Vincent Price filmography
Vincent Price in the trailer for
Laura (1944)
This is a filmography of Vincent Price, which includes appearances in theatre and television. Price made his theatre debut in the Gate Theatre's 1935 production of Chicago, followed by work on Broadway. Under contract to Universal, Price traveled to Hollywood, making his screen debut in 1938's Service de Luxe. By the 1960s, Vincent Price was working almost exclusively in the horror genre and teen film genres. Price's final film was Edward Scissorhands (1990) and the TV movie The Heart of Justice (1992) was his last screen appearance. Price died in Los Angeles on October 25, 1993.
Filmography
Year |
Film |
Role |
Director |
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 (voice only) |
Charles Barton |
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 |
7 co-directors |
Notes on the Port of St. Francis |
Narrator |
short documentary directed by Frank Stauffacher |
1952 |
The Las Vegas Story |
Lloyd Rollins |
Robert Stevenson |
1953 |
House of Wax |
Professor Henry Jarrod |
André 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 (uncredited) |
Norman Z. McLeod |
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 |
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 |
The Big Circus |
Hans Hagenfeld |
Joseph M. Newman |
The Tingler |
Dr. Warren Chapin |
William Castle |
Return of the Fly |
Francois Delambre |
Edward Bernds |
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 M. Valdemar |
Roger Corman |
Convicts 4 |
Carl Carmer |
Millard Kaufman |
Tower of London |
Richard of Gloucester |
Roger Corman |
1963 |
The Raven |
Dr. Erasmus Craven |
Roger Corman |
Diary of a Madman |
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 Dr. Rappaccini Gerald Pyncheon |
Sidney Salkow |
1964 |
The Comedy of Terrors |
Waldo Trumbull |
Jacques Tourneur |
The Last Man on Earth |
Dr. Robert Morgan |
Ubaldo Ragona |
The Masque of the Red Death |
Prince Prospero |
Roger Corman |
I Tabu (Taboos of the World) |
Narrator |
Romolo Marcellini |
1965 |
The Tomb of Ligeia |
Verden Fell |
Roger Corman |
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 Jackals |
Oupa Decker |
Robert D. Webb |
The House of 1,000 Dolls |
Felix Manderville |
Jeremy Summers |
1968 |
Spirits of the Dead |
Narrator (English-language version) |
Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim |
Witchfinder General (U.S. title Conqueror Worm) |
Matthew Hopkins |
Michael Reeves |
1969 |
More Dead Than Alive |
Dan Ruffalo |
Robert Sparr |
The Oblong Box |
Sir Julian Markham |
Gordon Hessler |
The Trouble with Girls |
Mr. Morality |
Peter Tewksbury |
1970 |
Scream and Scream Again |
Dr. Browning |
Gordon Hessler |
Cry of the Banshee |
Lord Edward Whitman |
Gordon Hessler |
Cucumber Castle |
Wicked Count Voxville |
Hugh Gladwish |
1971 |
The Abominable Dr. Phibes |
Dr. Anton Phibes |
Robert Fuest |
Here Comes Peter Cottontail |
January Q. Irontail (Voice) |
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Mooch Goes to Hollywood |
Himself |
Richard Erdman |
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? |
Spevin |
Jerry Paris |
1972 |
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe |
Recitator |
Kenneth Johnson |
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 |
1976 |
The Butterfly Ball |
Narrator |
Tony Klinger |
1979 |
Scavenger Hunt |
Milton Parker |
Michael Schultz |
1980 |
The Monster Club |
Eramus |
Roy Ward Baker |
Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' |
The Deacon (voice only) |
Marc Paul Chinoy |
1981 |
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner |
Professor Humperdo |
John Trent |
1982 |
Vincent |
Narrator (voice only) |
Tim Burton |
