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 11.05am on TCM Movies HD
- Today at 12.05pm on TCM Movies Plus 1
- Refusing to return a guilty verdict, juror Miss Marple makes her own murder investigation backstage at a third-rate repertory company.
- Danger Within (1959)
- Tomorrow at 1.20pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Escape plans of officers in a prisoner-of-war camp are threatened by an informer.
- Doctor in Distress (1963)
- Tomorrow at 3.25pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Thursday at 6.50pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Simon Sparrow goes back to work for Sir Lancelot Spratt and finds his old mentor in love.
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Tuesday at 1pm on London Live
- Friday at 2.40pm on London Live
- 5^th December at 12pm on London Live
- An impecunious heir eliminates eight D’Ascoynes who stand between him and the family fortune.
- Victim (1961)
- 8^th December at 1pm on London Live
- A barrister with homosexual inclinations tracks down a blackmailer despite the risk to his own reputation.
- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960)
- 9^th December at 3pm on BBC Two HD
- After the girls burn down St Trinian’s, a dubious headmaster offers to create a new school for them.
- The Rebel (1961)
- 9^th December at 6.35pm on Talking Pictures TV
- A suburban businessman goes to Paris to become an artist.

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.