Dennis Price

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Biography

Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor, best remembered for his role as Louis Mazzini in the classic Ealing Studios film Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and for his portrayal of the omnicompetent valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G. Wodehouse's stories.

Known For

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Louis Mazzini / His Father

Theatre of Blood

Hector Snipe

Murder Most Foul

Harris Tumbrill

Victim

Calloway

Twins of Evil

Dietrich

Vampyros Lesbos

Dr. Alwin Seward

The Avengers

Jason

Ten Little Indians

Dr. Edward Armstrong

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2015	Inside the Tower MOVIE	Bakewell(archive footage)
1974	Son of Dracula MOVIE	Van Helsing
1973	Lovers of Devil's Island MOVIE	L'avocat Linsday
1973	The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein MOVIE	Dr. Frankenstein
1973	Horror Hospital MOVIE	Mr. Pollack
1973	Theatre of Blood MOVIE	Hector Snipe
1972	Go for a Take MOVIE	Dracula, actor
1972	That's Your Funeral MOVIE	Eugene Soul
1972	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland MOVIE	King of Hearts
1972	Pulp MOVIE	The Englishman
1972	Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein MOVIE	Dr. Frankenstein
1972	The Adventures of Barry McKenzie MOVIE	Mr. Gort
1972	The Adventurer TV	Brandon
1972	Tower of Evil MOVIE	Laurence Bakewell
1972	Clochemerle TV	Alexis Luvelat
1971	Twins of Evil MOVIE	Dietrich
1971	Jason King TV	Self
1971	Jason King TV	Sir Brian
1971	Vampyros Lesbos MOVIE	Dr. Alwin Seward
1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer MOVIE	Fairburn
1970	The Horror of Frankenstein MOVIE	The Graverobber
1970	Some Will, Some Won't MOVIE	Benson
1969	The Magic Christian MOVIE	Winthrop
1969	Cribbins TV	Self
1969	Venus in Furs MOVIE	Percival Kapp
1969	The Haunted House of Horror MOVIE	Inspector Bill Bradley
1967	Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon MOVIE	The Duke of Barset
1967	Callan TV	Self
1967	Just Like a Woman MOVIE	Bathroom Salesman
1967	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width TV	Self
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	David Bliss
1965	Ten Little Indians MOVIE	Dr. Edward Armstrong
1965	The World of Wooster TV	Jeeves
1965	Curse of the Voodoo MOVIE	Maj. Lomas
1965	A High Wind in Jamaica MOVIE	Mathias
1964	The Earth Dies Screaming MOVIE	Quinn Taggart
1964	The Wednesday Play TV	The Director
1964	The Comedy Man MOVIE	Tommy Morris
1964	The Horror of It All MOVIE	Cornwallis Marley
1964	Story Parade TV	Lord Grabley
1964	Detective TV	Sir John Appleby
1964	A Jolly Bad Fellow MOVIE	Dr. John Hughes
1964	Murder Most Foul MOVIE	Harris Tumbrill
1963	Festival TV	de Varville
1963	Harry's Girls TV	Self
1963	The V.I.P.s MOVIE	Cmdr. Millbank
1963	Tamahine MOVIE	Charles Poole
1963	Doctor in Distress MOVIE	Dr. Blacker
1963	The Human Jungle TV	Major Falcon
1963	The Wrong Arm of the Law MOVIE	Educated Ernest (uncredited)
1963	The Cool Mikado MOVIE	Ronald Fortescue
1963	The Cracksman MOVIE	Grantley
1962	The Amorous Prawn MOVIE	Prawn
1962	Kill or Cure MOVIE	Dr. Julian Crossley
1962	Play It Cool MOVIE	Sir Charles Bryant
