The Inventor is the posthumous overarching protagonist from the film Edward Scissorhands. He is the creator of the film's main character and gave him everything except for one thing: hands. Sadly however the Inventor died leaving him unfinished.
He is portrayed by the late Vincent Price.
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The Inventor in the opening sequence.
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- He was played by the late Vincent Price which was his last film role three years before his death in 1993. The inventor was supposed to have a much bigger role in the film, but due to Price's illness (Parkinson's disease), his role was made smaller than intended.
- He is broadly based on Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist of the novel Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley. Similar characters in Tim Burton's work include Victor Frankenstein and Dr. Finkelstein.
- While Victor Frankenstein and the inventer are simular in their actions and abilites, their personalites are different. Frankenstein hated his creation, while the Inventor treated Edward as a son.