Donald Pleasence
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-10-05
Day of Death
1995-02-02 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Donald Pleasence
Biography
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE 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
(2025)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Dracula Unearthed
as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)
(2012)
Driving Lessons
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
(2010)
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998)
In and Out of Fashion
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Fatal Frames
as Professor Robinson
(1995)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1995)
Safe Haven
as The Sailor
(1994)
Guinevere
as Merlin
(1994)
Freeze: But is it Art?
as Sinister Dentist
(1993)
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
(1993)
The Hour of the Pig
as Pincheon
(1993)
The Big Freeze
as Soup slurper
(1993)
Femme Fatale
as Victor Harty
(1992)
Diên Biên Phu
as Howard Simpson
(1991)
Shadows and Fog
as Doctor
(1991)
Millions
as Ripa
(1991)
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
as The Art Collector
(1991)
Women in Arms
as Dreyfuss
(1990)
Moi, général de Gaulle
as Winston Churchill
(1989)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1989)
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
(1989)
River of Death
as Heinrich Spaatz
(1989)
Casablanca Express
as Colonel Bats
(1989)
American Rickshaw
as Rev. Mortom
(1989)
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Jason Rafiel
(1989)
Buried Alive
as Dr. Schaeffer
(1989)
Paganini Horror
as Mr. Pickett
(1989)
The House of Usher
as Walter Usher
(1988)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Dr. Loomis
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Don Alvise
(1988)
Hanna's War
as Captain Thomas Rosza
(1988)
Phantom of Death
as Inspector Datti
(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(1988)
The Commander
as Henry Carlson
(1988)
Last Platoon
as Colonel B. Abrahams
(1988)
Metropolitan Animals
as Prof. Livingstone
(1987)
Warrior Queen
as Clodius Flaucus
(1987)
Prince of Darkness
as Father Loomis
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Ben Gunn
(1987)
Double Target
as Sen. Blaster
(1987)
Ground Zero
as Prosper Gaffney
(1987)
Specters
as Professor Lasky
(1987)
Basements
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
(1987)
Scoop
as Lord Copper
(1987)
Gila and Rik
as Joe Gardenia
(1986)
Cobra Mission
as Father Lenoir
(1986)
To Kill a Stranger
as Col. Kostik
(1986)
Naso di cane
as Olindo Cuomo
(1986)
Into the Darkness
as David Beckett
(1986)
Deadheat
as Aldo Rossi
(1985)
Phenomena
as Professor John McGregor
(1985)
Treasure of the Amazon
as Klaus von Blantz
(1985)
The Ambassador
as Minister Eretz
(1985)
Nothing Underneath
as Commissioner Danesi
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Sir Oliver Oates
(1985)
Dario Argento's World of Horror
as Self (Archive)
(1985)
Reel Horror
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
(1985)
The Corsican Brothers
as The Chancellor
(1984)
A Breed Apart
as J.P. Whittier
(1984)
Terror in the Aisles
as Self - Host
(1984)
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
(1984)
Where Is Parsifal?
as Mackintosh
(1984)
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
(1983)
Warrior of the Lost World
as Prossor
(1983)
The Devonsville Terror
as Dr. Warley
(1983)
The Falklands Factor
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Leo Bain
(1982)
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mr. Myers
(1982)
Computercide
as George Dettler
(1981)
Escape from New York
as President of the United States
(1981)
Halloween II
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1981)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Gilbert Carson
(1981)
The Monster Club
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
(1980)
Pumaman
as Kobras
(1980)
Blade on the Feather
as Professor John Cavendish
(1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Kantorek
(1979)
Dracula
as Dr. Jack Seward
(1979)
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Dr. Steiner
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as Colonel Riddle
(1979)
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Clarence Blasko
(1979)
Jaguar Lives!
