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.
Known For
Acting
(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)
River of Death
as Heinrich Spaatz
(1989)
American Rickshaw
as Rev. Mortom
(1989)
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Jason Rafiel
(1989)
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
(1989)
Casablanca Express
as Colonel Bats
(1989)
The House of Usher
as Walter Usher
(1989)
Buried Alive
as Dr. Schaeffer
(1989)
Paganini Horror
as Mr. Pickett
(1988)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Dr. Loomis
(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Don Alvise
(1988)
Hanna's War
as Captain Thomas Rosza
(1988)
Phantom of Death
as Inspector Datti
(1988)
The Commander
as Henry Carlson
(1988)
Metropolitan Animals
as Prof. Livingstone
(1988)
Last Platoon
as Colonel B. Abrahams
(1987)
Warrior Queen
as Clodius Flaucus
(1987)
Prince of Darkness
as Father Loomis
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Ben Gunn
(1987)
Specters
as Professor Lasky
(1987)
Double Target
as Sen. Blaster
(1987)
Gila and Rik
as Joe Gardenia
(1987)
Scoop
as Lord Copper
(1987)
Basements
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
(1987)
Ground Zero
as Prosper Gaffney
(1986)
Cobra Mission
as Father Lenoir
(1986)
To Kill a Stranger
as Col. Kostik
(1986)
Naso di cane
as Olindo Cuomo
(1986)
Deadheat
as Aldo Rossi
(1986)
Into the Darkness
as David Beckett
(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)
The Corsican Brothers
as The Chancellor
(1985)
Reel Horror
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
(1985)
Dario Argento's World of Horror
as Self (Archive)
(1984)
A Breed Apart
as J.P. Whittier
(1984)
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
(1984)
Where Is Parsifal?
as Mackintosh
(1984)
Terror in the Aisles
as Self - Host
(1984)
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
(1983)
Warrior of the Lost World
as Prossor
(1983)
The Falklands Factor
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1983)
The Devonsville Terror
as Dr. Warley
(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)
Jaguar Lives!
as General Villanova
(1979)
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Clarence Blasko
(1979)
The Angry Man
as Albert Rumpelmayer
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as Colonel Riddle
(1978)
Halloween
as Loomis
(1978)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as B.D. Brockhurst
(1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
(1978)
Power Play
as Blair
(1978)
The Bastard
as Solomon Sholto
(1978)
Blood Relatives
as James Doniac
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Dr. Todd
(1978)
Night Creature
as Axel MacGregor
(1978)
Last In, First Out
as Rothko
(1977)
Telefon
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Doctor Harmon
(1977)
The Uncanny
as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
(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)
I Don't Want to Be Born
as Dr. Finch
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Giles Marley
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Nat Jeffcote
(1976)
The Joke
as Bendel
(1976)
Goldenrod
as John Tyler Jones
(1976)
Meriel the Ghost Girl
as George Livingston
(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)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Erich Count von Plasma
(1974)
The Mutations
as Professor Nolter
(1974)
Occupations
as Christo Kabak
(1974)
House of the Damned
as Martin Zayas
(1974)
The Cafeteria
as Aaron
(1973)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
(1973)
The Rainbow Boys
as Ralph Logan
(1973)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Fred Smudge
(1973)
Malachi's Cove
as Malachi
(1973)
Lonely Water
as The Spirit (voice)
(1972)
Death Line
as Inspector Calhoun
(1972)
The Pied Piper
as The Baron
(1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas Cromwell
(1972)
Wedding in White
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Loomis
(1972)
The Jerusalem File
as Major Samuels
(1971)
THX 1138
as SEN
(1971)
Wake in Fright
as Doc Tydon
(1971)
Kidnapped
as Ebenezer Balfour
(1971)
Skin Deep
as Gerry Muddiman
(1971)
The Fox Trot
as Tom
(1970)
Soldier Blue
as Isaac Q. Cumber
(1969)
Mr. Freedom
as Dr. Freedom
(1969)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Prospector
(1969)
Arthur? Arthur!
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
(1969)
(1968)
The News-Benders
as J.G.
(1968)
Sleep is Lovely
as Clive
(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)
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 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)
What a Carve Up!
as Everett Sloane
(1961)
The Horsemasters
as Captain Pinski
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Renfrew
(1961)
Spare the Rod
as Mr. Jenkins
(1961)
The Wind of Change
as Pop
(1960)
Circus of Horrors
as Vanet
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as William Hare
(1960)
Hell Is a City
as Gus Hawkins
(1960)
Suspect
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
(1960)
Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Pappleworth
(1960)
The Battle of the Sexes
as Irwin Hoffman
(1960)
The Hands of Orlac
as Graham Coates
(1960)
A Story of David
as Nabal
(1960)
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Caterpillar
(1960)
The Shakedown
as Jessel Brown
(1960)
Toff and Fingers
as Self/Host
(1960)
The Cupboard
as Fred Watson
(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)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Barsad
(1958)
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hardt
(1958)
The Man Inside
as Organ Grinder
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Spiel
(1958)
The Greatest Man in the World
as US President
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Doctor
(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
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