre | Edward Bernds | ||
The Big Circus | Hans Hagenfeld | Joseph M. Newman | ||
The Tingler | Dr. Warren Chapin | William Castle | ||
The Bat | Dr. Malcolm Wells | Crane Wilbur | ||
1960 | House of Usher | Roderick Usher | Roger Corman | |
1961 | Master of the World | Robur | William Witney | |
Pit and the Pendulum | Nicholas Medina, Sebastian Medina | Roger Corman | ||
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile | Benakon | Fernando Cerchio | ||
Rage of the Buccaneers | Romero | Mario Costa | ||
1962 | Confessions of an Opium Eater | Gilbert De Quincey | Albert Zugsmith | |
Tales of Terror | Locke, Fortunato Luchresi, Ernest Valdemar | Roger Corman | ||
Convicts 4 | Carl Carmer | Millard Kaufman | ||
Tower of London | Richard of Gloucester | Roger Corman | ||
1963 | The Raven | Dr. Erasmus Craven | ||
Diary of a Madman | Magistrate Simon Cordier | Reginald Le Borg | ||
Beach Party | Big Daddy | William Asher | ||
The Haunted Palace | Joseph Curwen Charles Dexter Ward | Roger Corman | ||
Twice-Told Tales | Alex Medbourne Giacomo Rappaccini Gerald Pyncheon | Sidney Salkow | ||
1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | Waldo Trumbull | Jacques Tourneur | |
The Last Man on Earth | Dr. Robert Morgan | Sidney Salkow, Ubaldo Ragona | ||
The Masque of the Red Death | Prince Prospero | Roger Corman | ||
1965 | The Tomb of Ligeia | Verden Fell | ||
War-Gods of the Deep | Sir Hugh, The Captain | Jacques Tourneur | ||
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | Dr. Goldfoot | Norman Taurog | ||
1966 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Dr. Goldfoot General Willis | Mario Bava | |
1967 | The House of 1,000 Dolls | Felix Manderville | Jeremy Summers | |
The Jackals | Oupa Decker | Robert D. Webb | ||
1968 | Witchfinder General (U.S. title Conqueror Worm) | Matthew Hopkins | Michael Reeves | |
Spirits of the Dead | Narrator | Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | English version, uncredited | |
1969 | More Dead Than Alive | Dan Ruffalo | Robert Sparr | |
The Trouble with Girls | Mr. Morality | Peter Tewksbury | ||
The Oblong Box | Sir Julian Markham | Gordon Hessler | ||
1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Dr. Browning | ||
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe | Narrator | Kenneth Johnson | ||
Cry of the Banshee | Lord Edward Whitman | Gordon Hessler | ||
Cucumber Castle | wicked count Voxville | Hugh Gladwish | ||
1971 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail | January Q. Irontail | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Voice |
The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Anton Phibes | Robert Fuest | ||
Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Himself | Richard Erdman | ||
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | William Spevin | Jerry Paris | ||
1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Dr. Anton Phibes | Robert Fuest | |
1973 | Theatre of Blood | Edward Lionheart | Douglas Hickox | |
1974 | Madhouse | Paul Toombes | Jim Clark | |
Percy's Progress | Stavos Mammonian | Ralph Thomas | ||
1975 | Journey Into Fear | Dervos | Daniel Mann | |
Welcome to My Nightmare | The Curator | David Winters | Voice | |
1976 | The Butterfly Ball | Narrator | Tony Klinger | |
1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Milton Parker | Michael Schultz | |
1980 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Narrator | Peter Sander | Voice |
I Go Pogo | The Deacon | Marc Paul Chinoy | ||
1981 | The Monster Club | Eramus | Roy Ward Baker | |
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner | Professor Humperdo | John Trent | ||
1982 | Vincent | Narrator | Tim Burton | Voice |
Fun with Mr. Future | Mad Scientist | Darrell Van Citters | ||
1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Lionel Grisbane | Pete Walker | |
Michael Jackson's Thriller | Narrator | John Landis | Voice | |
1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | Sinister Man | Ray Cameron | |
1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Professor Ratigan | Burny Mattinson, Ron Clements, David Michener, John Musker | Voice |
1987 | The Nativity | King Herod | Don Lusk | Voice |
From a Whisper to a Scream | Julian White | Jeff Burr | ||
The Whales of August | Mr. Maranov | Lindsay Anderson | ||
Sparky's Magic Piano | Henry, Sparky's dad | Lee Mishkin | Voice | |
1988 | Dead Heat | Arthur P. Loudermilk | Mark Goldblatt | |
1990 | Catchfire | Mr. Avoca | Dennis Hopper | |
Edward Scissorhands | The Inventor | Tim Burton | ||
1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Zig-Zag the Grand Vizier | Richard Williams | Voice, posthumous release (recorded in 1973[1]: 32–33 ) |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1949 | The Christmas Carol | Narrator (voice) | Television special |
