Dennis Price
Born: 1915-06-23 in Twyford, England
Died: 1973-10-06
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Inside the Tower as Bakewell(archive footage)
1974
- Son of Dracula as Van Helsing
1973
- Theatre of Blood as Hector Snipe
- The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein as Dr. Frankenstein
- Horror Hospital as Mr. Pollack
- Lovers of Devil's Island as L'avocat Linsday
1972
- The Adventurer as Brandon
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as King of Hearts
- Clochemerle as Alexis Luvelat
- Pulp as The Englishman
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie as Mr. Gort
- That's Your Funeral as Eugene Soul
- Tower of Evil as Laurence Bakewell
- Go for a Take as Dracula, actor
- Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein as Dr. Frankenstein
1971
- Jason King
- Twins of Evil as Dietrich
- Vampyros Lesbos as Dr. Alwin Seward
1970
- The Horror of Frankenstein as The Graverobber
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Fairburn
- Some Will, Some Won't as Benson
1969
- W. Somerset Maugham as Admiral Frobisher
- Cribbins
- The Magic Christian as Winthrop
- The Haunted House of Horror as Inspector Bill Bradley
- Venus in Furs as Percival Kapp
1967
- Callan
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon as The Duke of Barset
- Just Like a Woman as Bathroom Salesman
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as David Bliss
- The World of Wooster as Jeeves
- A High Wind in Jamaica as Mathias
- Ten Little Indians as Dr. Edward Armstrong
- Curse of the Voodoo as Maj. Lomas
1964
- The Wednesday Play as The Director
- Story Parade as Lord Grabley
- Detective as Sir John Appleby
- Murder Most Foul as Harris Tumbrill
- A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. John Hughes
- The Earth Dies Screaming as Quinn Taggart
- The Horror of It All as Cornwallis Marley
- The Comedy Man as Tommy Morris
1963
- Festival as de Varville
- The Human Jungle as Major Falcon
- The V.I.P.s as Cmdr. Millbank
- The Wrong Arm of the Law as Educated Ernest (uncredited)
- Harry's Girls
- Doctor in Distress as Dr. Blacker
- Tamahine as Charles Poole
- The Cracksman as Grantley
- The Cool Mikado as Ronald Fortescue
1962
- Play It Cool as Sir Charles Bryant
- Kill or Cure as Dr. Julian Crossley
- The Pot Carriers as Smooth Tongue
- Go to Blazes as Withers
- The Amorous Prawn as Prawn
- Behave Yourself
1961
- The Avengers as Jason
- What a Carve Up! as Guy Broughton
- No Love for Johnnie as Flagg
- Victim as Calloway
- The Rebel as Jim Smith
- Watch It, Sailor! as Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle
- Five Golden Hours as Raphael
- Double Bunk as Leonard Watson
1960
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as Gore Blackwood
- The Millionairess as Adrian
- Tunes of Glory as Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
- School for Scoundrels as Dunstan
- Piccadilly Third Stop as Edward
- Oscar Wilde as Robert Ross
1959
- No Hiding Place as Commander Adrian Falconer
- I'm All Right Jack as Bertram Tracepurcel
- Don't Panic Chaps
- Danger Within as Capt. Rupert Callender
1957
- Fortune Is a Woman as Tracey Moreton
- The Naked Truth as Nigel Dennis
- Rope as Rupert Cadell
1956
- Armchair Theatre as A.B. Murdoch
- A Touch of the Sun as Digby Hatchard
- Private's Progress as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
- Port Afrique as Robert Blackton
- Charley Moon as Harold Armytage
1955
- Oh... Rosalinda!! as Maj. Frank
- That Lady as Mateo Vázquez
- Fcb TV Show No.1 as Noel Coward
1954
- For Better, for Worse as Mr. Debenham
- Time Is My Enemy as Martin Radley
- Eight Witnesses as Allan
1953
- Noose for a Lady as Simon Gale
- The Intruder as Leonard Pirry
- Murder at 3am as Inspector Peter Lawton
1952
- The Magic Box as Harold
- Song of Paris as Matthew Ibbetson
- Tall Headlines as Maurice Fletcher
1951
- Lady Godiva Rides Again as Simon Abbott
- The House in the Square as Tom Pettigrew
- Fortune in Diamonds as Clive Hunter
1950
- The Dancing Years as Rudi Kleiber
- Murder Without Crime as Matthew, Stephen's Landlord
1949
- Kind Hearts and Coronets as Louis Mazzini / His Father
- Helter Skelter as Lord Byron (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Bad Lord Byron as Lord Byron
- The Lost People as Ridley
1948
- Studio One as Julian Brimmer
- Good-Time Girl as Michael 'Red' Farrell
- Easy Money as Joe Henty
- Snowbound as Neil Blair
1947
- The Master of Bankdam as Joshua Crowther
- Hungry Hill as Greyhound John
- Dear Murderer as Richard Fenton
- Jassy as Christopher Hatton
- Holiday Camp as Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
- The White Unicorn as Richard Glover
1946
- The Magic Bow as Paul de la Rochelle
- Caravan as Sir Francis Castleton
1945
- A Place of One's Own as Dr. Robert Selbie
- The Echo Murders as Dick Warren
1944
- A Canterbury Tale as Peter Gibbs
1939
- Rope as Kenneth Raglan
1938
- Julius Caesar as Trebonius/Volumnius
1926
- Nana as Nana's Jockey