Editing Dennis Price (section)

===Film career===
Price's first film role was in ''[[A Canterbury Tale]]'' (1944). He impressed [[Gainsborough Pictures]], which put him under contract. According to Brian MacFarlane, Price was "mercilessly used by Gainsborough [Pictures] in one unsuitable role after another" in this period.<ref>Brian MacFarlane  [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/448547/ "Price, Dennis (1915-1973)"], BFI screenonline, reprinted from MacFarlane (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia of British Cinema'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 534</ref>

He was given a support role in ''[[A Place of One's Own]]'' (1945) starring [[James Mason]]. [[British National Films Company|British National]] borrowed him for ''[[The Echo Murders]]'' (1946), a Sexton Blake film; he was then fourth-billed as the villain in a [[Gainsborough melodrama]], ''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]'' (1946) with [[Stewart Granger]] and [[Jean Kent]], playing the type of villainous part that had made James Mason a star (and that Mason was no longer interested in playing). It was a huge success.

Price was a villain again in Gainsborough's ''[[The Magic Bow]]'' (1946) with Granger and Kent. [[Two Cities Films]] used him in one of its melodramas, ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]'' (1947). Gainsborough used him in villainous roles in ''[[Dear Murderer]]'', ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]'', ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' and ''[[Master of Bankdam]]'' (all 1947).

He made two films for [[Bernard Knowles]], supporting [[Margaret Lockwood]] in ''[[The White Unicorn]]'' and a comedy, ''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (both 1948). He followed this with a thriller, ''[[Snowbound (1948 film)|Snowbound]]'', and a crime melodrama ''[[Good-Time Girl]]'' (both 1948). In 1948, British exhibitors voted Price the tenth-most popular British actor at the box office.<ref>"Britten's 'Rape of Lucretia': New York Divided", ''The Manchester Guardian'' (1901–1959) [Manchester (UK)] 31 Dec 1948, p. 8</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97532762 |title=FILM NEWS |newspaper=[[The Western Star (Queensland)|Western Star]] |issue=6295 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 February 1949 |access-date=24 May 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>