1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Peter Hammond | Episode "The Ringmaster" |
1953 | Summer Theatre | Cooper Fielding | Episode: "Dream Job" |
The Plymouth Playhouse | |||
1955 | Climax! | Gideon Rone | Episode "Night of Execution" |
Crossroads | Reverend Robert Russell | Episode "Cleanup" | |
TV Reader's Digest | John Hayes | Episode "The Brainwashing of John Hayes" | |
1956 | Science Fiction Theatre | Dr. Philip Redmond | Episode "Operation Flypaper" |
Gary Williams | Episode "One Thousand Eyes" | ||
Crossroads | Reverend Alfred Price | Episode "God's Healing" | |
1956–1971 | The Red Skelton Hour | Claude Casserole, Dr. Nelson Jr., Dr. Flygrabber, Various characters | 17 episodes |
1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Charles Courtney | Episode "The Perfect Crime" |
Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David | Henry Prentiss | Television film | |
1958 | Have Gun – Will Travel | Charles Matthews / Othello | Episode "The Moor's Revenge" |
1959 | Riverboat | Otto Justin | Episode "Witness No Evil" |
1960 | The Red Skelton Hour | Gilbert | Episode: "The Original DaVinci" |
Maxwell the Magician | Episode "Deadeye and the Magician" | ||
1964–1966 | The Danny Kaye Show | Gangster, Dr. Frankenstein, The Dentist, The Prime Minister, Art Collector and Critic, The snotty Maitre'd | 4 episodes |
1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Victor Marton | Episode "The Foxes and Hounds Affair" |
1966–1967 | Batman | Edgar Heed / Egghead | 7 episodes |
1967 | F Troop | Count Sfoza | Episode "V is for Vampire" |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Professor Multiple | Episode "The Deadly Dolls" | |
1968–1971 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 5 episodes |
1969 | Daniel Boone | Dr. Thaddeus Morton | Episode "Copperhead Izzy" |
The Good Guys | Mr. Middleton | Episode "Fly in My Stew" | |
Get Smart | Dr. Jarvis Pym | Episode "Is This Trip Necessary?" | |
1970 | Mod Squad | John Wells / Wentworth | Episode "A Time of Hyacinths" |
Here's Lucy | Himself | Episode "Lucy Cuts Vincent's Price" | |
1971 | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | William Spevin | Television film |
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein | Himself | 130 episodes | |
The Pet Set | 2 episodes | ||
Curiosity Shop | 2 episodes | ||
1971–1972 | Night Gallery | Professor, John Carnby | 2 episodes |
1972 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Himself | Episode "Price Is Right" |
The Brady Bunch | Professor Hubert Whitehead | 2 episodes | |
1972–1975 | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest Performer | 4 episodes[2] |
1973 | Columbo | David Lang | Episode "Lovely but Lethal" |
1974 | The Snoop Sisters | Michael Bastion | Episode "A Black Day for Bluebeard" |
Mooch | Himself | Television film | |
1976 | Ellery Queen | Michael Raynor | Episode "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" |
The Bionic Woman | Manfred / Cyrus Carstairs | Episode "Black Magic" | |
1977 | The Muppet Show | Himself | 1 episode |
The Brady Bunch Hour | 1 episode | ||
1978 | The Love Boat | The Amazing Alonzo | Episode "Ship of Ghouls" |
1979 | Time Express | Jason Winters | 4 episodes |
CBS Library | Narrator | Episode "Once Upon a Midnight Scary" | |
1981 | Red Skelton's Christmas Dinner | Professor Humperdo | Television special |
1983 | Hansel and Gretel | Host | Television film |
Ruddigore | Sir Despard Murgatroyd | ||
1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Magic Mirror, Narrator | 2 episodes |
1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | Vincent Van Ghoul (voice) | 13 episodes |
1986 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | King Herod (voice) | Episode "The Nativity" |
Blacke's Magic | Emeric Valdemar | Episode "Wax Poetic" | |
Escapes | Host / The Mailman | Television film | |
1987 | The Little Troll Prince | King Ulvik #1 (voice) | |
1988 | Ghost Ship | Narrator (voice) | Television film, English dub |
1991 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Edgar Allan Poe (voice) | Episode "How Sweetie It Is" |
1993 | The Heart of Justice | Reggie Shaw | Television film |
Radio
Year | Title | Episode/source |
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1946 | Suspense | "The Name of the Beast"[3] |
Lux Radio Theatre | Dragonwyck[4] | |
Hollywood Star Time | The Song of Bernadette[5] | |
1947 | The Saint | July 9, 1947 to June 30, 1948 |
1973 | The Price of Fear | Episode 1 to 22[6] |
1977 | Aliens in the Mind | BBC Radio 4 |
Theatre
