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Dennis Price

Dennis Price

Actor · Died October 6, 1973, aged 58 · Twyford, England

Sophisticated and suave, British actor Dennis Price ( born Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price) (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) brought a touch of class to every character he portrayed. Price appeared first on the British stage before landing his first role in film in "A Canterbury Tale" as the protective police officer, Sergeant Peter Gibbs. Next up was a defining role as the calm, cool, and devilish murderer Louis Mazzini in the black comedy "Kind Hearts and Coronets," opposite Alec Guinness. Turning to the truly dark side, Price later took on the role of Major Charles Scott in the psychological thriller "Tunes of Glory," which revolved around dastardly post-World War II happenings in a Scottish Highland regimental barracks. Price later returned to comedy, playing a priggish wealthy American, Mr. Vernon, in "The Amorous Mr. Prawn." Price became known to television audiences playing Jeeves, the quintessential butler, opposite Ian Carmichael in the British series "The World of Wooster" which was adapted from the famous novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. With a string of appearances in "B" horror movies like "Horror Hospital" and "Twins of Evil," Price became somewhat of a cult figure in later years, but he punctuated his career with a 1972 appearance in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," opposite the top British stars of the day.

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Born
June 23, 1915
Died
October 6, 1973 (aged 58)
From
Twyford, England
Works as
Actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 125 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Dennis Price's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Comedy18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Power
20%
Bonds
18%
Self
15%
Society
8%
Survival
5%
Ideas
4%
Deception13 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 11 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 18 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 15

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 19 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 18 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 18
Trickster
5 of 18
Mentor
4 of 18
Ally
3 of 18
Threshold guardian
1 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Absurd
12
Warm
9
Melancholic
13
Dread
6
Other
25

How their films linger

Fun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dennis Price's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dennis Price's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

125 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • Inside the Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Bakewell(archive footage)

  • The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil(2012)

    as Dietrich

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Son of Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Van Helsing

  • Lovers of Devil's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as L'avocat Linsday

  • The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Dr. Frankenstein

  • Horror Hospital(1973)

    as Mr. Pollack

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Theater of Blood(1973)

    as Hector Snipe

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Go for a Take (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Dracula, actor

  • That's Your Funeral(1972)

    as Eugene Soul

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972)

    as King of Hearts

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Pulp(1972)

    as The Englishman

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Dr. Frankenstein

  • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie(1972)

    as Mr. Gort

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brandon

  • Tower of Evil(1972)

    as Laurence Bakewell

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Clochemerle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Alexis Luvelat

  • Twins of Evil(1971)

    as Dietrich

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Jason King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Brian

  • Vampyros Lesbos(1971)

    as Dr. Alwin Seward

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer(1970)

    as Fairburn

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Horror of Frankenstein(1970)

    as The Graverobber

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Some Will, Some Won't (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Benson

  • The Magic Christian(1969)

    as Winthrop

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Cribbins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Venus in Furs(1969)

    as Percival Kapp

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Haunted House of Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Inspector Bill Bradley

  • W. Somerset Maugham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Admiral Frobisher

  • Those Fantastic Flying Fools(1967)

    as The Duke of Barset

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Just Like a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Bathroom Salesman

  • Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Callan(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as David Bliss

  • Ten Little Indians(1965)

    as Dr. Edward Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The World of Wooster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 20 episodes · as Jeeves

  • A High Wind in Jamaica(1965)

    as Mathias

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Curse of the Voodoo(1965)

    as Maj. Lomas

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Earth Dies Screaming(1964)

    as Quinn Taggart

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as The Director

  • The Comedy Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Tommy Morris

  • The Horror of It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Cornwallis Marley

  • Story Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Lord Grabley

  • Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir John Appleby

  • They All Died Laughing(1964)

    as Dr. John Hughes

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Murder Most Foul(1964)

    as Harris Tumbrill

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as de Varville

  • Harry's Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The V.I.P.s(1963)

    as Cmdr. Millbank

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Doctor in Distress(1963)

    as Dr. Blacker

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Tamahine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Charles Poole

