About

Known credits:
207
Birthday:
1919-10-05
Place of birth:
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Website:
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Donald Pleasence

Overview

Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 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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Known for

Acting
2022 Dracula Unearthed Actor Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage) 59
Average
2013 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (Producer’s Cut) Actor Dr. Loomis 60
Fair
2010 Halloween: The Inside Story Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Actor Self (archive footage) 63
Fair
2003 Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest Actor Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) 59
Average
2002 Best Ever Bond Actor Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1998 In and Out of Fashion Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1996 Fatal Frames Actor Professor Robinson 58
Average
1995 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Actor Dr. Sam Loomis 54
Average
1995 Signs and Wonders Actor Cornelius Van Damm N/A
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1995 Safe Haven Actor The Sailor N/A
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1994 Guinevere Actor Merlin 58
Average
1994 Freeze: But is it Art? Actor Sinister Dentist N/A
N/A
1993 The Big Freeze Actor Soup slurper 59
Average
1993 The Hour of the Pig Actor Pincheon 59
Average
1993 The Thief and the Cobbler Actor Phido the Vulture (voice) 61
Fair
1993 Femme Fatale Actor Victor Harty N/A
N/A
1992 Diên Biên Phu Actor Howard Simpson 59
Average
1991 Shadows and Fog Actor Doctor 62
Fair
1991 Millions Actor Ripa 58
Average
1991 Women in Arms Actor Dreyfuss 58
Average
1991 The Vulture Is a Patient Bird Actor The Art Collector 59
Average
1990 Moi, général de Gaulle Actor Winston Churchill N/A
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1989 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery Actor Jason Rafiel 59
Average
1989 Casablanca Express Actor Colonel Bats 58
Average
1989 Ten Little Indians Actor Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave 58
Average
1989 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Actor Dr. Sam Loomis 55
Average
1989 River of Death Actor Heinrich Spaatz 58
Average
1989 Buried Alive Actor Dr. Schaeffer 58
Average
1989 Paganini Horror Actor Mr. Pickett 57
Average
1989 The House of Usher Actor Walter Usher 58
Average
1989 American Rickshaw Actor Rev. Mortom 58
Average
1988 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Actor Dr. Absalon 69
Fair
1988 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Actor Dr. Absalon 58
Average
1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Actor Dr. Loomis 61
Fair
1988 Nosferatu in Venice Actor Don Alvise 59
Average
1988 Last Platoon Actor Colonel B. Abrahams 58
Average
1988 Animali metropolitani Actor Prof. Livingstone 58
Average
1988 The Commander Actor Henry Carlson 58
Average
1988 Hanna's War Actor Captain Thomas Rosza 59
Average
1988 Phantom of Death Actor Inspector Datti 58
Average
1987 Prince of Darkness Actor Father Loomis 64
Fair
1987 Django Strikes Again Actor Ben Gunn 58
Average
1987 Ground Zero Actor Prosper Gaffney 59
Average
1987 Double Target Actor Sen. Blaster 58
Average
1987 Basements Actor Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") 59
Average
1987 Scoop Actor Lord Copper 58
Average
1987 Specters Actor Professor Lasky 58
Average
1987 Warrior Queen Actor Clodius Flaucus 57
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1987 Gila and Rik Actor Joe Gardenia N/A
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1986 Naso di cane Actor Olindo Cuomo N/A
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1986 Cobra Mission Actor Father Lenoir 58
Average
1986 To Kill a Stranger Actor Col. Kostik 58
Average
1986 Into the Darkness Actor David Beckett 58
Average
1986 Deadheat Actor Aldo Rossi 59
Average
1985 Nothing Underneath Actor Commissioner Danesi 58
Average
1985 Black Arrow Actor Sir Oliver Oates 59
Average
1985 Reel Horror Actor Axel MacGregor (archive footage) 58
Average