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Year | Title | Role | Venue | Run |
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1935 | Chicago | Charles Murdock | Gate Theatre | March 13, 1935 – unknown |
Victoria Regina | Prince Albert | May 1935 – unknown | ||
Broadhurst Theatre | December 26, 1935 – June 1936 | |||
August 31, 1936 – June 1937 | ||||
1937 | The Lady Has A Heart | Jean | Longacre Theatre | September 25, 1937 – December 1937 |
1938 | The Shoemaker's Holiday | Master Hammon | Mercury Theatre | January 1, 1938 – |
National Theatre | February 1, 1938 – | |||
Heartbreak House | Hector Hushabye | Mercury Theatre | April 29, 1938 – June 1938 | |
Outward Bound | Rev. William Duke | Playhouse Theatre | December 22, 1938 – July 22, 1939 | |
1941 | Angel Street | Mr. Manningham | John Golden Theatre | 5 December 1941 – September 30, 1942 |
Bijou Theatre | October 2, 1942 – December 30, 1944 | |||
1942 | Yours, A. Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Shubert Theatre | July 9, 1942 – July 12, 1942 |
1953 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | City Center of Music and Drama | December 9, 1953 – December 20, 1953 |
1954 | Black-Eyed Susan | Dr. Nicholas Marsh | Playhouse Theatre | December 23, 1954 – December 25, 1954 |
1968 | Darling of the Day | Priam Farll | George Abbott Theatre | January 27, 1968 – February 24, 1968 |
1978 | Diversions and Delights | Oscar Wilde | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | April 12, 1978 – April 22, 1978 |
Discography
Year | Release | Notes |
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1956 | Poems of Shelley | Audiobook |
1958 | Co-Star – The Record Acting Game | |
Sounds of freedom: Patrick Henry to William Jennings Bryan | Narrated speech "Henry Clay: on The War of 1812; January 8, 1813" | |
1961 | America The Beautiful - The heart of America in poetry | Audiobook |
1962 | The World Of Century Twenty First | |
Gallery | Presenter | |
1968 | Darling Of The Day | Audiobook |
1969 | Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure In Demonology | |
1972 | Tales Of Witches, Ghosts And Goblins | |
1973 | A Coven Of Witches' Tales | |
His Son: The life and times of Jesus | ||
1974 | A Graveyard Of Ghost Tales | |
1975 | The Complete Horror Classic "Blood Bath" | |
The Gold-Bug | ||
Edgar Allan Poe: The imp of the perverse and other tales | ||
Odyssey, starring Vincent Price | ||
1976 | A hornbook for witches, stories and poems for Halloween | |
1977 | Dining at Versailles | |
The bard's board / Food from Shakespearean times | ||
The Monster Mash / The Bard's Own Recipe | 45 Single | |
Classical Spanish cuisine | Audiobook |
Books
- Price, Vincent, I Like What I Know – A Visual Autobiography. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1959.
- Price, Vincent, The book of Joe; about a dog and his man. Doubleday, 1961; OCLC 1292943
- Price, Vincent and Price, Mary Grant, A Treasury of Great Recipes. Bernard Geis Associates, 1965; ISBN 1121111130.
- Price, Vincent and Price, Mary Grant, Mary and Vincent Price Present A National Treasury of Cookery. Heirloom Publishing Company, 1967; OCLC 1450485
- Price, Vincent and Price, Mary Grant, Come Into the Kitchen Cook Book: A Collector's Treasury of America's Great Recipes. Stravon Educational Press, 1969; ISBN 0873960203
- Price, Vincent, Cooking Price-wise with Vincent Price. Corgi Children's, 1971; ISBN 0552086657
- Price, Vincent, The Vincent Price Treasury of American Art. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1972; ISBN 978-08-7294031-4.[7]
- Price, Vincent, Vincent Price: His Movies, His Plays, His Life. Doubleday & Co, 1978; ISBN 0385115946
- Price, Vincent and Price, V. B., Monsters. Grosset & Dunlap, 1981; ISBN 0448143054
References
- ^ McAsh, Iain F (April 1977). The Films Of Vincent Price (Second ed.). BCW Publishing. ISBN 090415940X.
- ^ "The Carol Burnett Show (1974) | Vincent Price shows his funny side". The Sound of Vincent Price. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Escape and Suspense!: Suspense - The Name of the Beast". Escape-suspense.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Theatre Date". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg Telegraph. October 5, 1946. p. 17. Retrieved October 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. Vol. 41, no. 2. Spring 2015. pp. 32–41.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Price of Fear". BBC.
- ^ The Vincent Price treasury of American art. Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 1972. ISBN 9780872940314. OCLC 539027.
External links
- Vincent Price at IMDb
- Vincent Price at the Internet Broadway Database
- Vincent Price at the TCM Movie Database