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Lean, effete, and sinister, Vincent Price was among the movies' greatest villains as well as one of the... (Learn more)

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Vincent Price’s Milestones
Appeared as panalist on TV game show, "Pantomime Quiz"
Hosted PBS series, "Mystery!"
Performed with the Mercury Theatre
Served as an art-buying consultant for Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Spoofed his persona as Egghead on the "Batman" TV series in the mid-1960s
Stage debut in "Chicago" at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
Starred on radio series, "The Saint"
Toured USA in "Diversions and Delights", a one-man play about Oscar Wilde; made subsequent world tour
Went to England to study history and art
Worked briefly as a schoolmaster at Riverdale Country Day School, New York
1935 Played the Prince Regent in Gate Theatre's production of "Victoria Regina"
1935 - 1937 Returned to USA and made Broadway debut as Prince Consort in "Victoria Regina" opposite Helen Hayes
1938 Film debut, "Service De Luxe"
1953 Association with horror films clinched with his starring role in "House of Wax"
1968 Made Broadway musical debut in "Darling of the Day"
1982 Narrated Tim Burton's animated short, "Vincent"
1987 Last major film role, Mr. Maranov, in Lindsay Anderson's "The Whales of August"
1990 Final film appearance as The Inventor in Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands"
1993 Final TV appearance, "The Heart of Justice" on "TNT Screenworks"

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Born

May, 27 1911 in St Louis, Missouri, USA

Education

  • California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California:
  • Courtauld Institute, London, England:
  • University of London, London, England:
  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: dabbled in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas
  • Nuremberg University, Nuremberg, Germany:
  • St Louis Country Day School, St Louis, Missouri:

Professions

actor, author, TV host, art-buying consultant, syndicated art columnist, teacher