Cultured, debonair stage star with a mellifluous voice who gained initial attention in England and made his Hollywood debut in 1938. At first Price was cast in historical roles such as Raleigh in the costume drama "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939), but he soon played effete villains in several films and turned in strong performances in straight dramas--notably Otto Preminger's "Laura" (1944) and Anatole Litvak's "The Long Night" (1947). Price was soon associated almost exclusively with the horror genre, though, after he played the revenge-driven sculptor in the 3-D classic of
