Donald Pleasence
Acting
Born: October 5, 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died: February 2, 1995 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Halloween
1978
Escape from New York
1981
The Great Escape
1963
You Only Live Twice
1967
Halloween II
1981
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Prince of Darkness
1987
THX 1138
1971
The Twilight Zone
1959
Phenomena
1985
Photos (3)
Movies (181)
Halloween
Loomis
You Only Live Twice
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Great Escape
Blythe 'The Forger'
Escape from New York
President of the United States
Halloween II
Sam Loomis
Warrior Queen
Clodius Flaucus
Wake in Fright
Doc Tydon
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
Prince of Darkness
Priest
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
The Eagle Has Landed
Himmler
Watch Out, We're Mad
Doctor
The Night of the Generals
General Kahlenberge
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Dark Hermit - Satan
All Quiet on the Western Front
Kantorek
The Thief and the Cobbler
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Michaels
Soldier Blue
Isaac Q. Cumber
Phenomena
Professor John McGregor
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Danglars
Shadows and Fog
Doctor
THX 1138
SEN
The Horsemasters
Captain Pinski
Cul-de-sac
George
Escape to Witch Mountain
Lucas Deranian
Will Penny
Preacher Quint
1984
R. Parsons
Goldenrod
John Tyler Jones
Buried Alive
Dr. Schaeffer
Dracula
Dr. Jack Seward
Telefon
Nicolai Dalchimsky
The Ambassador
Minister Eretz
The Last Tycoon
Boxley
Manuela
Evans
Tales That Witness Madness
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Death Line
Inspector Calhoun
Alone in the Dark
Leo Bain
The Hallelujah Trail
'Oracle' Jones
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
The Black Windmill
Cedric Harper
Oh, God!
Doctor Harmon
Dien Bien Phu
Howard Simpson
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas Cromwell
Eye of the Devil
Pere Dominic
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Jason Rafiel
From Beyond the Grave
Jim Underwood
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
B.D. Brockhurst
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Prospector
Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Gilbert Carson
The Monster Club
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Django Strikes Again
Ben Gunn
Women in Arms
Dreyfuss
The Hour of the Pig
Pincheon
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
Innocent Bystanders
Loomis
Ten Little Indians
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
L'Homme en colère
Albert Rumpelmayer
Femme Fatale
Victor Harty
Treasure of the Amazon
Klaus von Blantz
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Dr. Steiner
A Breed Apart
J.P. Whittier
The Pied Piper
The Baron
The Caretaker
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
River of Death
Heinrich Spaatz
Nosferatu in Venice
Don Alvise
Pumaman
Kobras
Barnacle Bill
Cashier
Circus of Horrors
Vanet
Look Back in Anger
Hurst
The Black Tent
Ali
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Pappleworth
Basements
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Blood Relatives
James Doniac
Jaguar Lives!
General Villanova
Phantom of Death
Inspector Datti
Meriel the Ghost Girl
George Livingston
Hell Is a City
Gus Hawkins
The Uncanny
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Guinevere
Merlin
Tomorrow Never Comes
Dr. Todd
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Hare
The Hands of Orlac
Graham Coates
The Joke
Bendel
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hardt
The House of Usher
Walter Usher
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Dr. Loomis
Occupations
Christo Kabak
The Wind Cannot Read
Doctor
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Syme
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
Hearts of the West
A.J. Nietz
I Don't Want to Be Born
Dr. Finch
The Battle of the Sexes
Irwin Hoffman
Hanna's War
Captain Thomas Rosza
Better Late Than Never
Colonel Riddle
Double Target
Sen. Blaster
The Corsican Brothers
The Chancellor
Black Arrow
Sir Oliver Oates
Journey into Fear
Kuvetli
American Rickshaw
Rev. Mortom
A Tale of Two Cities
Barsad
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Computercide
George Dettler
What a Carve Up!
Everett Sloane
Mr. Freedom
Dr. Freedom
Gila and Rik
Joe Gardenia
The Mutations
Professor Nolter
The Passover Plot
Pontius Pilate
The Devil's Men
Father Roche
Warrior of the Lost World
Prossor
Ground Zero
Prosper Gaffney
Power Play
Blair
Reel Horror
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Millions
Ripa
Suspect
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Scoop
Lord Copper
Nothing Underneath
Commissioner Danesi
The Man in the Sky
Crabtree
The Fox Trot
Tom
No Love for Johnnie
Renfrew
Matchless
Gregori Andreanu
Wedding in White
Jim Dougall, Sr.
