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Dennis Price sports a natty moustache, cravat and white jumper, all whilst smoking a cigarette

Dennis Price

1915–1973 | British actor

Suave English light leading man, who became an equally light character actor

Mini Biography

Born in Twyford, Dennis Price began acting at Oxford University, studied acting under Ronald Adam at the Embassy Theatre School and was on stage from 1937. Alcoholism and tax problems from the mid-1960s led to his absence from Britain and his appearance in some third-rate films. Died of cirrhosis of the liver.

Latest Dennis Price Pictures

Dennis Price sports a natty moustache, cravat and white jumper, all whilst smoking a cigarette
  • 24th June, 2015
Dennis Price
Dennis Price sports a natty moustache, cravat and cigarette
Lady Caroline Lamb (Joan Greenwood) turns away from Lord Byron (Dennis Price) in The Bad Lord Byron (1948). The couple are seated in a 19th century padded coach.
  • 20th April, 2015
Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood turns away from Dennis Price in The Bad Lord Byron
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) and Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (7)
  • 29th July, 2012
Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood
The Bad Lord Byron (1948) photograph (7) | Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood
Valerie Hobson (as Edith) and Dennis Price (as Duke Louis Mazzini/ Mazzini Sr./ Narrator) in a photograph from Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) (17)
  • 8th December, 2008
Valerie Hobson, Dennis Price
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) photograph (17) | Valerie Hobson, Dennis Price

Dennis Price Biographies

The Price of Fame – The Biography of Dennis Price by Elaine Parker and Gareth Owen. Hardback edition published by Fonthill Media in May, 2018
  • Elaine Parker, Gareth Owen
  • 2018
The Price of Fame - The Dennis Price Biography
Dennis Price – a Tribute. The Life and Death of Dennis Price, by Elliot J Huntley. Pickard Communication, 2008
  • Elliot J Huntley
  • 2008
Dennis Price - A tribute: The Life and Death of Dennis Price

Select Dennis Price Filmography

Peter Gibbs
Dr. Selbie
Caravan (1946)
Sir Francis Castleton
Paul de la Rochelle
Jassy (1947)
Christopher Hatton
Greyhound John
Richard Glover
Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
Richard Fenton
Michael 'Red' Farrell
Lord Byron
Easy Money (1948)
Joe Henty
Snowbound (1948)
Neil Blair
Rudi Kleiber
Duke Louis Mazzini/ Mazzini Sr./ Narrator
Matthew, Stephen’s Landlord
Clive Hunter
Maurice Fletcher
Matthew Ibbetson
Inspector Peter Lawton
Leonard Pirry
Debenham
Martin Radley
Digby Hatchard
Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
Harold Armytage
Tracey Moreton
Nigel Dennis
Krisling
Bertram Tracepurcel
Capt Rupert Callender
Edward
Dunstan
Major Charles Scott, MC
Dr Adrian Bland
Gore Blackwood
Guy Broughton
Victim (1961)
Calloway
Watson
Flagg
The Rebel (1961)
Jim Smith
Prawn
Tamahine (1962)
Charles Poole
Sir Charles Bryant
Withers
Dr Blacker
Grantley
Harris Tumbrill
Benson
The Graverobber
Dietrich
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