Vincent Price
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| + | [[Image:The Raven.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In 1963, [[Roger Corman]] directed ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'', a [[horror-comedy]] written by [[Richard Matheson]] very loosely based on the poem, "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. It stars [[Vincent Price]], [[Peter Lorre]], and [[Boris Karloff]] as a trio of rival [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcerers]].]] | ||
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| '''Vincent Leonard Price Jr.''' ([[May 27]], [[1911]] – [[October 25]], [[1993]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[film]] [[actor]]. | '''Vincent Leonard Price Jr.''' ([[May 27]], [[1911]] – [[October 25]], [[1993]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[film]] [[actor]]. | ||
| - | Vincent Price is best remembered for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of distinctive [[horror film]]s. His tall 6' 4" (1.93 m) stature and polished urbane manner made him something of an American counterpart to the older [[Boris Karloff]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | Vincent Price is best remembered for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of distinctive [[horror film]]s. His tall 6' 4" (1.93 m) stature and polished urbane manner made him something of an American counterpart to the older [[Boris Karloff]]. |
| - | In the 1960s, he had a number of low-budget successes with [[Roger Corman]] and [[American International Pictures]] (AIP) including the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptations ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961), ''[[Tales of Terror (film)|Tales of Terror]]'' (1962), ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963), ''[[The Masque of the Red Death (film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' (1965). | + | |
| - | These were followed by numerous other roles throughout the 1960s in which he played characters in horror films who were often closely modeled on the Corman Poe films. He has also appeared in ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (1971) and ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (1973), in which he created a series of campy, tongue-in-cheek villains. Price also recorded dramatic readings of Poe's [[short story|short stories]] and [[poem]]s, which were collected together with readings by [[Basil Rathbone]]. | + | == See also == |
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| - | In 1968 he played the part of an [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentric]] [[artist]] in the [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Darling of the Day (musical)|Darling of the Day]]'' opposite [[Patricia Routledge]], displaying an adequate if untrained [[singing]] voice. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | He often spoke of his pleasure at playing "[[Egghead (Batman)|Egghead]]" on the popular [[Batman (TV series)|Batman television series]]. Another of his co-stars, [[Yvonne Craig]] (Batgirl), often said Price was her favorite co-star. | + | |
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| - | In an often-repeated anecdote from the set of ''Batman'', Price, after a take was printed, started throwing eggs at series stars [[Adam West]] and [[Burt Ward]], and when asked to stop replied, ''"With a full artillery? Not a chance!"'', causing an eggfight to erupt on the soundstage. This incident is reenacted in the behind-the-scenes telefilm ''[[Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt]]''. | + | |
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Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American film actor.
Vincent Price is best remembered for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of distinctive horror films. His tall 6' 4" (1.93 m) stature and polished urbane manner made him something of an American counterpart to the older Boris Karloff.
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