1983 |
House of the Long Shadows |
Lionel Grisbane |
Pete Walker |
Michael Jackson's Thriller |
Narrator (voice only) |
John Landis |
1984 |
Bloodbath at the House of Death |
Sinister Man |
Ray Cameron |
Terror in the Aisles |
archival footage |
Andrew J. Kuehn |
1985 |
The Little Troll Prince |
Ulvik #1 (voice only) |
Ray Patterson |
1986 |
The Great Mouse Detective |
Professor Ratigan (voice) |
Burny Mattinson, Ron Clements, David Michener, John Musker |
Escapes |
The Mailman |
David Steensland |
1987 |
Sparky's Magic Piano |
Henry, Sparky's dad (voice only) |
Lee Mishkin |
The Nativity |
King Herod (voice only) |
Don Lusk |
The Whales of August |
Mr. Maranov |
Lindsay Anderson |
From a Whisper to a Scream |
Julian White |
Jeff Burr |
1988 |
Dead Heat |
Arthur P. Loudermilk |
Mark Goldblatt |
1990 |
Catchfire |
Mr. Avoca |
Dennis Hopper |
Edward Scissorhands |
The Inventor |
Tim Burton |
1992 |
The Heart of Justice (TV movie), (last screen appearance) |
Reggie Shaw |
Bruno Barreto |
1993 |
The Thief and the Cobbler |
Zig-Zag the Grand Vizier (voice only, recorded 1967-1973) |
Richard Williams |
Theatre
Vincent Price, appearing on Broadway as Mr. Manningham in Angel Street; a role he would portray for three years between 1941 and 1944.
Year |
Title |
Role |
Venue |
Run |
1935 |
Victoria Regina |
Prince Albert |
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 |
1942 |
Bijou Theatre |
October 2, 1942 - December 30, 1944 |
1942 |
Yours, A. Lincoln |
Lincoln |
Shubert Theatre |
July 9, 1942 - July 12, 1942 |
1953 |
Richard III |
Duke of Buckingham |
City Centre |
December 9, 1953 - December 20, 1953 |
1954 |
Black-Eyed Susan |
Dr. Nicholas Marsh |
Playhouse Theatre (New York) |
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 |
Television
Year |
Program |
Role |
Episode |
First aired |
1949 |
A Christmas Carol |
Narrator |
|
December 25, 1949 |
1957 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
Charles Courtney |
Appeared in the episode "The Perfect Crime" |
October 20, 1957 |
1958 |
Have Gun – Will Travel |
Charles Matthews / Othello |
Episode 15: "The Moor's Revenge" |
December 27, 1958 |
1965 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. |
Victor Marton |
Episode 33: "The Foxes and Hounds Affair" |
October 8, 1965 |
1966 |
Batman |
Egghead |
Various episodes |
1966 - 1967 |
1967 |
F Troop |
Count Sfoza |
"V is for Vampire" |
February 2, 1967 |
1969 |
Get Smart |
Dr Jarvis Pym |
"Is This Trip Necessary?" |
December 12, 1969 |
1970 |
Mod Squad |
John Wells / Wentworth |
"A Time of Hyacinths" |
December 1, 1970 |
1971 |
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein |
Himself |
All episodes |
1971 |
1972 |
The Brady Bunch |
Professor Hubert Whitehead |
"Pass the Tabu" "The Tiki Caves" 2 episodes |
September 29, 1972, October 6, 1972 |
1973 |
Columbo |
David Lang |
"Lovely but Lethal" |
September 23, 1973 |
1976 |
The Bionic Woman |
Manfred / Cyrus Carstairs |
"Black Magic", Season 2, Episode 7 |
1976 |
1977 |
The Muppet Show |
Himself |
One episode |
January 29, 1977 |
1978 |
The Love Boat |
The Amazing Alonzo |
"Ship of Ghouls" Season 2, Episode 7 |
October 28, 1978 |
1979 |
Time Express |
Jason Winters |
Lead in series, four episodes |
April 26, 1979 |
1984 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
Magic Mirror |
Episode: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" |
July 16, 1984 |
1985 |
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo |
Vincent Van Ghoul (voice) |
Animated series |
1985 |
1991 |
Tiny Toon Adventures |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Episode: How Sweetie It Is |
November 19, 1991 |
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