Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born on 27 May 1911, in St. Louis, Missouri USA, of English and Welsh descent. Vincent was an actor, best known for performing in numerous horror films, often with underlying humour which endeared him to audiences. He appeared in over 100 films, radio shows, television shows, and stage productions, and all of his efforts helped put his net worth to where it was when he passed away in 1993.
How rich is Vincent Price? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $5 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was also an art collector. He was also a gourmet cook, and all of these achievements ensured the position of his wealth.
Vincent Price Net Worth $5 million
Price attended St. Louis Country Day School and after matriculating, went to Yale University, studying art history and graduating in 1933. He taught for a year and then decided to go to the University of London with the intention of getting a master’s degree. However, he was drawn to theater, and this led to him begin his acting career in 1935. One of his first productions was “Victoria Regina” in which he played Prince Albert.
Vincent started out as a character actor, and would gain some popularity in the 1944 film “Laura”. He would then be cast in “Wilson”, “The Song of Bernadette”, and “The Keys of the Kingdom”. One of his first horror film ventures was “Tower of London” and this would establish his path in the genre. His net worth started increasing at this point and he then starred in “The Invisible Man Returns”, continuing with more villainous roles in the 1940s including “The Bribe”, “The Long Night” and “The Web”.
In 1950, he then gained his first starring role in the biopic “The Baron of Arizona”, but during this time, he was very active on radio too, and was part of the show “The Saint” which aired from 1947 to 1951. In the 1950s, Price started to focus more on horror films and some of his projects during this time were “House of Wax”, “House on Haunted Hill”, and “Suspense”.
In the 1960s, Vincent played in a lot of low budget but successful films, elevating his net worth further. He appeared in several of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations including “Tales of Terror”, “The Raven’ and “The Tomb of Ligeia”. In 1964, he starred in the adaptation “The Last Man on Earth” which was based on the novel “I Am Legend”. However, he also starred in comedy films during this time including “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine”, and played Egghead in the “Batman” television series, and would the go on to guest star in numerous television shows.
Later in his career, he starred in the radio horror series “The Price of Fear”, and was also cast in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” as well as its sequel. His film work started to lessen during the mid-1970s, so he focused a lot on voice work. He also worked on stage, and would then star in the short lived television series “Time Express”. One of his most popular voice overs was the monologue on the Michael Jackson song “Thriller”. He also used his talents in the series “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo”. One of his last projects was the film “Edward Scissorhands” – a year prior to the film’s release, he was inducted onto the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
For his personal life, it is known that Vincent married actress Edith Barrett and they had a son. His next marriage was to Mary Grant Price and they had a daughter. His last marriage was to Australian actress Coral Browne. Price suffered from Parkinson’s disease and emphysema, and died of lung cancer in 1993 at the age of 82.
Price amassed a large and expansive collection of art, and donated around 2,000 art pieces to establish the Vincent Price Art Museum in Monterey Park, California. He also sold around 50,000 fine art prints to the public, which included works from Rembrandt and Pablo Picasso. He was also a noted gourmet cook and authored several cookbooks.