The Commander
Henry Carlson
Gold of the Amazon Women
Clarence Blasko
Fatal Frames
Professor Robinson
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Warley
Cobra Mission
Father Lenoir
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Captain
House of the Damned
Martin Zayas
To Kill a Stranger
Col. Kostik
Paganini Horror
Mr. Pickett
The Man Inside
Organ Grinder
Hindle Wakes
Nat Jeffcote
The Moment of Truth
The Foreign Minister
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Smudge
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Specters
Professor Lasky
Trial by Combat
Sir Giles Marley
Casablanca Express
Colonel Bats
The Diary of Anne Frank
Albert Dussel
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Armon Shalik
The Dybbuk
Second batlon
Into the Darkness
David Beckett
Value for Money
Limpy
The Inspector
Wolters
Metropolitan Animals
Prof. Livingstone
The Beachcomber
Tromp
Blade on the Feather
John Cavendish
Night Creature
Axel MacGregor
Last In, First Out
Rothko
Heart of a Child
Spiel
The News-Benders
J.G.
Last Platoon
Colonel B. Abrahams
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Erich Count von Plasma
Spare the Rod
Mr. Jenkins
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Capt. Vladimir Popov
The Big Day
Victor Partridge
The Cafeteria
Aaron
The Cupboard
Fred Watson
The Shakedown
Jessel Brown
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
A Story of David
Nabal
Where Is Parsifal?
Mackintosh
The Wind of Change
Pop
Sleep is Lovely
Clive
Skin Deep
Gerry Muddiman
Malachi's Cove
Malachi
Deadheat
Aldo Rossi
Life of General De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
The Falklands Factor
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Driving Lessons
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
The Big Freeze
Soup slurper
The Jerusalem File
Major Samuels
Orders Are Orders
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Rainbow Boys
Ralph Logan
Alice Through the Looking Box
Caterpillar
Creature of Comfort
James Thorne
Last to Go
1969
Freeze: But is it Art?
Sinister Dentist
TV Shows (53)
Columbo
Adrian Carsini · 1 eps
Play for Today
Samuel Johnson · 1 eps
Play for Today
Gerry Muddiman · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Hans Vogler · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Max Pfeiffer · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Ellis Fowler · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
The Head Waiter · 1 eps
Screen Two
Victor Harty · 1 eps
Screen Two
Pincheon · 1 eps
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Prince John · 2 eps
The Outer Limits
Harold J. Finley · 1 eps
One Step Beyond
Harvey Laurence · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Richard Pratt · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
J.G. · 1 eps
Danger Man
Nikolides · 1 eps
Danger Man
Captain Aldrich · 1 eps
The Defenders
Dr. Byron Saul · 1 eps
Playhouse
George Livingston · 1 eps
Playhouse
Bendel · 1 eps
Playhouse
Aaron · 1 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
George Hill · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Syme · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Corporal · 1 eps
ITV Play of the Week
Supt. Smith · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Carnacki · 1 eps
Jesus of Nazareth
Melchior · 4 eps
Centennial
Sam Purchas · 12 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Cawser · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Karl Haussman · 1 eps
Espionage
Escalon · 1 eps
The Adventures of William Tell
1 eps
Mrs. Columbo
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Captain Pinski · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lucas Deranian · 1 eps
Dick Turpin
Ignatius Slake · 5 eps
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice) · 1 eps
Master of the Game
Salomon Van der Merwe · 9 eps
The French Atlantic Affair
Max Dechambre · 3 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Nat Jeffcote · 1 eps
Signs and Wonders
Cornelius Van Damm · 4 eps
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Barchester Chronicles
Septimus Harding · 7 eps
The Bastard
Solomon Sholto · 1 eps
Shades of Greene
Puckler · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kantorek · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Myers · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Chancellor · 1 eps
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon · 2 eps
Armchair Theatre
President of the USA · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
3 eps
Armchair Theatre
Fred Watson · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Ben Hoffman · 1 eps
Naso di cane
Olindo Cuomo · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Aisles
Self - Host
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)