1985 Treasure of the Amazon Actor Klaus von Blantz 58
Average
1985 Arch of Triumph Actor Ivon Haake 58
Average
1985 The Corsican Brothers Actor The Chancellor 58
Average
1985 Phenomena Actor Professor John McGregor 64
Fair
1985 The Ambassador Actor Minister Eretz 58
Average
1985 Dario Argento's World of Horror Actor Self (Archive) 59
Average
1984 Terror in the Aisles Actor Self - Host 59
Average
1984 A Breed Apart Actor J.P. Whittier 58
Average
1984 Master of the Game Actor Salomon Van der Merwe 68
Fair
1984 Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie Actor Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein 58
Average
1984 Where Is Parsifal? Actor Mackintosh 58
Average
1983 The Devonsville Terror Actor Dr. Warley 58
Average
1983 The Falklands Factor Actor Dr. Samuel Johnson N/A
N/A
1983 Warrior of the Lost World Actor Prossor 57
Average
1982 Witness for the Prosecution Actor Mr. Myers 59
Average
1982 Alone in the Dark Actor Leo Bain 58
Average
1982 The Barchester Chronicles Actor Septimus Harding 69
Fair
1982 Computercide Actor George Dettler 59
Average
1981 Race for the Yankee Zephyr Actor Gilbert Carson 59
Average
1981 Halloween II Actor Dr. Sam Loomis 64
Fair
1981 Escape from New York Actor President of the United States 69
Fair
1981 The Monster Club Actor Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad 59
Average
1980 Blade on the Feather Actor Professor John Cavendish 58
Average
1980 Pumaman Actor Kobras 55
Average
1979 The French Atlantic Affair Actor Max Dechambre 69
Fair
1979 All Quiet on the Western Front Actor Kantorek 60
Fair
1979 Better Late Than Never Actor Colonel Riddle N/A
N/A
1979 Jaguar Lives! Actor General Villanova 58
Average
1979 Dracula Actor Dr. Jack Seward 60
Fair
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Actor Dr. Steiner 58
Average
1979 The Angry Man Actor Albert Rumpelmayer 58
Average
1979 Gold of the Amazon Women Actor Clarence Blasko 58
Average
1978 Power Play Actor Blair 59
Average
1978 Halloween Actor Dr. Sam Loomis 74
Good
1978 Centennial Actor Sam Purchas 72
Good
1978 Last In, First Out Actor Rothko 58
Average
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Actor B.D. Brockhurst 57
Average
1978 Night Creature Actor Axel MacGregor 58
Average
1978 The Bastard Actor Solomon Sholto 59
Average
1978 Tomorrow Never Comes Actor Dr. Todd 58
Average
1978 Blood Relatives Actor James Doniac 58
Average
1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Actor Capt. Vladimir Popov 58
Average
1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Actor Narrator (voice) 70
Good
1977 Telefon Actor Nicolai Dalchimsky 60
Fair
1977 Oh, God! Actor Doctor Harmon 60
Fair
1977 The Uncanny Actor Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936") 58
Average
1977 Jesus of Nazareth Actor Melchior 76
Good
1976 The Eagle Has Landed Actor Himmler 61
Fair
1976 Hindle Wakes Actor Nat Jeffcote N/A
N/A
1976 The Last Tycoon Actor Boxley 60
Fair
1976 The Passover Plot Actor Pontius Pilate 58
Average
1976 Meriel the Ghost Girl Actor George Livingston N/A
N/A
1976 Goldenrod Actor John Tyler Jones N/A
N/A
1976 The Devil's Men Actor Father Roche 57
Average
1976 The Joke Actor Bendel N/A
N/A
1976 Trial by Combat Actor Sir Giles Marley 59
Average
1976 I Don't Want to Be Born Actor Dr. Finch 58
Average
1975 The Count of Monte-Cristo Actor Danglars 60
Fair
1975 Hearts of the West Actor A.J. Nietz 58
Average
1975 Journey into Fear Actor Kuvetli 59
Average
1975 Escape to Witch Mountain Actor Lucas Deranian 60
Fair
1974 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Actor Erich Count von Plasma 58
Average
1974 House of the Damned Actor Martin Zayas 58
Average
1974 The Cafeteria Actor Aaron N/A
N/A
1974 The Mutations Actor Professor Nolter 58
Average
1974 The Black Windmill Actor Cedric Harper 59
Average
1974 Watch Out, We're Mad Actor Doctor 68
Fair
1974 From Beyond the Grave Actor Jim Underwood 60
Fair
1974 Occupations Actor Christo Kabak N/A
N/A
1973 Tales That Witness Madness Actor Prof. R.C. Tremayne 58
Average
1973 Malachi's Cove Actor Malachi 59
Average
1973 Lonely Water Actor The Spirit (voice) 58
Average
1973 The Rainbow Boys Actor Ralph Logan 59
Average
1973 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Actor Fred Smudge 59
