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Donald Pleasence

Acting 75 (deceased) years old Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK ★ 1.6
Born: October 5, 1919
Died: February 2, 1995

Biography

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is arguably best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (238)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies Self - (archive footage) 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self (archive footage) 2025
Driving Lessons
Driving Lessons Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage) 2012
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) 2003
Fatal Frames
Fatal Frames Professor Robinson 1996
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Dr. Sam Loomis 1995
Signs and Wonders
Signs and Wonders Cornelius Van Damm 1995
Safe Haven
Safe Haven The Sailor 1995
The World of Hammer
The World of Hammer Self (archive footage) 1994
Guinevere
Guinevere Merlin 1994
Freeze: But is it Art?
Freeze: But is it Art? Sinister Dentist 1994
The Big Freeze
The Big Freeze Soup slurper 1993
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig Pincheon 1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler Phido the Vulture (voice) 1993
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale Victor Harty 1993
Diên Biên Phu
Diên Biên Phu Howard Simpson 1992
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog Doctor 1991
Millions
Millions Ripa 1991
Women in Arms
Women in Arms Dreyfuss 1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird The Art Collector 1991
Life of General De Gaulle
Life of General De Gaulle Winston Churchill 1990
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery Jason Rafiel 1989
Casablanca Express
Casablanca Express Colonel Bats 1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Dr. Sam Loomis 1989
River of Death
River of Death Heinrich Spaatz 1989
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave 1989
Buried Alive
Buried Alive Dr. Schaeffer 1989
Paganini Horror
Paganini Horror Mr. Pickett 1989
The House of Usher
The House of Usher Walter Usher 1989
American Rickshaw
American Rickshaw Rev. Mortom 1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Dr. Absalon 1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Dr. Absalon 1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Dr. Loomis 1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Nosferatu in Venice Don Alvise 1988
Last Platoon
Last Platoon Colonel B. Abrahams 1988
Metropolitan Animals
Metropolitan Animals Prof. Livingstone 1988
The Commander
The Commander Henry Carlson 1988
Hanna's War
Hanna's War Captain Thomas Rosza 1988
Phantom of Death
Phantom of Death Inspector Datti 1988
Prince of Darkness
Prince of Darkness Priest 1987
Django Strikes Again
Django Strikes Again Ben Gunn 1987
Ground Zero
Ground Zero Prosper Gaffney 1987
Double Target
Double Target Sen. Blaster 1987
Basements
Basements Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") 1987
Scoop
Scoop Lord Copper 1987
Specters
Specters Professor Lasky 1987
Warrior Queen
Warrior Queen Clodius Flaucus 1987
Gila and Rik
Gila and Rik Joe Gardenia 1987
Naso di cane
Naso di cane Olindo Cuomo 1986
Cobra Mission
Cobra Mission Father Lenoir 1986
To Kill a Stranger
To Kill a Stranger Col. Kostik 1986
Deadheat
Deadheat Aldo Rossi 1986
Into the Darkness
Into the Darkness David Beckett 1986
Nothing Underneath
Nothing Underneath Commissioner Danesi 1985
Black Arrow
Black Arrow Sir Oliver Oates 1985
Reel Horror
Reel Horror Axel MacGregor (archive footage) 1985
Treasure of the Amazon
Treasure of the Amazon Klaus von Blantz 1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Ray Bradbury Theater George Hill 1985
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers The Chancellor 1985
Phenomena
Phenomena Professor John McGregor 1985
The Ambassador
The Ambassador Minister Eretz 1985
Screen Two
Screen Two Victor Harty 1985
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph Ivon Haake 1984
Terror in the Aisles
Terror in the Aisles Self - Host 1984
A Breed Apart
A Breed Apart J.P. Whittier 1984
Master of the Game
Master of the Game Salomon Van der Merwe 1984
Where Is Parsifal?
