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

Dennis Price

(1915–73)

British actor (d. 58) | 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

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

Main title from The VIPs (1963) (4). Richard Burton as Paul Andros
  • 15th September, 2021
Dennis Price, Richard Burton
The VIPs (1963) opening credits (4)
Main title from The Master of Bankdam (1947) (5). Dennis Price
  • 6th April, 2021
Dennis Price
The Master of Bankdam (1947) opening credits (5)
Main title from Ten Little Indians (1965) (15) featuring Dennis Price
  • 9th February, 2020
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
  • 11th May, 2018
Dennis Price
The Price of Fame – The Biography of Dennis Price by Elaine Parker

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

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A Canterbury Tale (1944) opening credits (4)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Peter Gibbs
A Place of One’s Own (1945) opening credits
A Place of One’s Own (1945)
Dr. Selbie
The Magic Bow (1946) opening credits
The Magic Bow (1946)
Paul de la Rochelle
Caravan (1946) opening credits (3)
Caravan (1946)
Francis Castleton
The White Unicorn (1947) opening credits
The White Unicorn (1947)
Richard Glover
Hungry Hill (1947) opening credits
Hungry Hill (1947)
Greyhound John
Dear Murderer (1947) opening credits (4)
Dear Murderer (1947)
Richard Fenton
Jassy (1947) opening credits (7)
Jassy (1947)
Christopher Hatton
Holiday Camp (1947) opening credits (3)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
The Master of Bankdam (1947) opening credits (7)
The Master of Bankdam (1947)
Joshua Crowther
Easy Money (1948) opening credits
Easy Money (1948)
Joe Henty
Easy Money (1948) opening credits
Snowbound (1948)
Neil Blair
Good-Time Girl (1948) opening credits
Good-Time Girl (1948)
Michael ‘Red’ Farrell
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) opening credits
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Louis
The Bad Lord Byron (1948) opening credits
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Lord Byron
The Dancing Years (1950) opening credits (3)
The Dancing Years (1950)
Rudi Kleber
Murder Without Crime (1950) opening credits (3)
Murder Without Crime (1950)
Matthew
The Adventurers (1951) opening credits (4)
The Adventurers (1951)
Clive Hunter
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) opening credits (5)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
Simon Abott
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) opening credits (5)
The Tall Headlines (1952)
Maurice Fletcher
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) opening credits (5)
Song of Paris (1952)
Matthew Ibbetson
The Intruder (1953) opening credits (4)
The Intruder (1953)
Leonard Pirry
Murder at 3am (1953) opening credits (3)
Murder at 3am (1953)
Inspector Peter Lawton
Noose for a Lady (1953) opening credits (3)
Noose for a Lady (1953)
Simon Gale
For Better, for Worse (1954) opening credits (4)
For Better, for Worse (1954)
Debenham
Time Is My Enemy (1954) opening credits (4)
Time Is My Enemy (1954)
Martin Radley
Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955) opening credits (3)
Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)
Maj Frank
Private’s Progress (1956) opening credits
Private’s Progress (1956)
Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
Charley Moon (1956) opening credits (4)
Charley Moon (1956)
Harold Armytage
A Touch of the Sun (1956) opening credits (4)
A Touch of the Sun (1956)
Digby Hatchard
Port Afrique (1956) opening credits (3)
Port Afrique (1956)
Robert Blackton
The Naked Truth (1957) opening credits
The Naked Truth (1957)
Nigel Dennis
Fortune is a Woman (as She Played With Fire) 1957 opening credits
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
Tracey Moreton
I’m All Right Jack (1959) opening credits (3)
I’m All Right Jack (1959)
Bertram Tracepurcel
Danger Within (1959) opening credits (4)
Danger Within (1959)
Capt Rupert Callender
Don’t Panic Chaps (1959) opening credits
Don’t Panic Chaps (1959)
Krisling
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) opening credits
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
Edward
Tunes of Glory (1960) opening credits (4)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Major Charles Scott, MC
School for Scoundrels (1960) opening credits
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Dunstan
School for Scoundrels (1960) opening credits
The Millionairess (1960)
Dr Adrian Bland
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960) opening credits (3)
The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s (1960)
Gore Blackwood
Victim (1961) opening credits
Victim (1961)
Calloway
Double Bunk (1961) opening credits (4)
Double Bunk (1961)
Watson
No Love for Johnnie (1961) opening credits (4)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Flagg
The Rebel (1961) opening credits (3)
The Rebel (1961)
Jim Smith
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) opening credits (3)
Watch It, Sailor! (1961)
Lt Cmdr Hardcastle
What a Carve Up! (1961) opening credits (6)
What a Carve Up! (1961)
Guy Broughton
The Amorous Prawn (1962) opening credits
The Amorous Prawn (1962)
Prawn
The Amorous Prawn (1962) opening credits
Tamahine (1962)
Charles Poole
Play It Cool (1962) opening credits (8)
Play It Cool (1962)
Sir Charles Bryant
Play It Cool (1962) opening credits (8)
Go to Blazes (1962)
Withers
The Cracksman (1963) opening credits (5)
The Cracksman (1963)
Grantley
The VIPs (1963) opening credits (11)
The VIPs (1963)
Cdr Millbank
Doctor in Distress (1963) opening credits
Doctor in Distress (1963)
Dr Blacker
Murder Most Foul (1964) opening credits (5)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Harris Tumbrill
The Comedy Man (1964) opening credits (3)
The Comedy Man (1964)
Tommy Morris
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) opening credits (2)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Quinn Taggart
Ten Little Indians (1965) opening credits (1)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Dr Armstrong
Some Will, Some Won’t (1970) opening credits (3)
Some Will, Some Won’t (1970)
Benson
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) opening credits (2)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
The Graverobber
Twins of Evil (1971) opening credits (2)
Twins of Evil (1971)
Dietrich
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) opening credits
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Mr Gort
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) opening credits
Horror Hospital (1973)
Mr Pollack
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