--- name: "Dennis Price" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-price" fi1m_id: "dennis-price" imdb_id: "nm0696866" tmdb_id: 30766 wikidata_id: "Q934270" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 June 1915" died: "6 October 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 88 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T21:20:52.566255+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dennis Price ## Identity Dennis Price - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-price - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dennis-price - **IMDb ID:** nm0696866 - **TMDB ID:** 30766 - **Wikidata ID:** Q934270 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Price, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30766 Actor. Born 23 June 1915 in Twyford, England. Died 6 October 1973. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 June 1915, Twyford, England - **Died:** 6 October 1973 - **Active:** 1949–1967 - **Also known as:** Denis Price , Деннис Прайс, Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price - **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 91 (1), 1960s 86 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Price, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934270, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30766 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Kind Hearts and Coronets*](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md) (91) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Dennis Price > Dennis Price could make a selfish man sound like the only reasonable person present. We value his precise, unshowy comedy most in *Kind Hearts and Coronets*, where his refusal to warn us off Louis Mazzini makes the laughter uncomfortable. Dennis Price lets Louis Mazzini explain his murderous ambitions in *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949) with the composure of a man who expects no objection. There is no helpful change of tone to tell us when to stop taking him seriously. We laughed at the calm narration, then felt grubby because we had begun to accept his reasoning. Price makes that lapse possible by treating each sentence as sensible, orderly business. He never lets Louis's resentment look like a wish to improve anybody else's lot. His screen career began with *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), followed by supporting and villain roles at Gainsborough in the mid-1940s. *Kind Hearts and Coronets* brought him leading status and a part that made full use of his elegant delivery. As romantic leads declined in the early 1950s, he turned increasingly to character parts in comedies. Bertram Tracepurcel in *I'm All Right Jack* (1959) belongs to that later phase. Refined manners concealing selfish motives were a recurring feature of his work. Robert Hamer and fellow screenwriter John Dighton give him dialogue that allows Louis to sound intelligent without making him right. Price respects the wording: the pleasure lies in how little his gentlemanly vocabulary needs to change to accommodate murder. Joan Greenwood's Sibella challenges his self-assurance, while Valerie Hobson's cooler Edith D'Ascoyne helps vary the scenes around him. Both women deserve more space to explain themselves, and a few passages give us another demonstration of Louis's composure when we would welcome a change. These are small reservations about a comedy whose cruelty is made more disturbing by Price's restraint. Television gave him the capable valet Jeeves opposite Ian Carmichael's Wooster in *The World of Wooster* (1965–67). Later horror work included Hector Snipe in *Theatre of Blood* (1973). For us, Louis remains the part that makes our view of Price clearest, because the film gives his explanations time to draw us in. Louis wants admission to the class he resents, and Price never asks us to mistake that for generosity. Start with *Kind Hearts and Coronets*, and be wary of finding him reasonable. ## Biography Dennis Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor. He made his stage debut in 1937 and appeared in his first film, *A Canterbury Tale*, in 1944. He was the son of a brigadier-general and was educated at Oxford University. Price is best known for playing Louis Mazzini and his father in the Ealing comedy *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949). He also portrayed Jeeves in the BBC television series *The World of Wooster* (1965–67). His other film credits include *Victim* (1961), *Murder Most Foul* (1964), *Theatre of Blood* (1973) and *Twins of Evil* (1971). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Callan* (1967), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md) - *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Fi1m 91, as Louis Mazzini / His Father — [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md) ## Complete filmography (124) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Inside the Tower* (2015), as Bakewell(archive footage) - *Son of Dracula* (1974), as Van Helsing - *Lovers of Devil's Island* (1973), as L'avocat Linsday - *The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein* (1973), as Dr. Frankenstein - *Horror Hospital* (1973), as Mr. Pollack - *Theatre of Blood* (1973), as Hector Snipe - *Go for a Take* (1972), as Dracula, actor - *That's Your Funeral* (1972), as Eugene Soul - *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), as King of Hearts - *Pulp* (1972), as The Englishman - *Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein* (1972), as Dr. Frankenstein - *The Adventures of Barry McKenzie* (1972), as Mr. Gort - *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Brandon - *Tower of Evil* (1972), as Laurence Bakewell - *Clochemerle* (1972), series, as Alexis Luvelat - *Twins of Evil* (1971), as Dietrich - *Jason King* (1971), series, as Sir Brian - *Vampyros Lesbos* (1971), as Dr. Alwin Seward - *The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer* (1970), as Fairburn - *The Horror of Frankenstein* (1970), as The Graverobber - *Some Will, Some Won't* (1970), as Benson - *The Magic Christian* (1969), as Winthrop - *Cribbins* (1969), series, Actor - *Venus in Furs* (1969), as Percival Kapp - *The Haunted House of Horror* (1969), as Inspector Bill Bradley - *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Admiral Frobisher - *Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon* (1967), as The Duke of Barset - *Just Like a Woman* (1967), as Bathroom Salesman - *Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width* (1967), series, Actor - *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md) - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as David Bliss - *Ten Little Indians* (1965), as Dr. Edward Armstrong - *The World of Wooster* (1965), series, as Jeeves - *A High Wind in Jamaica* (1965), as Mathias - *Curse of the Voodoo* (1965), as Maj. Lomas - *The Earth Dies Screaming* (1964), as Quinn Taggart - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as The Director - *The Comedy Man* (1964), as Tommy Morris - *The Horror of It All* (1964), as Cornwallis Marley - *Story Parade* (1964), series, as Lord Grabley - *Detective* (1964), series, as Sir John Appleby - *A Jolly Bad Fellow* (1964), as Dr. John Hughes - *Murder Most Foul* (1964), as Harris Tumbrill - *Festival* (1963), series, as de Varville - *Harry's Girls* (1963), series, Actor - *The V.I.P.s* (1963), as Cmdr. Millbank - *Doctor in Distress* (1963), as Dr. Blacker - *Tamahine* (1963), as Charles Poole - *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Major Falcon - *The Wrong Arm of the Law* (1963), as Educated Ernest (uncredited) - *The Cool Mikado* (1963), as Ronald Fortescue - *The Cracksman* (1963), as Grantley - *The Amorous Prawn* (1962), as Prawn - *Kill or Cure* (1962), as Dr. Julian Crossley - *Play It Cool* (1962), as Sir Charles Bryant - *Go to Blazes* (1962), as Withers - *Behave Yourself* (1962), Actor - *The Pot Carriers* (1962), as Smooth Tongue - *What a Carve Up!* (1961), as Guy Broughton - *Watch It, Sailor!* (1961), as Lt. Cmdr Hardcastle - *Victim* (1961), as Calloway - *Double Bunk* (1961), as Leonard Watson - *The Rebel* (1961), as Jim Smith - *No Love for Johnnie* (1961), as Flagg - *Five Golden Hours* (1961), as Raphael - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Jason — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960), as Gore Blackwood - *The Millionairess* (1960), as Adrian - *Tunes of Glory* (1960), as Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott · M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer) - *Piccadilly Third Stop* (1960), as Edward - *Oscar Wilde* (1960), as Robert Ross - *School for Scoundrels* (1960), as Dunstan - *Don't Panic Chaps* (1959), Actor - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, as Commander Adrian Falconer - *I'm All Right Jack* (1959), as Bertram Tracepurcel - *Danger Within* (1959), as Capt. Rupert Callender - *The Naked Truth* (1957), as Nigel Dennis - *Rope* (1957), as Rupert Cadell - *Fortune Is a Woman* (1957), as Tracey Moreton - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1956), as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde - *A Touch of the Sun* (1956), as Digby Hatchard - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as A.B. Murdoch, Lord Henry Wotton - *Port Afrique* (1956), as Robert Blackton - *Charley Moon* (1956), as Harold Armytage - *Private's Progress* (1956), as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel - *Oh... Rosalinda!!* (1955), as Maj. Frank - *That Lady* (1955), as Mateo Vázquez - *Fcb TV Show No.1* (1955), as Noel Coward - *Eight Witnesses* (1954), as Allan - *Time Is My Enemy* (1954), as Martin Radley - *For Better, for Worse* (1954), as Mr. Debenham - *The Intruder* (1953), as Leonard Pirry - *Murder at 3am* (1953), as Inspector Peter Lawton - *Noose for a Lady* (1953), as Simon Gale - *Tall Headlines* (1952), as Maurice Fletcher - *Song of Paris* (1952), as Matthew Ibbetson - *The Magic Box* (1952), as Harold - *The House in the Square* (1951), as Tom Pettigrew - *Lady Godiva Rides Again* (1951), as Simon Abbott - *Fortune in Diamonds* (1951), as Clive Hunter - *Murder Without Crime* (1950), as Matthew, Stephen's Landlord - *The Dancing Years* (1950), as Rudi Kleiber - *The Lost People* (1949), as Ridley - *Helter Skelter* (1949), as Lord Byron (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), as Louis Mazzini / His Father — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md) - *The Bad Lord Byron* (1949), as Lord Byron - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Julian Brimmer - *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Michael 'Red' Farrell - *Snowbound* (1948), as Neil Blair - *Easy Money* (1948), as Joe Henty - *The White Unicorn* (1947), as Richard Glover - *The Master of Bankdam* (1947), as Joshua Crowther - *Jassy* (1947), as Christopher Hatton - *Holiday Camp* (1947), as Sq. Ldr. Hardwick - *Dear Murderer* (1947), as Richard Fenton - *Hungry Hill* (1947), as Greyhound John - *The Magic Bow* (1946), as Paul de la Rochelle - *Caravan* (1946), as Sir Francis Castleton - *The Echo Murders* (1945), as Dick Warren - *A Place of One's Own* (1945), as Dr. Robert Selbie - *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), as Peter Gibbs - *Rope* (1939), as Kenneth Raglan - *Julius Caesar* (1938), as Trebonius/Volumnius - *Nana* (1926), as Nana's Jockey ## Gallery - ![Dennis Price](https://film.one/media/person/59003/gallery-d8a2a89cadcd.jpg) Dennis Price — Image via TMDB - ![Dennis Price](https://film.one/media/person/59003/gallery-f1c156730aef.jpg) Dennis Price — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dennis-price