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 - 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.
Known For
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Cast Credits
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
Starring as Vincent Van Ghoul
- Episode 1x01: To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before (Sep 7, 1985)
Wogan (1982)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 1x08: Selina Scott, Ned Sherrin, Vincent Price, Gilbert O'Sullivan (Jun 22, 1982)
Time Express (1979)
Starring as Jason Winters
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Death / Boxer (May 17, 1979)
- Episode 1x03: Rodeo / Cop (May 10, 1979)
- Episode 1x02: The Figure Skater / The Copy-Writer's Romance (May 3, 1979)
- Episode 1x01: The Garbage Man / The Doctors and His Wife (Apr 26, 1979)
Family Feud (1979)
Guest starring as Celebrity Contestant
- Episode 7x224: Family Feud TV's All-Time Favorites Week 2 Game 4: Gilligan's Island vs. Batman (May 12, 1983)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Wendell Mordan - 'The Amazing Alonzo'
- Episode 2x07: Ship of Ghouls (Oct 28, 1978)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 1x18: Vincent Price (Jan 31, 1977) [Special Guest Star]
Ellery Queen (1975)
Guest starring as Director Michael Raynor
- Episode 1x17: The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario (Feb 8, 1976)
The Snoop Sisters (1973)
Guest starring as Michael Bastion
- Episode 1x04: A Black Day for Bluebeard (Mar 19, 1974)
Night Gallery (1969)
Guest starring as John Cranby
- Episode 3x01: The Return of the Sorcerer (Sep 24, 1972)
Guest starring as The Professor
- Episode 2x07: The Class of '99 (Sep 22, 1971)
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Guest starring as Professor Hubert Whitehead
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x03: The Tiki Caves (Oct 6, 1972)
- Episode 4x02: Pass the Tabu (Sep 29, 1972)
Columbo (1968)
Guest starring as David Lang
- Episode 1973-09-23: Lovely But Lethal (Sep 23, 1973) [Special Guest Star]
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
(49 episodes)
- Episode 14x52: June 16 - 20, 1980 (Jun 16, 1980)
- Episode 14x41: March 31 - April 4, 1980 (Mar 31, 1980)
- Episode 14x31: Jan. 21 - 25, 1980 (DT) (Jan 21, 1980)
- Episode 14x18: November 12-16, 1979 (DT) (Nov 12, 1979)
- Episode 13x48: February 19-23, 1979 (DT) (Feb 19, 1979)
- Episode 12x90: August 21-25, 1978 (Aug 21, 1978)
- Episode 12x87: July 31-August 4, 1978 (Jul 31, 1978)
- Episode 12x86: July 24-28, 1978 (Jul 24, 1978)
- Episode 11x87: July 25-29, 1977 (Jul 25, 1977)
- Episode 11x70: May 9-13, 1977 (DT) (May 9, 1977)
- Episode 11x62: April 11-15, 1977 (DT) (Apr 11, 1977)
- Episode 11x38: January 17-21, 1977 (DT) (Jan 17, 1977)
- Episode 11x32: December 27-31, 1976 (DT) (Dec 27, 1976)
- Episode 11x22: November 22-26, 1976 (DT) (Nov 22, 1976)
- Episode 11x02: September 13-17, 1976 (DT) (Sep 13, 1976)
- Episode 10x78: May 31-June 4, 1976 (DT) (May 31, 1976)
- Episode 10x74: May 17-21, 1976 (DT) (May 17, 1976)
- Episode 10x72: May 10-14, 1976 (DT) (May 10, 1976)
- Episode 10x68: April 26-30, 1976 (Apr 26, 1976)
- Episode 10x64: April 12-16, 1976 (Apr 12, 1976)
- Episode 10x54: March 8-12, 1976 (Mar 8, 1976)
- Episode 10x48: February 16-20, 1976 (Feb 16, 1976)
- Episode 10x43: January 26-February 1, 1976 (Jan 26, 1976)
- Episode 10x36: January 5-9, 1976 (Jan 5, 1976)
- Episode 10x28: December 8-12, 1975 (Dec 8, 1975)
- Episode 10x22: November 17-21, 1975 (Nov 17, 1975)
- Episode 10x18: November 3-7, 1975 (One Hour Long Special) (Nov 3, 1975)
- Episode 9x70: May 5-9, 1975 (May 5, 1975)
- Episode 9x57: March 17-23, 1975 (NT) (Mar 17, 1975)
- Episode 9x54: March 10-14, 1975 (Mar 10, 1975)
