Date of Birth:

27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Date of Death:

25 October 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer and emphysema)

Birth Name:

Vincent Leonard Price Jr.

Nickname:

King of the Grand Guignol

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)

Mini 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 - 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.

Trade Mark:

Often played in horror films with a sense of black humour
Playing an anti-hero who wants revenge on those who wronged him
Frequently played villains who died screaming
Distinctive low-pitched voice and atmospheric narration.
Often played imposing, menacing villains.

Spouse:

Coral Browne (24 October 1974 - 29 May 1991) (her death)
Mary Grant (25 August 1949 - 1973) (divorced) 1 child
Edith Barrett (23 April 1938 - 4 June 1948) (divorced) 1 child

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