October 20, 2007

Vincent Price

Vincent Price was born in May 27, 1911 in St. Louis to a rich family. He had many superb performances both on stage and the movies. He moved to London after graduating from Yale with a BA in Art History and English to continue his studies. It was in London where he debuted on the stage with Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) in 1935. He remained on stage for a few years, but made his first movie, "Service de Luxe" in 1938. He went ahead to make further movies with great and impressive performances. During the early 1960's, Price starred in a series of horror movies that were based on Edgar Allen Poe stories. He played tv's characters too, such as the Egghead in Batman. In addition to acting, he also lent his voice. He was the voice in Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983), and the voice in the animation "The Little Troll Prince"(1985). Price's last role was in 1990 in "Edward Scissorhands" according to the TCM.

On http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/ there are three. One in 1991 and two in 1993. Two of them were his voice. He passed away in October 25,1993 from lung cancer. More details in these two sites:

Turner Classic Movies
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=161098

Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=838


The Bat - Teaser 1959



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwHyfANiVXs
*Update 1/3/10: video removed by user


The Abominable Dr. Phibes - Trailer 1971


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8FJYwgPJV0
*Update 1/3/10: video removed by user

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