as General Villanova
(1979)
The Angry Man
as Albert Rumpelmayer
(1978)
Halloween
as Loomis
(1978)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as B.D. Brockhurst
(1978)
The Bastard
as Solomon Sholto
(1978)
Power Play
as Blair
(1978)
Blood Relatives
as James Doniac
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Dr. Todd
(1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
(1978)
Last In, First Out
as Rothko
(1978)
Night Creature
as Axel MacGregor
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Doctor Harmon
(1977)
The Uncanny
as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
(1977)
Telefon
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
(1976)
The Eagle Has Landed
as Himmler
(1976)
The Devil's Men
as Father Roche
(1976)
The Last Tycoon
as Boxley
(1976)
The Passover Plot
as Pontius Pilate
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Giles Marley
(1976)
I Don't Want to Be Born
as Dr. Finch
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Nat Jeffcote
(1976)
Goldenrod
as John Tyler Jones
(1976)
Meriel the Ghost Girl
as George Livingston
(1976)
The Joke
as Bendel
(1975)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Danglars
(1975)
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Lucas Deranian
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Kuvetli
(1975)
Hearts of the West
as A.J. Nietz
(1974)
Watch Out, We're Mad
as Doctor
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as Jim Underwood
(1974)
The Black Windmill
as Cedric Harper
(1974)
The Mutations
as Professor Nolter
(1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Erich Count von Plasma
(1974)
House of the Damned
as Martin Zayas
(1974)
Occupations
as Christo Kabak
(1974)
The Cafeteria
as Aaron
(1973)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
(1973)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Fred Smudge
(1973)
Malachi's Cove
as Malachi
(1973)
The Rainbow Boys
as Ralph Logan
(1973)
Lonely Water
as The Spirit (voice)
(1972)
Death Line
as Inspector Calhoun
(1972)
The Pied Piper
as The Baron
(1972)
The Jerusalem File
as Major Samuels
(1972)
Wedding in White
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
(1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas Cromwell
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Loomis
(1971)
Wake in Fright
as Doc Tydon
(1971)
THX 1138
as SEN
(1971)
Kidnapped
as Ebenezer Balfour
(1971)
The Fox Trot
as Tom
(1971)
Skin Deep
as Gerry Muddiman
(1970)
Soldier Blue
as Isaac Q. Cumber
(1969)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Prospector
(1969)
Mr. Freedom
as Dr. Freedom
(1969)
(1969)
Arthur? Arthur!
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
(1968)
Sleep is Lovely
as Clive
(1968)
The News-Benders
as J.G.
(1968)
Creature of Comfort
as James Thorne
(1967)
You Only Live Twice
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(1967)
The Night of the Generals
as General Kahlenberge
(1967)
Will Penny
as Preacher Quint
(1967)
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Albert Dussel
(1967)
Matchless
as Gregori Andreanu
(1967)
Call Me Daddy
as Ben Hoffman
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Dr. Michaels
(1966)
Eye of the Devil
as Pere Dominic
(1966)
Cul-de-sac
as George
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as 'Oracle' Jones
(1964)
The Caretaker
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
(1963)
The Great Escape
as Blythe 'The Forger'
(1963)
Dr. Crippen
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
(1962)
The Inspector
as Wolters
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Renfrew
(1961)
What a Carve Up!
as Everett Sloane
(1961)
Spare the Rod
as Mr. Jenkins
(1961)
The Horsemasters
as Captain Pinski
(1961)
The Wind of Change
as Pop
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as William Hare
(1960)
Circus of Horrors
as Vanet
(1960)
The Hands of Orlac
as Graham Coates
(1960)
Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Pappleworth
(1960)
Hell Is a City
as Gus Hawkins
(1960)
The Battle of the Sexes
as Irwin Hoffman
(1960)
Suspect
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
(1960)
A Story of David
as Nabal
(1960)
The Shakedown
as Jessel Brown
(1960)
The Cupboard
as Fred Watson
(1960)
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Caterpillar
(1960)
Toff and Fingers
as Self/Host
(1960)
The Big Day
as Victor Partridge
(1959)
Look Back in Anger
as Hurst
(1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Captain
(1959)
The Traitor
as Grantley Caypor
(1958)
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hardt
(1958)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Barsad
(1958)
The Man Inside
as Organ Grinder
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Doctor
(1958)
The Greatest Man in the World
as US President
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Spiel
(1957)
The Man in the Sky
as Crabtree
(1957)
Barnacle Bill
as Cashier
(1957)
Manuela
as Evans
(1956)
1984
as R. Parsons
(1956)
The Black Tent
as Ali
(1955)
Value for Money
as Limpy
(1955)
Round the World in 80 Days
as Voices
(1954)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Syme
(1954)
Orders Are Orders
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
(1954)
The Beachcomber
as Tromp
(1952)
The Dybbuk
as Second batlon
Crew
(1958)
The Telltale Heart
Writer