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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 ~~On Haunted Hill (Film)|House On~~ Haunted Hill]]'', and ''[[House of Wax]]'', he and [[Peter Lorre]] have the two most homaged voices when it comes to evil cartoon characters.

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 on Haunted Hill]]'', and ''[[House of Wax]]'', he and [[Peter Lorre]] have the two most homaged voices when it comes to evil cartoon characters.

He also provided the creepy voice and [[Evil Laugh]] in [[~~Michael Jackson (Music)|~~Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' and [[~~Alice Cooper (Music)|~~Alice Cooper]]'s "Devil's Food". On the 1960's ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'' TV series, he had a semi-recurring role as the [[Foreshadowing|world's greatest criminal mind]], [[Hurricane of Puns|Egghead]]. He was one of only two villains (the other being King Tut) to deduce Bruce Wayne's secret identity.

He also provided the creepy voice and [[Evil Laugh]] in [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' and [[Alice Cooper]]'s "Devil's Food". On the 1960's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' TV series, he had a semi-recurring role as the [[Foreshadowing|world's greatest criminal mind]], [[Hurricane of Puns|Egghead]]. He was one of only two villains (the other being King Tut) to deduce Bruce Wayne's secret identity.

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]].

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 ~~The~~ Art]]: [[Money, Dear Boy|Although he sometimes took roles to finance his support of the arts]], he always made a point of having fun even when in bad movies.

* [[Doing It for the Art]]: [[Money, Dear Boy|Although he sometimes took roles to finance his support of the arts]], he always made a point of having fun even when in bad movies.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: One of the undisputed ''masters''.

* [[Famous Last Words]]: On a technicality, at least. He voiced the character Zigzag in ''[[The Thief and ~~The Cobbler (Animation)|The Thief and The~~ Cobbler]]'', which went through a particularly long [[Development Hell]] and wasn't released until after his death. Thus, his final words on film are "For Zigzag then, it is the end."

* [[Famous Last Words]]: On a technicality, at least. He voiced the character Zigzag in ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'', which went through a particularly long [[Development Hell]] and wasn't released until after his death. Thus, his final words on film are "For Zigzag then, it is the end."

* [[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 ~~With~~ the Accent]]: Price was born in St. Louis and trained for the stage in London; he varied the resulting accent only a bit to play characters from all over the United States and England.

* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: Price was born in St. Louis and trained for the stage in London; he varied the resulting accent only a bit to play characters from all over the United States and England.

* [[Pungeon Master]]: In the 60's ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'' show. His character used an absolutely [[Incredibly Lame Pun|egg-scrutiating]] amount of puns.

* [[Pungeon Master]]: In the 60's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' show. His character used an absolutely [[Incredibly Lame Pun|egg-scrutiating]] amount of puns.