Editing Dennis Price (section)

===Supporting actor===
Price supported in ''[[The Tall Headlines]]'' (1952) and had the lead in some B-films: ''[[Noose for a Lady]]'' (1953), ''[[Murder at 3am]]'' (1953) and ''[[Time Is My Enemy]]'' (1954). In "A" pictures he was now a supporting actor, with his films including ''[[The Intruder (1953 film)|The Intruder]]'' (1953), ''[[For Better, for Worse (1954 film)|For Better, for Worse]]'' (1954), ''[[That Lady]]'' (1955), ''[[Oh... Rosalinda!!]]'' (1955), ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[Charley Moon]]'' (1956) with [[Max Bygraves]], ''[[Port Afrique]]'' (1956), ''[[A Touch of the Sun (1956 film)|A Touch of the Sun]]'' (1956), ''[[Fortune Is a Woman]]'' (1957), ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)|The Naked Truth]]'' (1957), ''[[Danger Within]]'' (1959), ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959), and ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960). He was top billed in ''[[Don't Panic Chaps!]]'' (1959), a minor comedy made by [[Hammer Films]].

In the 1950s, Price appeared in London and New York City in new plays and revivals of classics. It has been suggested that he was the first name actor on television to play a "more or less overtly gay role" in ''[[Crime on Our Hands]]'' (1954).<ref>Keith Howes "Are There Stars Out Tonight" in Robin Griffiths (ed) ''British Queer Cinema'', Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2006, pp. 61–70, 63</ref> In 1957, he made his debut in [[South Africa]] in lead roles in ''[[Separate Tables]]''.<ref name=gaye/>

As a radio actor, Price was the original "No. 1" in charge of the crew of HMS ''Troutbridge'' in the first series of the long-running radio comedy series ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' in 1959, but was unable to continue the role in the second series because of other work commitments; he was replaced by [[Stephen Murray (actor)|Stephen Murray]]. His film appearances from this period included ''[[Tunes of Glory]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Amorous Prawn]]''<ref name=gaye/> (also known as ''The Playgirl and the War Minister'', 1962). In ''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]'' (1961) he portrayed one of several characters being blackmailed because of their (then illegal) homosexuality. In the horror spoof ''[[What a Carve Up! (film)|What a Carve Up!]]'' (1961) he starred alongside [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Sid James]], [[Shirley Eaton]] and [[Donald Pleasence]], while in the science fiction film ''[[The Earth Dies Screaming]]'' (1964) he appeared alongside [[Willard Parker]] and [[Thorley Walters]].

In the BBC television series ''[[The World of Wooster]]'' (1965–67), Price's performance as [[Jeeves]] was described by ''[[The Times]]'' as "an outstanding success",<ref name=times/> and P. G. Wodehouse said Price had "that essential touch of Jeeves mystery".<ref name = "ODNBPrice"/> Working with [[Ian Carmichael]] as [[Bertie Wooster]], this now almost completely [[Lost television broadcast|lost]] series<ref>[http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=81faa4c6-8b6c-4685-9240-c760fe61cb4c "(P. G. Wodehouse's) The World of Wooster"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120335/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=81faa4c6-8b6c-4685-9240-c760fe61cb4c |date=22 December 2015 }}, lostshows.com See also Michael Brooke [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/478555/index.html "World of Wooster, The (1965-67)"], BFI screenonline</ref> was based on the novels and short stories of [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref name=gaye/> He also appeared in an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.