Average
1973 COI: Lonely Water Actor The Spirit 59
Average
1972 The Pied Piper Actor The Baron 59
Average
1972 Wedding in White Actor Jim Dougall, Sr. 59
Average
1972 Death Line Actor Inspector Calhoun 58
Average
1972 Innocent Bystanders Actor Loomis 59
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1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives Actor Thomas Cromwell 59
Average
1972 The Jerusalem File Actor 59
Average
1971 Kidnapped Actor Ebenezer Balfour 59
Average
1971 Skin Deep Actor Gerry Muddiman N/A
N/A
1971 Wake in Fright Actor Doc Tydon 64
Fair
1971 The Fox Trot Actor Tom N/A
N/A
1971 THX 1138 Actor SEN 62
Fair
1970 Soldier Blue Actor Isaac Q. Cumber 61
Fair
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot Actor The Prospector 59
Average
1969 Arthur? Arthur! Actor Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon 58
Average
1969 Mr. Freedom Actor Dr. Freedom 58
Average
1969 Last to Go Actor N/A
N/A
1968 Sleep is Lovely Actor Clive N/A
N/A
1968 The News-Benders Actor J.G. N/A
N/A
1968 Creature of Comfort Actor James Thorne N/A
N/A
1967 Will Penny Actor Preacher Quint 59
Average
1967 The Diary of Anne Frank Actor Albert Dussel 58
Average
1967 Matchless Actor Gregori Andreanu 58
Average
1967 You Only Live Twice Actor Ernst Stavro Blofeld 64
Fair
1967 Call Me Daddy Actor Ben Hoffman N/A
N/A
1967 The Night of the Generals Actor General Kahlenberge 61
Fair
1966 Eye of the Devil Actor Pere Dominic 59
Average
1966 Fantastic Voyage Actor Dr. Michaels 62
Fair
1966 Cul-de-sac Actor George 62
Fair
1965 The Hallelujah Trail Actor 'Oracle' Jones 59
Average
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Actor The Dark Hermit - Satan 60
Fair
1964 The Caretaker Actor Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins 59
Average
1963 Dr. Crippen Actor Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen 59
Average
1963 The Great Escape Actor Blythe 'The Forger' 76
Good
1962 The Inspector Actor Wolters 59
Average
1961 The Horsemasters Actor Captain Pinski 59
Average
1961 What a Carve Up! Actor Everett Sloane 59
Average
1961 Spare the Rod Actor Mr. Jenkins 59
Average
1961 The Wind of Change Actor Pop N/A
N/A
1961 No Love for Johnnie Actor Renfrew 59
Average
1960 Alice Through the Looking Box Actor Caterpillar N/A
N/A
1960 The Cupboard Actor Fred Watson N/A
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1960 A Story of David Actor Nabal 58
Average
1960 The Hands of Orlac Actor Graham Coates 58
Average
1960 Suspect Actor Parsons, alias Bill Brown 59
Average
1960 Sons and Lovers Actor Mr. Pappleworth 59
Average
1960 Toff and Fingers Actor Self/Host N/A
N/A
1960 The Big Day Actor Victor Partridge 59
Average
1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre Actor Host N/A
N/A
1960 Hell Is a City Actor Gus Hawkins 59
Average
1960 Circus of Horrors Actor Vanet 58
Average
1960 The Battle of the Sexes Actor Irwin Hoffman 59
Average
1960 The Flesh and the Fiends Actor William Hare 59
Average
1960 The Shakedown Actor Jessel Brown 59
Average
1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro Actor Captain 58
Average
1959 Look Back in Anger Actor Hurst 59
Average
1959 The Traitor Actor Grantley Caypor N/A
N/A
1958 The Two-Headed Spy Actor Gen. Hardt 59
Average
1958 The Greatest Man in the World Actor US President N/A
N/A
1958 The Man Inside Actor Organ Grinder 59
Average
1958 The Wind Cannot Read Actor Doctor 59
Average
1958 Heart of a Child Actor Spiel 59
Average
1958 A Tale of Two Cities Actor Barsad 59
Average
1957 Barnacle Bill Actor Cashier 59
Average
1957 Manuela Actor Evans 59
Average
1957 The Man in the Sky Actor Crabtree 59
Average
1956 The Black Tent Actor Ali 59
Average
1956 1984 Actor R. Parsons 60
Fair
1955 Value for Money Actor Limpy 59
Average
1955 Round the World in 80 Days Actor Voices N/A
N/A
1954 Nineteen Eighty-Four Actor Syme 60
Fair
1954 Orders Are Orders Actor Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) 59
Average
1954 The Beachcomber Actor Tromp 59
Average
1952 The Dybbuk Actor Second batlon N/A
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Writing
1958 The Telltale Heart Writing Writer N/A
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