Vincent Price

'''Vincent Leonard Price Jr. '''was an American actor, well-known for his performances in a series of horror films, alot of the time playing a villainous role.

Early Life
Vincent Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri U.S. on May 27, 1911 to Vincent Leonard Price Sr., who was the president of the National Candy Company, and his wife Marguerite Cobb Wilcox. His grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price, invented "Dr. Price's Baking Powder", the first cream of tartar baking powder, and secured the families fortune.

Price attended St. Louis Country Day School. He majored in art history at Yale, graduating in 1933. He entered the University of London after teaching for a whole year, intending to study for a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Instead, he was drawn to the theater, where he first appeared on stage in 1934. His acting career began on stage in London, and he performed with Orsen Welles's Mercury Theatre.

He appeared as Prince Albert Victor in the American production of Laurence Houseman's play Victoria Regina, starring Helen Hayes in the title role of Queen Victoria, in 1936.

Career
Price made his film debut in 1938 with Service de Luxe and established himself in the film Laura in 1944. He also played Joseph Smith in the movie Brigham Young in 1940 and William Gibbs McAdoo in Wilson in 1944 as well as a pretentious priest in The Keys of the Kingdom.

His first venture into the horror genre was in the 1939 Boris Karloff film ''Tower of London. ''