Editing Vincent Price (section)

=== 1970s ===
During the early 1970s, Price hosted and starred in [[BBC Radio]]'s horror and mystery series ''[[The Price of Fear (radio serial)|The Price of Fear]]''. He accepted a cameo part in the Canadian children's television program ''[[The Hilarious House of Frightenstein]]'' (1971) in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, on the local television station [[CHCH-TV]], filming all of his 400 segments over the course of only a few days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/the-legends-of-chch/#:~:text=Price%20filmed%20all%20his%20400,The%20Hilarious%20House%20of%20Frightenstein.|title=The legends of CHCH|website=hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/|date=November 16, 2024 |access-date=April 15, 2025}}</ref> In addition to the opening and closing monologs, his role in the show was to recite poems about various characters, sometimes wearing a cloak or other costumes.<ref name=chtv>{{cite web|title=CH TV Hamilton History|url=http://www.canada.com/chtv/hamilton/info/history.html|website=canada.com|access-date=January 29, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060129104620/http://www.canada.com/chtv/hamilton/info/history.html|archive-date=January 29, 2006}}</ref> He appeared in ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (1971), its sequel ''[[Dr. Phibes Rises Again]]'' (1972), and ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (1973), in which he portrayed one of two [[serial killer]]s. That same year, he appeared as himself in ''[[Mooch Goes to Hollywood]]'', a film written by [[Jim Backus]].

Price was an admirer of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 1975 visited the [[Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)|Edgar Allan Poe Museum]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], Virginia, where he had his picture taken with the museum's popular stuffed raven.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Curran|first1=Colleen|title=Poe Museum celebrates Edgar Allan Poe with the International Poe Film Festival|url=http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/article_555b25b6-04d3-5f3e-9b4a-d9e665b964a7.html|website=Richmond.com|date=September 21, 2016 |publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref> Price also recorded dramatic readings of Poe's short stories and poems, which were collected together with readings by [[Basil Rathbone]].

In 1975, Price and his wife [[Coral Browne]] appeared together in an international stage adaptation of ''Ardèle'', which played in the U.S. and in London at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]]. During this run, Browne and Price starred together in the BBC Radio play ''Night of the Wolf'' first airing in 1975.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0fe53a646510449c88fa19e3d1675c4d ''Night of the Wolf'' details], genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2016.</ref> Price greatly reduced his film work from around 1975, as horror itself suffered a slump, and he increased his narrative and voice work, as well as advertising [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]]'s Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/monsters/1.html|title=Silly Vintage Monster Toys|publisher=X-Entertainment|access-date=October 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209164543/http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/monsters/1.html|archive-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref>

Price provided a monolog for the [[Alice Cooper]] song "The Black Widow" on the ''[[Welcome to My Nightmare]]'' album in 1975, and he appeared in the corresponding TV special ''[[Alice Cooper: The Nightmare]]''. He starred for a year in the early 1970s in the syndicated daily radio program ''Tales of the Unexplained''. He made guest appearances in a 1970 episode of ''[[Here's Lucy]]'', showcasing his art expertise, and in a 1972 episode of ABC's ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', in which he played a deranged [[archaeologist]]. In October 1976, he appeared as the featured guest in an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. In 1977, Price recorded a cover version of [[Bobby "Boris" Pickett]]'s 1962 Single record [[The Monster Mash]] produced by UK record producers Ken Burgess and Bob Newby and released in the UK by [[EMI Records]].

Also in 1977, Price began performing as [[Oscar Wilde]] in the one-man stage play ''Diversions and Delights'', written by John Gay and directed by Joe Hardy, and set in a Parisian theater on a night about one year before Wilde's death. The original tour of the play was a success in every city except for New York City. In the summer of 1979, Price performed the role of Wilde at the [[Leadville Historic District#Historic structures in Leadville|Tabor Opera House]] in [[Leadville]], Colorado, on the same stage from which Wilde had spoken to miners about art some 96 years before. He eventually performed the play worldwide.<ref name="Vincent"/> Victoria Price stated in her biography of her father that several members of Price's family and friends thought that this was his best acting performance.<ref name="Vincent"/>

In 1979, Price starred with his wife in the short-lived [[CBS]] series ''[[Time Express]]''. That same year he hosted the hour-long television special ''America Screams'', riding on several [[roller coaster]]s and recounting their history.<ref>{{Citation|last=Campbell|first=Scott|title=America Screams|date=December 28, 1981|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1363088/|type=Documentary|publisher=Cyclone Productions|access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref> During 1979–1980, he hosted the "Mystery Night" segment of the radio series ''[[Sears Radio Theater]]''.