Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1911, May 27 | Born, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1933 | B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1934 | Teacher, Riverdale Country Day School, Riverdale, N.Y. |
| 1934-1935 | Attended Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, London, England |
| 1935 | First professional stage appearance in Chicago, Gate Theatre, London, England |
| 1935-1937 | Appeared as Prince Albert in Victoria Regina, first on London stage, then from December 1935 to June 1937 opposite Helen Hayes on Broadway, Broadhurst Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
| 1937-1938 | Appeared in Mercury Theatre stage productions |
| 1938 | Married Edith Barrett (divorced 1948) First motion picture role in Service de Luxe |
| 1943 | Opened the Little Gallery, Beverly Hills, Calif. |
| 1947-1950 | Appeared on radio in "The Saint" |
| 1948 | Established Modern Institute of Art, Beverly Hills, Calif. |
| 1949 | Married Mary Grant (divorced 1973) |
| 1953 | Appeared in motion picture House of Wax |
| 1953-circa 1969 | Board of directors, UCLA Art Council, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.; served as president |
| 1956 | Guest appearances on television quiz show "$64,000 Challenge" |
| 1957-1971 | Member, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Interior Department; elected chairman, 1967 |
| circa 1957-1971 | Trustee, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| 1958 | Established Vincent and Mary Price Gallery, East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, Calif. Host television game show, "ESP" |
| 1959 | Published I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 313 pp.) |
| 1960 | Appeared in House of Usher, the first of the Edgar Allan Poe cycle of films for American International Pictures |
| 1961 | Published The Book of Joe: About a Dog and His Man (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 144 pp.) |
| circa 1960-1963 | Member, Fine Arts Committee for the White House |
| 1962-1977 | Consultant, Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1965 | Published with Mary Grant Price A Treasury of Great Recipes (N.Y.: Ampersand Press. 465 pp.) |
| 1966-1967 | Television series "If These Walls Could Speak" |
| 1966-1970 | Syndicated newspaper column on art |
| 1971 | British television series "Cooking Price-Wise" |
| 1972 | Published The Vincent Price Treasury of American Art (Waukesha, Wis.: Country Beautiful Corp. 320 pp.) |
| 1974 | Married Coral Browne (died 1991) |
| 1977-1982 | Toured as Oscar Wilde in one-man show Diversions and Delights |
| 1979 | Television series, "Time Express," costarring with Coral Browne |
| 1981-1989 | Host of "Mystery!" series on public television |
| 1981 | Published with Vincent Barrett Price Monsters (N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap. 186 pp.) |
| 1990 | Last feature film role in Edward Scissorhands |
| 1993, Oct. 25 | Died, Los Angeles, Calif. |