One of the few Hollywood executives to come out of a writing background, Price interrupted his early TV career (where he was story editor and writer for CBS-TV from 1951-53) with a stint as story editor at Columbia Pictures (1953-57), which he would later head at two separate times. As the head of Universal TV in the 1970s, he developed or supervised The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Bionic Woman (1976), The Incredible Hulk (1977), Battlestar Galactica (1978), The Rockford Files (1974) and many others. He is credited with helping to create new TV formats: movies made-for-TV and the mini-series, as well as the 90-minute series. In 1978, Price left the presidency of Universal TV to become President, and later Chairman and CEO, of Columbia Pictures where he was involved with such story-driven, award-winning films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Tootsie (1982) and Gandhi (1982) and top-grossers as Ghostbusters (1984) and The Karate Kid (1984). In 1983, after conflict with parent company Coca-Cola over his autonomy, Price swung back to Universal as chairman of the motion picture group and president of Universal Pictures, where he developed Back to the Future (1985), Fletch (1985), Out of Africa (1985) and The Breakfast Club (1985). After Sony's purchase of Columbia, the newly-installed executives, Jon Peters and Peter Guber, appointed Price to head Columbia Pictures. Eighteen months later, in October 1991, when his colleague at Warner Bros., Mark Canton, was freed from his contract, he was brought in to replace Price, who continued his association with Sony Pictures Entertainment with a non-exclusive production deal.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 17, 1930
- August 25, 2025 (aged 95)
- Decatur, Illinois, USA
- Producer, also actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Frank Price's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
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 Frank Price's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Frank 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
13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Texas Rangers(2001)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Zeus and Roxanne(1997)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Getting Away with Murder(1996)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Tuskegee Airmen(1995)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Circle of Friends(1995)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Walking Dead(1995)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Gladiator(1992)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
I Love a Mystery(1973)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
San Francisco International (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Lost Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Split Second to an Epitaph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Doomsday Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles from 1966 to 2001.
Biggest box office
Circle of Friends (1995)
Highest rated
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Most popular right now
Gladiator (1992)
Film career
- 1995Screen debut· The Walking Dead
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.
How do Frank Price's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 38. 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.
Who does Frank Price work with?
People who share at least 2 of Frank Price's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Allen Payne shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Allen PayneShared titles: The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Walking Dead (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Allen Payne
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Shared titles: The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Gladiator (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Cuba Gooding Jr.
Producers
- Frederic W. BrostShared titles: Zeus and Roxanne (1997), Getting Away with Murder (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Frederic W. Brost
- Bill CarraroShared titles: The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Walking Dead (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Carraro
