Dennis Price
Date of birth: 1915-06-23
Place of birth: Twyford, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Denis Price , Деннис Прайс, Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price
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.
Movie Credits
Murder Most Foul
1964-03-01
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970-11-08
Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973-05-31
After the death of Victor Frankenstein, two figures vie for control of his monster and the radical t
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
1972-10-17
Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of t
The Millionairess
1960-10-18
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She
Ten Little Indians
1965-07-31
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960-12-22
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s schoo
Horror Hospital
1973-05-11
Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehou
Tower of Evil
1972-05-26
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when th
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949-06-21
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic
Pulp
1972-11-01
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at
Venus in Furs
1969-08-19
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to ta
Theatre of Blood
1973-03-16
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Twins of Evil
1971-10-03
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vamp
A Place of One's Own
1945-03-20
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live w
The Horror of It All
1964-08-19
In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of on
Dear Murderer
1947-06-23
When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
School for Scoundrels
1960-03-24
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant
Victim
1961-08-01
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, t
Tunes of Glory
1960-09-17
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major
For Better, for Worse
1954-06-20
In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are no
The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal tri
A Canterbury Tale
1944-08-21
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbu
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
1967-07-13
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above
Vampyros Lesbos
1971-07-15
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable t
The House in the Square
1951-12-07
Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefa
The Naked Truth
1957-12-03
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per
Double Bunk
1961-05-06
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. Aft
Private's Progress
1956-02-17
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of t
Good-Time Girl
1948-04-28
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in p
The Haunted House of Horror
1969-07-15
Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who
The Earth Dies Screaming
1964-10-14
A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few s
The Comedy Man
1964-09-03
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job
Easy Money
1948-01-20
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhap
The Rebel
1961-03-07
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, bu
Murder Without Crime
1950-10-01
A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a b
The Echo Murders
1945-12-17
Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
Snowbound
1948-03-23
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
Murder at 3am
1953-07-01
A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.
Noose for a Lady
1953-04-01
A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works aga
Time Is My Enemy
1954-09-01
A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in
Fortune Is a Woman
1957-03-13
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Tamahine
1963-07-30
The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and ve
Some Will, Some Won't
1970-04-01
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical jok
Hungry Hill
1947-01-07
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
That Lady
1955-03-05
In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cou
The Magic Bow
1946-11-25
Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's ro
No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his li
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960-09-05
A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expe
Go to Blazes
1962-04-18
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t
The Lost People
1949-08-22
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and
Jassy
1947-08-13
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued
Rope
1939-03-08
BBC adaptation of the Patrick Hamilton play
Rope
1957-10-02
British iTV adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's Rope that aired as a part of ITV Play of the Week.
The White Unicorn
1947-10-29
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
Don't Panic Chaps!
1959-01-01
During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemi
Watch It, Sailor!
1961-08-14
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reaso
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955-11-21
Pseudonym Dr. Falke follows his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna.
The Cool Mikado
1963-01-07
In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, t
Song of Paris
1952-02-10
An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwbal
What a Carve Up!
1961-09-15
Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ance
Go for a Take
1972-12-12
Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.
Holiday Camp
1947-08-05
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the
Son of Dracula
1974-04-19
Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician, Count Downe–the son of
Curse of the Voodoo
1965-05-01
In Africa, a professional hunter kills a male lion which is sacred to a local tribe which also pract
The Cracksman
1963-01-01
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, wh
The Amorous Prawn
1962-11-26
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into
Play It Cool
1962-03-01
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searc
Kill or Cure
1962-09-01
A private eye is hired to go undercover at a health farm, but before he can find out why his client
A Touch of the Sun
1956-10-01
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of w
The Intruder
1953-10-18
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the t
Port Afrique
1956-06-18
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his
That's Your Funeral
1972-12-01
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Julius Caesar
1938-12-09
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassi
Lovers of Devil's Island
1973-10-25
A lawyer finds out that a young couple convicted of murder was in fact framed for the crime and goes
Tall Headlines
1952-04-15
A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Fortune in Diamonds
1951-03-07
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He return
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain proc
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964-03-15
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas t
Charley Moon
1956-05-01
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a uni
The Master of Bankdam
1947-08-20
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be
The Dancing Years
1950-07-19
The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two wo
The Pot Carriers
1962-03-10
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend W
Eight Witnesses
1954-09-17
A scientist on the run with a valuable formula is murdered, and the only witnesses are eight blind p
Just Like a Woman
1967-02-26
Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that Sci
Doctor in Distress
1963-07-30
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lanc
The Bad Lord Byron
1949-04-18
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to deter
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956-11-03
American horror television movie from 1956.
Caravan
1946-06-03
During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, a
The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965-05-01
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their sh
Nana
1926-06-25
Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and pr
Oscar Wilde
1960-05-29
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972-11-20
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One da
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
Five Golden Hours
1961-02-01
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession unti
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972-10-12
Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education.
Helter Skelter
1949-08-07
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the
Behave Yourself
1962-04-17
An amusing guide on how to act in public, based on Emily Post's Book of Manners.
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963-03-17
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a ne
Inside the Tower
2015-11-02
A look back at a 70s cult classic, Tower of Evil.