Vincent Price reading the Raven
This Day In History: Horror actor Vincent Price died on this day in 1993, fittingly in the Halloween season. His biggest movie was perhaps "House of Wax" in 1953, but I was first introduced to him in the Canadian children's television program The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971). He was also on Alice Cooper's "Welcome to my Nightmare" though most now know him for Thriller. He made less that $1000 for his work on Michael Jackson's Thriller, and when the album became huge he expressed frustration over his meager paycheck.
The ten most iconic horror films starring Vincent Price are:
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
The Fly (1958)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
House of Wax (1953)
House On Haunted Hill (1959)
The Tingler (1959)
House of Usher (1960)
Theater of Blood (1973)
Witchfinder General (1968)
and Twice-Told Tales (1963)
On a lighter side, "There are a number of cooking books published by Price, who was said to be an excellent gourmet chef. The majority of these books were written with his wife, and their success lead to Price’s own cooking show, Cooking Price-Wise with Vincent Price. It ran for six weeks." Source
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