Where Is Parsifal? Mackintosh 1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein 1984
The Devonsville Terror
The Devonsville Terror Dr. Warley 1983
The Falklands Factor
The Falklands Factor Dr. Samuel Johnson 1983
Warrior of the Lost World
Warrior of the Lost World Prossor 1983
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution Mr. Myers 1982
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark Leo Bain 1982
The Barchester Chronicles
The Barchester Chronicles Septimus Harding 1982
Computercide
Computercide George Dettler 1982
Wogan
Wogan Self 1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Race for the Yankee Zephyr Gilbert Carson 1981
Halloween II
Halloween II Dr. Sam Loomis 1981
Escape from New York
Escape from New York President of the United States 1981
The Monster Club
The Monster Club Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad 1981
Blade on the Feather
Blade on the Feather John Cavendish 1980
Pumaman
Pumaman Kobras 1980
The French Atlantic Affair
The French Atlantic Affair Max Dechambre 1979
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front Kantorek 1979
Better Late Than Never
Better Late Than Never Colonel Riddle 1979
Jaguar Lives!
Jaguar Lives! General Villanova 1979
Dracula
Dracula Dr. Jack Seward 1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Dr. Steiner 1979
L'Homme en colère
L'Homme en colère Albert Rumpelmayer 1979
Gold of the Amazon Women
Gold of the Amazon Women Clarence Blasko 1979
Mrs. Columbo
Mrs. Columbo 1979
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin Ignatius Slake 1979
Power Play
Power Play Blair 1978
Halloween
Halloween Loomis 1978
Centennial
Centennial Sam Purchas 1978
Last In, First Out
Last In, First Out Rothko 1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band B.D. Brockhurst 1978
Night Creature
Night Creature Axel MacGregor 1978
The Bastard
The Bastard Solomon Sholto 1978
Tomorrow Never Comes
Tomorrow Never Comes Dr. Todd 1978
Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives James Doniac 1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
The Defection of Simas Kudirka Capt. Vladimir Popov 1978
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Narrator (voice) 1978
Telefon
Telefon Nicolai Dalchimsky 1977
Oh, God!
Oh, God! Doctor Harmon 1977
The Uncanny
The Uncanny Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") 1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth Melchior 1977
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed Himmler 1976
Hindle Wakes
Hindle Wakes Nat Jeffcote 1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
Laurence Olivier Presents Nat Jeffcote 1976
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon Boxley 1976
The Passover Plot
The Passover Plot Pontius Pilate 1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Meriel the Ghost Girl George Livingston 1976
Goldenrod
Goldenrod John Tyler Jones 1976
The Devil's Men
The Devil's Men Father Roche 1976
The Joke
The Joke Bendel 1976
Trial by Combat
Trial by Combat Sir Giles Marley 1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
I Don't Want to Be Born Dr. Finch 1976
Peep Show
Peep Show 1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte-Cristo Danglars 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West A.J. Nietz 1975
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear Kuvetli 1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
Escape to Witch Mountain Lucas Deranian 1975
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Erich Count von Plasma 1974
House of the Damned
House of the Damned Martin Zayas 1974
Occupations
Occupations Christo Kabak 1974
The Cafeteria
The Cafeteria Aaron 1974
The Mutations
The Mutations Professor Nolter 1974
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill Cedric Harper 1974
Watch Out, We're Mad
Watch Out, We're Mad Doctor 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse George Livingston 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Bendel 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Aaron 1974
From Beyond the Grave
From Beyond the Grave Jim Underwood 1974
Tales That Witness Madness
Tales That Witness Madness Prof. R.C. Tremayne 1973
Malachi's Cove
Malachi's Cove Malachi 1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Cawser 1973
Lonely Water
Lonely Water The Spirit (voice) 1973
The Rainbow Boys
The Rainbow Boys Ralph Logan 1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fred Smudge 1973
The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper The Baron 1972
Wedding in White
Wedding in White Jim Dougall, Sr. 1972
Death Line
Death Line Inspector Calhoun 1972
Innocent Bystanders
Innocent Bystanders Loomis 1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives Thomas Cromwell 1972
The Jerusalem File
The Jerusalem File Major Samuels 1972
Kidnapped
Kidnapped Ebenezer Balfour 1971
Skin Deep
Skin Deep Gerry Muddiman 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Carnacki 1971
Columbo
Columbo Adrian Carsini 1971
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright Doc Tydon 1971
The Fox Trot
The Fox Trot Tom 1971
THX 1138
THX 1138 SEN 1971
Play for Today
