Vincent Price

Birth Name:

Vincent Leonard Price

Birth Place:

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

An avid art collector, he and second wife Mary donated dozens of pieces of priceless works to East Los Angeles College which is now housed in the Vincent Price Art Museum
Appointed to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by Dwight D․ Eisenhower
After studying at Yale and later the Courtauld Institute in London, it wasn't until the age of 24 that he became interested in a career on stage
Quote: "I don't play monsters․ I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge․"
Quote: "I sometimes feel that I'm impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race․ I know this sounds sick, but I love it․"
Began to focus solely on voice work in the mid-1970s
His first horror film came after landing a lead role in Boris Karloff's 1939 film, "Tower of London" but it wasn't until the mid-1950s that he would transition to the genre full time
His grandfather invented the first cream of tartar baking powder which would secure the family's fortune
Leant his voice the Walt Disney World's Phantom Manor ride in the early 1990s after failing to successfully recording the same passage in French for the company's Parisian theme park
Served on the board of directors of the Los Angeles County Museum

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