1962	Go to Blazes MOVIE	Withers
1962	Behave Yourself MOVIE	Self
1962	The Pot Carriers MOVIE	Smooth Tongue
1961	What a Carve Up! MOVIE	Guy Broughton
1961	Watch It, Sailor! MOVIE	Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle
1961	Victim MOVIE	Calloway
1961	Double Bunk MOVIE	Leonard Watson
1961	The Rebel MOVIE	Jim Smith
1961	No Love for Johnnie MOVIE	Flagg
1961	Five Golden Hours MOVIE	Raphael
1961	The Avengers TV	Jason
1960	The Pure Hell of St Trinian's MOVIE	Gore Blackwood
1960	The Millionairess MOVIE	Adrian
1960	Tunes of Glory MOVIE	Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)
1960	Piccadilly Third Stop MOVIE	Edward
1960	Oscar Wilde MOVIE	Robert Ross
1960	School for Scoundrels MOVIE	Dunstan
1959	Don't Panic Chaps MOVIE	Self
1959	No Hiding Place TV	Commander Adrian Falconer
1959	I'm All Right Jack MOVIE	Bertram Tracepurcel
1959	Danger Within MOVIE	Capt. Rupert Callender
1957	The Naked Truth MOVIE	Nigel Dennis
1957	Rope MOVIE	Rupert Cadell
1957	Fortune Is a Woman MOVIE	Tracey Moreton
1956	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde MOVIE	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1956	A Touch of the Sun MOVIE	Digby Hatchard
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	A.B. Murdoch
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Lord Henry Wotton
1956	Port Afrique MOVIE	Robert Blackton
1956	Charley Moon MOVIE	Harold Armytage
1956	Private's Progress MOVIE	Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
1955	Oh... Rosalinda!! MOVIE	Maj. Frank
1955	That Lady MOVIE	Mateo Vázquez
1955	Fcb TV Show No.1 MOVIE	Noel Coward
1954	Eight Witnesses MOVIE	Allan
1954	Time Is My Enemy MOVIE	Martin Radley
1954	For Better, for Worse MOVIE	Mr. Debenham
1953	The Intruder MOVIE	Leonard Pirry
1953	Murder at 3am MOVIE	Inspector Peter Lawton
1953	Noose for a Lady MOVIE	Simon Gale
1952	Tall Headlines MOVIE	Maurice Fletcher
1952	Bachelor in Paris MOVIE	Matthew Ibbetson
1952	The Magic Box MOVIE	Harold
1951	The House in the Square MOVIE	Tom Pettigrew
1951	Lady Godiva Rides Again MOVIE	Simon Abbott
1951	Fortune in Diamonds MOVIE	Clive Hunter
1950	Murder Without Crime MOVIE	Matthew, Stephen's Landlord
1950	The Dancing Years MOVIE	Rudi Kleiber
1949	The Lost People MOVIE	Ridley
1949	Helter Skelter MOVIE	Lord Byron (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949	Kind Hearts and Coronets MOVIE	Louis Mazzini / His Father
1949	The Bad Lord Byron MOVIE	Lord Byron
1948	Studio One TV	Julian Brimmer
1948	Good-Time Girl MOVIE	Michael 'Red' Farrell
1948	Snowbound MOVIE	Neil Blair
1948	Easy Money MOVIE	Joe Henty
1947	The White Unicorn MOVIE	Richard Glover
1947	The Master of Bankdam MOVIE	Joshua Crowther
1947	Jassy MOVIE	Christopher Hatton
1947	Holiday Camp MOVIE	Sq. Ldr. Hardwick
1947	Dear Murderer MOVIE	Richard Fenton
1947	Hungry Hill MOVIE	Greyhound John
1946	The Magic Bow MOVIE	Paul de la Rochelle
1946	Caravan MOVIE	Sir Francis Castleton
1945	The Echo Murders MOVIE	Dick Warren
1945	A Place of One's Own MOVIE	Dr. Robert Selbie
1944	A Canterbury Tale MOVIE	Peter Gibbs
1939	Rope MOVIE	Kenneth Raglan
1938	Julius Caesar MOVIE	Trebonius/Volumnius
1926	Nana MOVIE	Nana's Jockey

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