  • The Human Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Major Falcon

  • The Wrong Arm of the Law(1963)

    as Educated Ernest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Cool Mikado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Ronald Fortescue

  • The Cracksman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Grantley

  • The Amorous Prawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Prawn

  • Kill or Cure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Dr. Julian Crossley

  • Play It Cool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Sir Charles Bryant

  • Go to Blazes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Withers

  • Behave Yourself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • The Pot Carriers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Smooth Tongue

  • No Place Like Homicide!(1961)

    as Guy Broughton

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Watch It, Sailor! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle

  • Victim(1961)

    as Calloway

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Double Bunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Leonard Watson

  • The Rebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Jim Smith

  • No Love for Johnnie(1961)

    as Flagg

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Five Golden Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Raphael

  • The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason

  • The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's(1960)

    as Gore Blackwood

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Millionairess(1960)

    as Adrian

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Tunes of Glory(1960)

    as Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Piccadilly Third Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Edward

  • Oscar Wilde(1960)

    as Robert Ross

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • School for Scoundrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Dunstan

  • Don't Panic Chaps(1959)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • No Hiding Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Commander Adrian Falconer

  • I'm All Right Jack(1959)

    as Bertram Tracepurcel

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Danger Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Capt. Rupert Callender

  • Your Past Is Showing(1957)

    as Nigel Dennis

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Rupert Cadell

  • She Played with Fire(1957)

    as Tracey Moreton

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

  • A Touch of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Digby Hatchard

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as A.B. Murdoch · as Lord Henry Wotton

  • Port Afrique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Robert Blackton

  • Charley Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Harold Armytage

  • Private's Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel

  • Oh... Rosalinda!!(1955)

    as Maj. Frank

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • That Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Mateo Vázquez

  • Fcb TV Show No.1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Noel Coward

  • Eight Witnesses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Allan

  • Time Is My Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Martin Radley

  • Cocktails in the Kitchen(1954)

    as Mr. Debenham

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Intruder(1953)

    as Leonard Pirry

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Murder at 3am (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Inspector Peter Lawton

  • Noose for a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Simon Gale

  • Tall Headlines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Maurice Fletcher

  • Song of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Matthew Ibbetson

  • The Magic Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Harold

  • The House in the Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Tom Pettigrew

  • Bikini Baby(1951)

    as Simon Abbott

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Fortune in Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Clive Hunter

  • Murder Without Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Matthew, Stephen's Landlord

  • The Dancing Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Rudi Kleiber

  • The Lost People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Ridley

  • Helter Skelter(1949)

    as Lord Byron (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949)

    as Louis Mazzini / His Father

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Lord Byron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Lord Byron

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Julian Brimmer

  • Good-Time Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Michael 'Red' Farrell

  • Snowbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Neil Blair

  • Easy Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Joe Henty

  • The White Unicorn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Richard Glover

  • The Master of Bankdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Joshua Crowther

  • Jassy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Christopher Hatton

  • Holiday Camp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Sq. Ldr. Hardwick

  • Dear Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Richard Fenton

  • Hungry Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Greyhound John

  • The Magic Bow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Paul de la Rochelle

  • Caravan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Sir Francis Castleton

  • The Echo Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Dick Warren

  • A Place of One's Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Dr. Robert Selbie

  • A Canterbury Tale(1944)

    as Peter Gibbs

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Kenneth Raglan

  • Julius Caesar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Trebonius/Volumnius

  • Nana(1926)

    as Nana's Jockey

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 124 titles from 1926 to 2015; peak year 1972.

Biggest box office

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

$170K worldwide

Highest rated

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19262015

Peak 1972 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting124 of 124: 124 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50th

By decade

1920s1 · acting1930s2 · acting1940s19 · acting1950s30 · acting1960s51 · acting1970s20 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 3% of 32 roles
26616671

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dennis Price's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 43; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

That's Your Funeral (1972)

74th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dennis Price's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles31–70 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles7–57 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dennis Price work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dennis Price's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Miles Malleson shares the most, 4.

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Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers