Dennis Price
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 23, 1915
- Died
- October 6, 1973
- Birthplace
- Twyford, England
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
- Inside the Tower
Inside the Tower 2015
as Bakewell(archive footage)
Son of Dracula 1974
as Van Helsing
Lovers of Devil's Island 1973
as L'avocat Linsday
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein 1973
as Dr. Frankenstein
Horror Hospital 1973
as Mr. Pollack
Theatre of Blood 1973
as Hector Snipe
Go for a Take 1972
as Dracula, actor
That's Your Funeral 1972
as Eugene Soul
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972
as King of Hearts
Pulp 1972
as The Englishman
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein 1972
as Dr. Frankenstein
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 1972
as Mr. Gort
Tower of Evil 1972
as Laurence Bakewell
Twins of Evil 1971
as Dietrich
Vampyros Lesbos 1971
as Dr. Alwin Seward
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1970
as Fairburn
The Horror of Frankenstein 1970
as The Graverobber
Some Will, Some Won't 1970
as Benson
The Magic Christian 1969
as Winthrop
Venus in Furs 1969
as Percival Kapp
The Haunted House of Horror 1969
as Inspector Bill Bradley
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon 1967
as The Duke of Barset
Just Like a Woman 1967
as Bathroom Salesman
Ten Little Indians 1965
as Dr. Edward Armstrong
A High Wind in Jamaica 1965
as Mathias
Curse of the Voodoo 1965
as Maj. Lomas
The Earth Dies Screaming 1964
as Quinn Taggart
The Comedy Man 1964
as Tommy Morris
The Horror of It All 1964
as Cornwallis Marley
A Jolly Bad Fellow 1964
as Dr. John Hughes
Murder Most Foul 1964
as Harris Tumbrill
The V.I.P.s 1963
as Cmdr. Millbank
Doctor in Distress 1963
as Dr. Blacker
Tamahine 1963
as Charles Poole
The Wrong Arm of the Law 1963
as Educated Ernest (uncredited)
The Cool Mikado 1963
as Ronald Fortescue
The Cracksman 1963
as Grantley
The Amorous Prawn 1962
as Prawn
Kill or Cure 1962
as Dr. Julian Crossley
Play It Cool 1962
as Sir Charles Bryant
Go to Blazes 1962
as Withers
Behave Yourself 1962
Actor
The Pot Carriers 1962
as Smooth Tongue
What a Carve Up! 1961
as Guy Broughton
Watch It, Sailor! 1961
as Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle
Victim 1961
as Calloway
Double Bunk 1961
as Leonard Watson
The Rebel 1961
as Jim Smith
No Love for Johnnie 1961
as Flagg
Five Golden Hours 1961
as Raphael
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's 1960
as Gore Blackwood
The Millionairess 1960
as Adrian
Tunes of Glory 1960
as Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
Piccadilly Third Stop 1960
as Edward
Oscar Wilde 1960
as Robert Ross
School for Scoundrels 1960
as Dunstan
Don't Panic Chaps 1959
Actor
I'm All Right Jack 1959
as Bertram Tracepurcel
Danger Within 1959
as Capt. Rupert Callender
The Naked Truth 1957
as Nigel Dennis
- Rope
Rope 1957
as Rupert Cadell
Fortune Is a Woman 1957
as Tracey Moreton
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1956
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
A Touch of the Sun 1956
as Digby Hatchard
Port Afrique 1956
as Robert Blackton
Charley Moon 1956
as Harold Armytage
Private's Progress 1956
as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
Oh... Rosalinda!! 1955
as Maj. Frank
That Lady 1955
as Mateo Vázquez
- Fcb TV Show No.1
Fcb TV Show No.1 1955
as Noel Coward
Eight Witnesses 1954
as Allan
Time Is My Enemy 1954
as Martin Radley
For Better, for Worse 1954
as Mr. Debenham
The Intruder 1953
as Leonard Pirry
Murder at 3am 1953
as Inspector Peter Lawton
Noose for a Lady 1953
as Simon Gale
Tall Headlines 1952
as Maurice Fletcher
Song of Paris 1952
as Matthew Ibbetson
The Magic Box 1952
as Harold
The House in the Square 1951
as Tom Pettigrew
Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951
as Simon Abbott
Fortune in Diamonds 1951
as Clive Hunter
Murder Without Crime 1950
as Matthew, Stephen's Landlord
The Dancing Years 1950
as Rudi Kleiber
The Lost People 1949
as Ridley
Helter Skelter 1949
as Lord Byron (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
as Louis Mazzini / His Father
- The Bad Lord Byron
The Bad Lord Byron 1949
as Lord Byron
Good-Time Girl 1948
as Michael 'Red' Farrell
Snowbound 1948
as Neil Blair
Easy Money 1948
as Joe Henty
The White Unicorn 1947
as Richard Glover
The Master of Bankdam 1947
as Joshua Crowther
Jassy 1947
as Christopher Hatton
Holiday Camp 1947
as Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
Dear Murderer 1947
as Richard Fenton
Hungry Hill 1947
as Greyhound John
The Magic Bow 1946
as Paul de la Rochelle
Caravan 1946
as Sir Francis Castleton
The Echo Murders 1945
as Dick Warren
A Place of One's Own 1945
as Dr. Robert Selbie
A Canterbury Tale 1944
as Peter Gibbs
- Rope
Rope 1939
as Kenneth Raglan
- Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 1938
as Trebonius/Volumnius
Nana 1926
as Nana's Jockey
Credits from TMDB.