- Episode 9x46: February 10-14, 1975 (Feb 10, 1975)
- Episode 9x34: December 30, 1974-January 3, 1975 (Dec 30, 1974)
- Episode 9x04: September 16-20, 1974 (DT) (Sep 16, 1974)
- Episode 8x85: July 8-12, 1974 (Jul 8, 1974)
- Episode 8x66: April 22-26, 1974 (DT) (Apr 22, 1974)
- Episode 8x60: April 1-5, 1974 (Apr 1, 1974)
- Episode 8x36: January 7-11, 1974 (DT) (Jan 7, 1974)
- Episode 6x63: May 8-12, 1972 (DT) (May 8, 1972)
- Episode 5x34: April 26-30, 1971 (Apr 26, 1971)
- Episode 5x23: February 8-12, 1971 (Feb 8, 1971)
- Episode 5x09: November 2-6, 1970 (Nov 2, 1970)
- Episode 4x44: June 29-July 3, 1970 (Jun 29, 1970)
- Episode 4x23: February 2-6, 1970 (Feb 2, 1970)
- Episode 4x07: October 13-17, 1969 (Oct 13, 1969)
- Episode 4x05: September 29-October 3, 1969 (Sep 29, 1969)
- Episode 3x33: April 7-11, 1969 (Apr 7, 1969)
- Episode 2x67: June 24-28, 1968 (Jun 24, 1968)
- Episode 1x37: June 26 - 30, 1967 (Jun 26, 1967)
- Episode 1x30: May 8 - 12, 1967 (May 8, 1967)
Guest starring as Center Square
(9 episodes)
- Episode 14x01: September 3-7, 1979 (Sep 3, 1979)
- Episode 12x42: January 30-February 3, 1978 (Jan 30, 1978)
- Episode 10x20: November 10-14, 1975 (Nov 10, 1975)
- Episode 9x66: April 21-25, 1975 (Apr 21, 1975)
- Episode 9x36: January 6-10, 1975 (Jan 6, 1975)
- Episode 9x20: November 11-15, 1974 (DT) (Nov 11, 1974)
- Episode 8x89: August 5-9, 1974 (Aug 5, 1974)
- Episode 8x82: June 17-21, 1974 (DT) (Jun 17, 1974)
- Episode 3x31: March 24-28, 1969 (Mar 24, 1969)
Batman (1966)
Guest starring as Egghead
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x14: The Yegg Foes in Gotham (2) (Oct 20, 1966) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x13: An Egg Grows in Gotham (1) (Oct 19, 1966)
Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Guest starring as Professor Multiple
- Episode 4x02: The Deadly Dolls (Oct 1, 1967)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 2x17: Vincent Price / Diahann Carroll (Jan 13, 1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1979-04-02: Apr 2, 1979 (Apr 2, 1979)
- Episode 1978-05-15: May 15, 1978 (May 15, 1978)
- Episode 1977-08-29: Aug 29, 1977 (Aug 29, 1977)
- Episode 1975-03-04: Mar 4, 1975 (Mar 4, 1975)
- Episode 1975-01-29: Jan 29, 1975 (Jan 29, 1975)
Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 1973-01-09: Jan 9, 1973 Diet and Health (Jan 9, 1973)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Co-Host
- Episode 6x201: Jun 12, 1967 (Jun 12, 1967)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 6x242: Aug 22, 1967 (Aug 22, 1967)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Guest starring as Charles Matthews
- Episode 2x15: The Moor's Revenge (Dec 27, 1958)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
- Episode 1960-12-12: Dec 12, 1960 (Dec 12, 1960)
The George Gobel Show (1954)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: Feb 14, 1960 (Feb 14, 1960)
- Episode 3x04: Nov 3, 1956 (Nov 3, 1956)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Vincent Price
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1989-03-29: The 61st Annual Academy Awards (Mar 29, 1989)
- Episode 1982-03-29: The 54th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 29, 1982)
- Episode 1959-04-06: The 31st Annual Academy Awards (Apr 6, 1959)
- Episode 1958-03-26: The 30th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 26, 1958)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
Guest starring as Mr. Gould
- Episode 11x34: Cauliflower Loses His Birds (Jun 26, 1962)
Guest starring as Maxwell the Magician
- Episode 10x04: Deadeye and the Magician (Oct 18, 1960)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Guest starring as Panelist
- Episode 15x26: Jack Appears on a Panel Show (Apr 2, 1965)