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 (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
Acting
(2012)
Driving Lessons
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
(2003)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (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)
River of Death
as Heinrich Spaatz
(1989)
Casablanca Express
as Colonel Bats
(1989)
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Jason Rafiel
(1989)
Paganini Horror
as Mr. Pickett
(1989)
American Rickshaw
as Rev. Mortom
(1989)
The House of Usher
as Walter Usher
(1989)
Buried Alive
as Dr. Schaeffer
(1989)
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
(1988)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Dr. Loomis
(1988)
Hanna's War
as Captain Thomas Rosza
(1988)
Phantom of Death
as Inspector Datti
(1988)
The Commander
as Henry Carlson
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Don Alvise
(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(1988)
Metropolitan Animals
as Prof. Livingstone
(1988)
Last Platoon
as Colonel B. Abrahams
(1987)
Warrior Queen
as Clodius Flaucus
(1987)
Specters
as Professor Lasky
(1987)
Double Target
as Sen. Blaster
(1987)
Prince of Darkness
as Priest
(1987)
Ground Zero
as Prosper Gaffney
(1987)
Basements
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
(1987)
Scoop
as Lord Copper
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Ben Gunn
(1987)
Gila and Rik
as Joe Gardenia
(1986)
Cobra Mission
as Father Lenoir
(1986)
Into the Darkness
as David Beckett
(1986)
To Kill a Stranger
as Col. Kostik
(1986)
Deadheat
as Aldo Rossi
(1986)
Naso di cane
as Olindo Cuomo
(1985)
Phenomena
as Professor John McGregor
(1985)
The Ambassador
as Minister Eretz
(1985)
The Corsican Brothers
as The Chancellor
(1985)
Reel Horror
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
(1985)
Treasure of the Amazon
as Klaus von Blantz
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Sir Oliver Oates
(1985)
Nothing Underneath
as Commissioner Danesi
(1984)
Terror in the Aisles
as Self - Host
(1984)
A Breed Apart
as J.P. Whittier
(1984)
Where Is Parsifal?
as Mackintosh
(1984)
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
(1984)
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
(1983)
The Falklands Factor
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1983)
The Devonsville Terror
as Dr. Warley
(1983)
Warrior of the Lost World
as Prossor
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Leo Bain
(1982)
Computercide
as George Dettler
(1982)
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mr. Myers
(1981)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Gilbert Carson
(1981)
Escape from New York
as President of the United States
(1981)
The Monster Club
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
(1981)
Halloween II
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1980)
Pumaman
as Kobras
(1980)
Blade on the Feather
as Professor John Cavendish
(1979)
Jaguar Lives!
as General Villanova
(1979)
L'Homme en colère
as Albert Rumpelmayer
(1979)
Dracula
as Dr. Jack Seward
(1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Kantorek
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as Colonel Riddle
(1979)
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Dr. Steiner
(1979)
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Clarence Blasko
(1978)
Halloween
as Loomis
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Dr. Todd
(1978)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as B.D. Brockhurst
(1978)
The Bastard
as Solomon Sholto
(1978)
Blood Relatives
as James Doniac
(1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
(1978)
Power Play
as Blair
(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 "Hollywood 1936")
(1977)
Telefon
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
(1976)
The Eagle Has Landed
as Himmler
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Giles Marley
(1976)
The Last Tycoon
as Boxley
(1976)
The Passover Plot
as Pontius Pilate
(1976)
Meriel the Ghost Girl
as George Livingston
(1976)
Goldenrod
as John Tyler Jones
(1976)
I Don't Want to Be Born
as Dr. Finch
(1976)
The Devil's Men
as Father Roche
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Nat Jeffcote
(1976)
The Joke
as Bendel
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Kuvetli
(1975)
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Lucas Deranian
(1975)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Danglars
(1975)
Hearts of the West
as A.J. Nietz
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as Jim Underwood
(1974)
The Black Windmill
as Cedric Harper
(1974)
Watch Out, We're Mad
as Doctor
(1974)
The Mutations
as Professor Nolter
(1974)
The Cafeteria
as Aaron
(1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Erich Count von Plasma
(1974)
House of the Damned
as Martin Zayas
(1974)
Occupations
as Christo Kabak
(1973)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
(1973)
Malachi's Cove
as Malachi
(1973)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Fred Smudge
(1973)
The Rainbow Boys
as Ralph Logan
(1973)
Lonely Water
as The Spirit (voice)
(1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas Cromwell
(1972)
The Pied Piper
as The Baron
(1972)
Wedding in White
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
(1972)
Death Line
as Inspector Calhoun
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Loomis
(1972)
The Jerusalem File
as Major Samuels
(1971)
THX 1138
as SEN
(1971)
Skin Deep
as Gerry Muddiman
(1971)
Kidnapped
as Ebenezer Balfour
(1971)
Wake in Fright
as Doc Tydon
(1971)
The Fox Trot
as Tom
(1970)
Soldier Blue
as Isaac Q. Cumber
(1969)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Prospector
(1969)
Arthur? Arthur!
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
(1969)
Mr. Freedom
as Dr. Freedom
(1969)
(1968)
Creature of Comfort
as James Thorne
(1968)
The News-Benders
as J.G.
(1968)
Sleep is Lovely
as Clive
(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)
Matchless
as Gregori Andreanu
(1967)
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Albert Dussel
(1967)
Call Me Daddy
as Ben Hoffman
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Dr. Michaels
(1966)
Cul-de-sac
as George
(1966)
Eye of the Devil
as Pere Dominic
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as 'Oracle' Jones
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
(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)
The Wind of Change
as Pop
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Renfrew
(1961)
Spare the Rod
as Mr. Jenkins
(1961)
What a Carve Up!
as Everett Sloane
(1961)
The Horsemasters
as Captain Pinski
(1960)
Circus of Horrors
as Vanet
(1960)
The Shakedown
as Jessel Brown
(1960)
The Cupboard
as Fred Watson
(1960)
The Hands of Orlac
as Graham Coates
(1960)
Toff and Fingers
as Self/Host
(1960)
Suspect
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
(1960)
A Story of David
as Nabal
(1960)
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Caterpillar
(1960)
Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Pappleworth
(1960)
The Big Day
as Victor Partridge
(1960)
Hell Is a City
as Gus Hawkins
(1960)
The Battle of the Sexes
as Irwin Hoffman
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as William Hare
(1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Captain
(1959)
Look Back in Anger
as Hurst
(1959)
The Traitor
as Grantley Caypor
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Doctor
(1958)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Barsad
(1958)
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hardt
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Spiel
(1958)
The Man Inside
as Organ Grinder
(1958)
The Greatest Man in the World
as US President
(1957)
The Man in the Sky
as Crabtree
(1957)
Manuela
as Evans
(1957)
Barnacle Bill
as Cashier
(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
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