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

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. — 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) — 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) — 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 — The Price of Fame – The Biography of Dennis Price by Elaine Parker

Dennis Price – a Tribute. The Life and Death of Dennis Price, by Elliot J Huntley. Pickard Communication, 2008 — Dennis Price – a Tribute. The Life and Death. Elliot J Huntley, 2008

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Personal Details

Born

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Born

Dennis Price was born in Twyford, Berkshire on 23^rd June, 1915.
Died

Dennis Price died of cirrhosis of the liver in Guernsey, Channel Islands on 6^th October, 1973, aged 58.

Watch Dennis Price on British television

- Charley Moon (1956)
- Sunday at 2.15pm on Talking Pictures
- A music hall comic becomes swollen-headed, but returns to his home village and marries his childhood sweetheart.
- The Cracksman (1963)
- Sunday at 4.15pm on Talking Pictures
- 27^th June at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
- A master locksmith becomes the unwitting dupe of a gang of safe-crackers.
- Private’s Progress (1956)
- 26^th June at 6.30am on TCM HD
- 30^th June at 5pm on TCM
- An extremely innocent young national serviceman is taught a few army dodges and becomes a dupe for art thieves.
- The Naked Truth (1957)
- 26^th June at 2.45pm on Film4 HD
- Celebrities band together to kill a blackmailer who threatens to expose unsavoury aspects of their lives.

Dennis Price News

- ‘The Price of Fame’, Dennis Price biography published
- 10^th May, 2018
- Author Elaine Parker writes ‘The Price of Fame’, a new biography of British actor, Dennis Price.