Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on 27 May 1911 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 25 October 1993 from lung cancer and emphysema. He was well known as an actor, writer, and gourmet. Price had travelled throughout Europe, obtaining a degree from Yale; and later becoming an actor. Price's voice was very distinctive, allowing him to portray the most gentle characters to the most villainous. He featured and starred in hundreds of movies, television shows, documentaries, commercials, and radio shows, that included action, adventure, dramas, mysteries and thrillers. His first reported movie being the 1938 "Service de Luxe". But Price's most identified genre was horror. Some of which included the movies: The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Shock (1946) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Christmas Carol (1949) House of Wax (1953) The Fly (1958) House on Haunted Hill (1959) Return of the Fly (1959) The Tingler (1959) The Bat (1959) House of Usher (1960) Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Famous Ghost Stories (1961) Tales of Terror (1962) The Raven (1963) Twice-Told Tales (1963) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Spirits of the Dead (1968) The Oblong Box (1969) The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) Escapes (1986) Edward Scissorhands (1990) and television shows: Fireside Theatre (1951) Lights Out (1952) Science Fiction Theatre (1956) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) Night Gallery (1971 & 1972) The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971) Time Express (1979) Faerie Tale Theatre (1984) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) and radio shows: The Croupier (1949) The Price of Fear (1973-1975 & 1982) and music video: Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) Thriller with Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. When asked, why did he appear in so many really bad movies, Price replied that he loved to act. Included in his many acting roles, Price also had his share of Horror Host roles: Vincent Price: Famous Ghost Stories (1961)(USA) Vincent Price was the presenter of this television pilot. It was to feature well known works from the masters of horror. In this first episode, Price introduces "The She-Ghost of Haunted Island!" starring: Vincent Price Richard Carlson Juli Redding Lugene Sanders Famous Ghost Stories with Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. The Narrator: Tales of Terror (1962)(USA) Based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Price introduces and stars in three stories of horror in this movie: "Morella" "The Black Cat" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" Tales of Terror with Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. The Narrator: Twice-Told Tales (1963)(USA) Based on stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Price introduces and stars in three stories of horror in this movie: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" "Rappaccini's Daughter" "House of the Seven Gables" Twice-Told Tales with Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. The Narrator: An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)(USA) Edgar Allan Poe from The Professor on Vimeo. Four of Edgar Allen Poe's stories are recited by Vincent Price in this movie: "The Tell-Tale Heart" "The Sphinx" "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Pit and the Pendulum" An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe - Starring Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. The Narrator: The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971)(Canada) Price was the narrator for this comedic television series. His ghostly head would open the show with "Another lovely day begins, for ghosts and ghouls with greenish skin. So close your eyes and you will find that you've arrived in Frightenstein. Perhaps the Count will find a way to make his monster work to-day. For if he solves this monster-mania, he can return to Transylvania! So welcome where the sun won't shine, to the castle of Count Frightenstein!" and close the show with: "The castle lights are growing dim. There's no one left but me - and him. When next we meet in Frankenstone...don't come alone." Throughout each episode, Price would recite a variety of poems. The show's 130 episodes were made over a nine month period, with Price's involvement all being shot over a few days. Fortunately, most of the series is available on YouTube and Tubi-TV Click on image to access Vincent Price: The Price of Fear (1973 - 1975 & 1982)(UK) Price hosts this radio anthology of horror stories for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Often Price was also in the stories, playing himself as Vincent Price. The show ran for three series. The first series original had five episodes, airing for a week in July 1973. Another five episodes were added to this series, with the ten episodes airing weekly from September to November, and repeated in December 1973. Series two comprised six episodes airing weekly in April-May 1974, and repeated in 1975 with some episodes from series 1. In 1983 series 3's six episodes aired weekly from April-May. To listen to episodes, click on the radio. Return to the UK horror host page. Vincent Price: The Horror Hall of Fame (1974)(USA) This television special was a tribute to the stars of horror movies. Price acted as the host, interviewing the guests: John Astin John Carradine Candy Clark Frank Gorshin Raymond McNally William Tuttle and showing clips from horror movies. He was assisted by his helpful Hunchback - Zuckman played by Billy Van. Vincent Price hosts The Horror Hall of Fame- A Monster Salute (1974) from The Professor on Vimeo. Host/Mailman: Escapes (1986)(USA) A made for television anthology movie containing five stories of horror plus an overarching story, with Vincent Price as host, as well as playing the mailman in the first story: "Hall of Faces" "A Little Fishy" "Coffee Break" "Who's There?" "Jonah's Dream" "Think Twice" Escapes with Vincent Price from The Professor on Vimeo. Host: Creep Classics (1987)(USA) "Creepy Classics" was a 1987 direct-to-video compilation of trailers for various horror and science fiction movies, hosted by Vincent Price. Whilst sitting in a cinema, Vincent Price, the master of the macabre hosts this direct to video collection of creepy and scary science fiction and horror movie clips and trailers. Movies featured are: "Horrors of the Black Museum" (1959), "The Blob" (1958), "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957), "Dr. "Terrors House of Horrors" (1965), "The Raven" (1963), "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961), "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), "Gorgo" (1961), "The Screaming Skull" (1958), "War of the Colossal Beast" (1958), "Attack of the Puppet People" (1958), "Dinosaurus" (1960) and "Day of the Triffids" (1963). "Creepy Classics" - opening from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo. And if you are getting a little thirsty, try a bottle of Vincent Price Ale - Black Cat Vincent Price One-of-a-kind Vintage Inspired Comic Print by Artist Doug P'gosh.

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