Dennis Price
- Acting
- June 23, 1915 · Twyford, England
- October 6, 1973
Biography
Sophisticated and suave, British actor Dennis Price ( born Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price) (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) brought a touch of class to every character he portrayed. Price appeared first on the British stage before landing his first role in film in "A Canterbury Tale" as the protective police officer, Sergeant Peter Gibbs. Next up was a defining role as the calm, cool, and devilish murderer Louis Mazzini in the black comedy "Kind Hearts and Coronets," opposite Alec Guinness. Turning to the truly dark side, Price later took on the role of Major Charles Scott in the psychological thriller "Tunes of Glory," which revolved around dastardly post-World War II happenings in a Scottish Highland regimental barracks. Price later returned to comedy, playing a priggish wealthy American, Mr. Vernon, in "The Amorous Mr. Prawn." Price became known to television audiences playing Jeeves, the quintessential butler, opposite Ian Carmichael in the British series "The World of Wooster" which was adapted from the famous novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. With a string of appearances in "B" horror movies like "Horror Hospital" and "Twins of Evil," Price became somewhat of a cult figure in later years, but he punctuated his career with a 1972 appearance in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," opposite the top British stars of the day.
Known for
Filmography
- Inside the Tower · Bakewell(archive footage)
- Son of Dracula · Van Helsing
- Lovers of Devil's Island · L'avocat Linsday
- The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein · Dr. Frankenstein
- Horror Hospital · Mr. Pollack
- Theatre of Blood · Hector Snipe
- Go for a Take · Dracula, actor
- That's Your Funeral · Eugene Soul
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · King of Hearts
- Pulp · The Englishman
- Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein · Dr. Frankenstein
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie · Mr. Gort
- The Adventurer · Brandon
- Tower of Evil · Laurence Bakewell
- Clochemerle · Alexis Luvelat
- Twins of Evil · Dietrich
- Jason King · Sir Brian
- Vampyros Lesbos · Dr. Alwin Seward
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Fairburn
- The Horror of Frankenstein · The Graverobber
- Some Will, Some Won't · Benson
- The Magic Christian · Winthrop
- Cribbins
- Venus in Furs · Percival Kapp
- The Haunted House of Horror · Inspector Bill Bradley
- W. Somerset Maugham · Admiral Frobisher
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon · The Duke of Barset
- Just Like a Woman · Bathroom Salesman
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- Callan
- BBC Play of the Month · David Bliss
- Ten Little Indians · Dr. Edward Armstrong
- The World of Wooster · Jeeves
- Curse of the Voodoo · Maj. Lomas
- A High Wind in Jamaica · Mathias
- The Earth Dies Screaming · Quinn Taggart
- The Wednesday Play · The Director
- The Comedy Man · Tommy Morris
- The Horror of It All · Cornwallis Marley
- Story Parade · Lord Grabley
- Detective · Sir John Appleby
- A Jolly Bad Fellow · Dr. John Hughes
- Murder Most Foul · Harris Tumbrill
- Festival · de Varville
- Harry's Girls
- The V.I.P.s · Cmdr. Millbank
- Tamahine · Charles Poole
- Doctor in Distress · Dr. Blacker
- The Human Jungle · Major Falcon
- The Wrong Arm of the Law · Educated Ernest (uncredited)
- The Cool Mikado · Ronald Fortescue
- The Cracksman · Grantley
- The Amorous Prawn · Prawn
- Kill or Cure · Dr. Julian Crossley
- Play It Cool · Sir Charles Bryant
- Go to Blazes · Withers
- Behave Yourself
- The Pot Carriers · Smooth Tongue
- What a Carve Up! · Guy Broughton
- Watch It, Sailor! · Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle
- Victim · Calloway
- Double Bunk · Leonard Watson
- The Rebel · Jim Smith
- No Love for Johnnie · Flagg
- Five Golden Hours · Raphael
- The Avengers · Jason
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's · Gore Blackwood
- The Millionairess · Adrian
- Tunes of Glory · Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
- Piccadilly Third Stop · Edward
- Oscar Wilde · Robert Ross
- School for Scoundrels · Dunstan
- Don't Panic Chaps
- No Hiding Place · Commander Adrian Falconer
- I'm All Right Jack · Bertram Tracepurcel
- Danger Within · Capt. Rupert Callender
- The Naked Truth · Nigel Dennis
- Rope · Rupert Cadell
- Fortune Is a Woman · Tracey Moreton
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde