Louis Country Day School and Milford Academy in Milford, Connecticut. Price was of Welsh and English descent and was a descendant, via his father's mother, of Peregrine White, the first child born in colonial Massachusetts, being born on the Mayflower while it was in Provincetown Harbor. Price's Baking Powder", the first cream of tartar-based baking powder, and it secured the family's fortune. His grandfather was Vincent Clarence Price, who invented "Dr. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of the four children of Vincent Leonard Price, president of the National Candy Company, and his wife Marguerite Cobb (née Wilcox) Price. The Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College is named in his honor. Price was also an art collector and arts consultant, with a degree in art history, and he lectured and wrote books on the subject. For his voice work in Great American Speeches (1959), Price was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Price narrated several animated films, radio dramas and documentaries, as well as the monologue on Michael Jackson's song " Thriller". For his contributions to cinema, especially to genre films, he has received lifetime achievement or special tribute awards from Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, Fantasporto, Bram Stoker Awards, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
In his later years, Price voiced the villainous Professor Ratigan in Disney's classic animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986), then appeared in the drama The Whales of August (1987), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male nomination, and in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990), his last theatrical release. Price occasionally appeared on television series, such as in Batman as Egghead. He was also known for his collaborations with Roger Corman on Edgar Allan Poe adaptations such as House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Haunted Palace (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). He subsequently starred in other horror films, including The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Return of the Fly (1959), The Tingler (1959), The Last Man on Earth (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), The Abominable Dr. He established himself as a recognizable horror-movie star after his leading role in House of Wax (1953).
He became well known as a character actor, appearing in films such as The Song of Bernadette (1943), Laura (1944), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Dragonwyck (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). Price's first film role was as leading man in the 1938 comedy Service de Luxe. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. (– October 25, 1993) was an American actor. Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 stars (TV, Film)
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