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He of the very distinctive voice (1911-93). [[Ink Suit Actor|Appeared]] in ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo]]'' as Vincent van Ghoul. His other television credits include the [[PBS]] series ''Mystery!'' and the 1950s [[Game Show]] turned interview show ''ESP''. As the villain of such classics as ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'', ''[[House
He also provided the creepy voice and [[Evil Laugh]] in [[
Price was good friends with the two great [[Hammer Horror]] actors, [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Peter Cushing]], and starred alongside both of them in various films. Strangely enough, Lee and Price were born on the same day, and Cushing one day before them. One of his closest friends was the above mentioned Peter Lorre, whose eulogy Price read at his funeral.
Highly eccentric, he considered his guest appearance on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' a 'tremendous honour' (before the show really became a worldwide sensation), in a similar manner to how major musical artists know they've 'made it' when [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] parodies their songs. Price was also [[Hidden Depths|an art historian and expert cook]].
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Hell yes.
* [[Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe]]
* [[Doing It for
* [[Evil Laugh]]: One of the undisputed ''masters''.
* [[Famous Last Words]]: On a technicality, at least. He voiced the character Zigzag in ''[[The Thief and
* [[Friend to All Children]]: In [[Real Life]], Price loved children and would make great efforts to keep in touch with his younger co-stars after filming ceased.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: As stated above, he was an accomplished chef who published several cook books.
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* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Despite playing almost exclusively villainous roles his entire career, he was a generally warm person with a quirky sense of humor. Loving children, when he played in a movie opposite them, he took great pains to make sure that they weren't frightened of him off-camera.
** In every film, you're actually rooting for his villain character - that is, except ''Witchfinder General'', where he plays a [[Complete Monster]].
* [[Not Even Bothering
* [[Pungeon Master]]: In the 60's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' show. His character used an absolutely [[Incredibly Lame Pun|egg-scrutiating]] amount of puns.
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