Dennis Price

British actor (1915–1973) | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The White Unicorn (1947), A Canterbury Tale (1944)

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

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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.

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Main title from Ten Little Indians (1965) (15) featuring Dennis Price — Ten Little Indians (1965) opening credits (15) | Dennis Price

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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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

- Murder Most Foul (1964)
- Today at 1.30pm on TCM Movies HD
- Today at 2.30pm on TCM Movies Plus 1
- Sunday at 9am on TCM Movies HD
- Sunday at 10am on TCM Movies Plus 1
- Wednesday at 4.55pm on TCM Movies HD
- Refusing to return a guilty verdict, juror Miss Marple makes her own murder investigation backstage at a third-rate repertory company.
- Victim (1961)
- Tomorrow at 4.50pm on London Live
- Sunday at 10.55am on London Live
- A barrister with homosexual inclinations tracks down a blackmailer despite the risk to his own reputation.
- What a Carve Up! (1961)
- Saturday at 6am on Sony Movies Classic
- Saturday at 7am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Wednesday at 7.50am on Sony Movies Classic
- Wednesday at 8.50am on Sony Movies Classic
- Wednesday at 8.50am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Wednesday at 9.50am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- A madman fakes his own death in order to murder his relatives.
- Easy Money (1948)
- Saturday at 8pm on Talking Pictures TV
- 4^th March at 10pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Four people win big prizes on the football pools.
- Watch It, Sailor! (1961)
- Monday at 11.20am on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 12.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Monday at 12.20pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 1.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 4^th March at 6am on Sony Movies Classic
- 4^th March at 7am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 7^th March at 2.30pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 7^th March at 3.30pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 7^th March at 3.30pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 7^th March at 4.30pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- A sailor about to be married receives a paternity accusation.
- Danger Within (1959)
- Tuesday at 3.55pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Escape plans of officers in a prisoner-of-war camp are threatened by an informer.
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- 4^th March at 6.40am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- 4^th March at 7.05pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- An impecunious heir eliminates eight D’Ascoynes who stand between him and the family fortune.
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
  
  [as She Played With Fire]
- 4^th March at 7.20am on Sony Movies Action
- 9^th March at 5.10pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 9^th March at 6.10pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 9^th March at 6.10pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 9^th March at 7.10pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- An insurance assessor investigates a fire, finds a murder, marries the victim’s widow and is blackmailed…

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.