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My Take
I adore the contradiction at the heart of Vincent Price. On screen he was horror's velvet-voiced villain across more than a hundred films; off screen he was a Yale-educated art historian who collected paintings and wrote books. That duality tells me his menace was pure craftsmanship, an intellectual playing terror like an instrument. His towering frame and unmistakable voice gave genre cinema a dignity it rarely received, which is why two stars on the Walk of Fame feel entirely earned. For me, Price proves that so-called lowbrow entertainment, done with intelligence and relish, becomes art. Horror has never truly replaced him.
Overview
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vincent Price
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴィンセント・プライス
- Reading
- ゔぃんせんと・ぷらいす
- Born
- May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- art collector / art historian / voice actor / writer / autobiographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1971 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
- 1983 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.