Vincent Price

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  • Born: 1911 - Died: 1993
  • Country: USA

Fun Facts

  • Price and Christopher Lee were born on the same day (27th May) and Peter Cushing was born on the 26th.
  • An avid gourmet chef, he wrote a number of cookbooks.
  • Had his own mail-order book club in the 1970s, "Vincent Price Books", specializing in mystery and detective novels.
  • His ashes were scattered off the Californian coast of Malibu together with his favorite gardening hat.
  • He attended the opening night of the first production of Richard O'Brien's "The Rocky Horror Show".
  • Provided quasi-"rap" voiceover for Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983).
  • According to Price, when he and Peter Lorre went to view Bela Lugosi's body at Lugosi's funeral, Lorre, upon seeing Lugosi dressed in his famous Dracula cape, quipped, "Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case?"
  • Played the devil in The Story of Mankind (1957).
  • Won $32,000 in an appearance on the game show "$64,000 Question."´
  • Best remembered in Canada for his appearances on "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" (1971).
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