Vincent Price

Vincent Price (1911–1993) was an American actor known for his resonant voice and performances in horror films, including House of Wax and The Fly.

House of Wax (1953 film): A 1953 American horror film in which a sculptor uses wax figures to conceal his crimes. Price’s Professor Henry Jarrod became his breakthrough role in three-dimensional horror.
Roger Corman: An American filmmaker and producer known for economical genre films and launching independent careers. Corman directed Price in several Poe adaptations that defined a major phase of his screen work.
University of London: A federal public research university established in London in 1836. Price studied at the Courtauld Institute, then part of the University of London.
Peter Cushing: An English actor renowned for playing Sherlock Holmes and horror characters in Hammer films. Cushing’s restrained, scholarly menace offers a British counterpart to Price’s theatrical American style.
The Fly (1958 film): A 1958 science-fiction horror film about a scientist whose teleportation experiment fuses him with a fly. Price plays the scientist’s brother, grounding the story’s scientific tragedy.
Edgar Allan Poe: An American writer whose poems and tales helped establish modern detective fiction and psychological horror. Poe’s stories supplied the material for Price’s best-known cycle with Roger Corman.
Courtauld Institute of Art: A London institution specializing in the study and conservation of art and its history. Price studied art history there before turning fully toward acting.
Christopher Lee: An English actor known for playing Dracula and other imposing characters in horror and adventure films. Lee’s physical presence contrasts with Price’s reliance on voice, wit, and expressive elegance.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes: A 1971 horror film about a disfigured musician who kills in elaborate biblical-themed ways. Price’s performance blends macabre comedy with the film’s revenge plot.
Basil Rathbone: An English actor celebrated for stage performances and for playing Sherlock Holmes in films. Rathbone and Price shared a taste for classical performance and appeared together in horror films.

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