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, (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
(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)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (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)
Femme Fatale
as Victor Harty
(1993)
The Big Freeze
as Soup slurper
(1992)
Diên Biên Phu
as Howard Simpson
(1991)
Shadows and Fog
as Doctor
(1991)
Millions
as Ripa
(1991)
Women in Arms
as Dreyfuss
(1991)
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
as The Art Collector
(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)
Buried Alive
as Dr. Schaeffer
(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
(1988)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Dr. Loomis
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Don Alvise
(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(1988)
Hanna's War
as Captain Thomas Rosza
(1988)
The Commander
as Henry Carlson
(1988)
Phantom of Death
as Inspector Datti
(1988)
Metropolitan Animals
as Prof. Livingstone
(1988)
Last Platoon
as Colonel B. Abrahams
(1987)
Prince of Darkness
as Father Loomis
(1987)
Warrior Queen
as Clodius Flaucus
(1987)
Django Strikes Again
as Ben Gunn
(1987)
Ground Zero
as Prosper Gaffney
(1987)
Specters
as Professor Lasky
(1987)
Double Target
as Sen. Blaster
(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)
Deadheat
as Aldo Rossi
(1986)
Into the Darkness
as David Beckett
(1985)
Phenomena
as Professor John McGregor
(1985)
The Ambassador
as Minister Eretz
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Sir Oliver Oates
(1985)
Reel Horror
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
(1985)
Nothing Underneath
as Commissioner Danesi
(1985)
Dario Argento's World of Horror
as Self (Archive)
(1985)
Treasure of the Amazon
as Klaus von Blantz
(1985)
The Corsican Brothers
as The Chancellor
(1984)
A Breed Apart
as J.P. Whittier
(1984)
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
(1984)
Terror in the Aisles
as Self - Host
(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)
Halloween II
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1981)
Escape from New York
as President of the United States
(1981)
The Monster Club
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
(1981)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Gilbert Carson
(1980)
Pumaman
as Kobras
(1980)
Blade on the Feather
as Professor John Cavendish
(1979)
Dracula
as Dr. Jack Seward
(1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Kantorek
(1979)
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Dr. Steiner
(1979)
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Clarence Blasko
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as Colonel Riddle
(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)
Blood Relatives
as James Doniac
(1978)
The Bastard
as Solomon Sholto
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Dr. Todd
(1978)
Power Play
as Blair
(1978)
Last In, First Out
as Rothko
(1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
(1978)
Night Creature
as Axel MacGregor
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Doctor Harmon
(1977)
Telefon
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
(1977)
The Uncanny
as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
(1976)
The Eagle Has Landed
as Himmler
(1976)
The Last Tycoon
as Boxley
(1976)
The Devil's Men
as Father Roche
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Giles Marley
(1976)
The Passover Plot
as Pontius Pilate
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Nat Jeffcote
(1976)
I Don't Want to Be Born
as Dr. Finch
(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)
Hearts of the West
as A.J. Nietz
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Kuvetli
(1974)
Watch Out, We're Mad
as Doctor
(1974)
The Mutations
as Professor Nolter
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as Jim Underwood
(1974)
The Black Windmill
as Cedric Harper
(1974)
House of the Damned
as Martin Zayas
(1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Erich Count von Plasma
(1974)
The Cafeteria
as Aaron
(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)
Death Line
as Inspector Calhoun
(1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas Cromwell
(1972)
The Pied Piper
as The Baron
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Loomis
(1972)
Wedding in White
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
(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)
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)
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)
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)
What a Carve Up!
as Everett Sloane
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Renfrew
(1961)
Spare the Rod
as Mr. Jenkins
(1961)
The Wind of Change
as Pop
(1961)
The Horsemasters
as Captain Pinski
(1960)
Circus of Horrors
as Vanet
(1960)
Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Pappleworth
(1960)
Suspect
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as William Hare
(1960)
The Battle of the Sexes
as Irwin Hoffman
(1960)
A Story of David
as Nabal
(1960)
The Hands of Orlac
as Graham Coates
(1960)
Hell Is a City
as Gus Hawkins
(1960)
The Cupboard
as Fred Watson
(1960)
The Shakedown
as Jessel Brown
(1960)
The Big Day
as Victor Partridge
(1960)
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Caterpillar
(1960)
Toff and Fingers
as Self/Host
(1959)
Look Back in Anger
as Hurst
(1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Captain
(1959)
The Traitor
as Grantley Caypor
(1958)
The Greatest Man in the World
as US President
(1958)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Barsad
(1958)
The Man Inside
as Organ Grinder
(1958)
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hardt
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Doctor
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Spiel
(1957)
Barnacle Bill
as Cashier
(1957)
The Man in the Sky
as Crabtree
(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