Play for Today Samuel Johnson 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Gerry Muddiman 1970
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue Isaac Q. Cumber 1970
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Madwoman of Chaillot The Prospector 1969
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur? Arthur! Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon 1969
Mr. Freedom
Mr. Freedom Dr. Freedom 1969
Last to Go
Last to Go 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Hans Vogler 1968
Sleep is Lovely
Sleep is Lovely Clive 1968
The News-Benders
The News-Benders J.G. 1968
Creature of Comfort
Creature of Comfort James Thorne 1968
Will Penny
Will Penny Preacher Quint 1967
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank Albert Dussel 1967
Matchless
Matchless Gregori Andreanu 1967
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice Ernst Stavro Blofeld 1967
Call Me Daddy
Call Me Daddy Ben Hoffman 1967
NBC Experiment in Television
NBC Experiment in Television (voice) 1967
The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals General Kahlenberge 1967
Eye of the Devil
Eye of the Devil Pere Dominic 1966
Fantastic Voyage
Fantastic Voyage Dr. Michaels 1966
Cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac George 1966
The Hallelujah Trail
The Hallelujah Trail 'Oracle' Jones 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told The Dark Hermit - Satan 1965
The Caretaker
The Caretaker Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins 1964
Espionage
Espionage 1963
The Fugitive
The Fugitive Max Pfeiffer 1963
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits Harold J. Finley 1963
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Crippen Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen 1963
The Great Escape
The Great Escape Blythe 'The Forger' 1963
The Inspector
The Inspector Wolters 1962
The Horsemasters
The Horsemasters Captain Pinski 1961
The Defenders
The Defenders Dr. Byron Saul 1961
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up! Everett Sloane 1961
Spare the Rod
Spare the Rod Mr. Jenkins 1961
The Wind of Change
The Wind of Change Pop 1961
No Love for Johnnie
No Love for Johnnie Renfrew 1961
Alice Through the Looking Box
Alice Through the Looking Box Caterpillar 1960
The Cupboard
The Cupboard Fred Watson 1960
The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac Graham Coates 1960
A Story of David
A Story of David Nabal 1960
Suspect
Suspect Parsons, alias Bill Brown 1960
Danger Man
Danger Man 1960
Toff and Fingers
Toff and Fingers Self/Host 1960
The Big Day
The Big Day Victor Partridge 1960
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers Mr. Pappleworth 1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Armchair Mystery Theatre Host 1960
Hell Is a City
Hell Is a City Gus Hawkins 1960
Circus of Horrors
Circus of Horrors Vanet 1960
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes Irwin Hoffman 1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
The Flesh and the Fiends William Hare 1960
The Shakedown
The Shakedown Jessel Brown 1960
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Ellis Fowler 1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Killers of Kilimanjaro Captain 1959
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger Hurst 1959
Interpol Calling
Interpol Calling Karl Haussman 1959
The Traitor
The Traitor Grantley Caypor 1959
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond Harvey Laurence 1959
The Two-Headed Spy
The Two-Headed Spy Gen. Hardt 1958
The Greatest Man in the World
The Greatest Man in the World US President 1958
The Adventures of William Tell
The Adventures of William Tell 1958
The Man Inside
The Man Inside Organ Grinder 1958
The Wind Cannot Read
The Wind Cannot Read Doctor 1958
Heart of a Child
Heart of a Child Spiel 1958
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities Barsad 1958
Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill Cashier 1957
Manuela
Manuela Evans 1957
The Man in the Sky
The Man in the Sky Crabtree 1957
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre President of the USA 1956
The Black Tent
The Black Tent Ali 1956
1984
1984 R. Parsons 1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood Prince John 1955
Value for Money
Value for Money Limpy 1955
The Moment of Truth
The Moment of Truth The Foreign Minister 1955
Round the World in 80 Days
Round the World in 80 Days Voices 1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four Syme 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney Captain Pinski 1954
Orders Are Orders
Orders Are Orders Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) 1954
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber Tromp 1954
The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk Second batlon 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Kantorek 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Myers 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame The Chancellor 1951
Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre Syme 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre Corporal 1950

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