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| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_cause = Lung cancer | nationality = American | alma_mater = | residence = | known_for = ''House of Wax'' (1953) ''House of Usher'' (1960) ''Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961) ''The Raven'' (1963) ''Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971) | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1935–1993 | parents = Vincent Leonard Price, Sr. Marguerite (Wilcox) Price | spouse = | children = Vincent Barrett Price Victoria Price | relatives = Vincent Clarence Price (grandfather) | awards = Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 stars (for TV and film) }} Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films. His career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and in over one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television. Price was also an art collector and consultant, with a degree in art history, and lectured and wrote books on the subject. He was the founder of the Vincent Price Art Museum in California.〔 ==Early life and career== Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri, youngest of the four children of Vincent Leonard Price, Sr. (1871-1948), president of the National Candy Company, and his wife Marguerite Cobb (née Wilcox) Price (1874-1946).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vincent Price profile at )〕 His grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price, invented "Dr. Price's Baking Powder", the first cream of tartar based baking powder, and secured the family's fortune.〔(Bio of Dr. Vincent Clarence Price ) findagrave.com; retrieved October 22, 2012.〕 Price was a descendant of Peregrine White, a first born child in Colonial Massachusetts. Price attended St. Louis Country Day School. In 1933, he graduated with a degree in art history from Yale University, where he worked on campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''.〔Price, Victoria (1999). ''Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography''. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 40.〕 After teaching for a year, he entered the University of London, intending to study for a master's degree in fine arts. Instead, he was drawn to the theater, first appearing on stage professionally in 1934. His acting career began in London in 1935, performing with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vincent Price )〕 In 1936, Price appeared as Prince Albert〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cast list at IBDb )〕 in the American production of Laurence Housman's play ''Victoria Regina'', starring Helen Hayes in the title role of Queen Victoria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Victoria Regina' Playbill Facsimile )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vincent Price」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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