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Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

ActingBorn October 5, 1919Died February 2, 1995 (age 75)Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2025Movie
2012
Driving Lessons

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

Movie
1996
Fatal Frames

as Professor Robinson

Movie
1995
Signs and Wonders

as Cornelius Van Damm

TV
1995
Safe Haven

as The Sailor

Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1994
Guinevere

as Merlin

Movie
1994
Freeze: But is it Art?

as Sinister Dentist

Movie
1993
The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper

Movie
1993Movie
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

Movie
1993
Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty

Movie
1992
Diên Biên Phu

as Howard Simpson

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Millions

as Ripa

Movie
1991
Women in Arms

as Dreyfuss

Movie
1991Movie
1990
Life of General De Gaulle

as Winston Churchill

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Casablanca Express

as Colonel Bats

Movie
1989
River of Death

as Heinrich Spaatz

Movie
1989
Ten Little Indians

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Movie
1989
Buried Alive

as Dr. Schaeffer

Movie
1989
Paganini Horror

as Mr. Pickett

Movie
1989
The House of Usher

as Walter Usher

Movie
1989
American Rickshaw

as Rev. Mortom

Movie
1988
Nosferatu in Venice

as Don Alvise

Movie
1988
Last Platoon

as Colonel B. Abrahams

Movie
1988
Metropolitan Animals

as Prof. Livingstone

Movie
1988
The Commander

as Henry Carlson

Movie
1988
Hanna's War

as Captain Thomas Rosza

Movie
1988
Phantom of Death

as Inspector Datti

Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1987
Ground Zero

as Prosper Gaffney

Movie
1987
Double Target

as Sen. Blaster

Movie
1987
Basements

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Movie
1987
Scoop

as Lord Copper

Movie
1987
Specters

as Professor Lasky

Movie
1987
Warrior Queen

as Clodius Flaucus

Movie
1987
Gila and Rik

as Joe Gardenia

Movie
1986
Naso di cane

as Olindo Cuomo

TV
1986
Cobra Mission

as Father Lenoir

Movie
1986
To Kill a Stranger

as Col. Kostik

Movie
1986
Deadheat

as Aldo Rossi

Movie
1986
Into the Darkness

as David Beckett

Movie
1985
Nothing Underneath

as Commissioner Danesi

Movie
1985
Black Arrow

as Sir Oliver Oates

Movie
1985
Reel Horror

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Movie
1985
Treasure of the Amazon

as Klaus von Blantz

Movie
1985TV
1985
The Corsican Brothers

as The Chancellor

Movie
1985
Phenomena

as Professor John McGregor

Movie
1985
The Ambassador

as Minister Eretz

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Victor Harty

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Pincheon

TV
1984
Arch of Triumph

as Ivon Haake

Movie
1984
Terror in the Aisles

as Self - Host

Movie
1984
A Breed Apart

as J.P. Whittier

Movie
1984
Master of the Game

as Salomon Van der Merwe

TV
1984
Where Is Parsifal?

as Mackintosh

Movie
1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Movie
1983Movie
1983
The Falklands Factor

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Movie
1983Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1982
The Barchester Chronicles

as Septimus Harding

TV
1982
Computercide

as George Dettler

Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1981Movie
1981
Halloween II

as Sam Loomis

Movie
1981
Escape from New York

as President of the United States

Movie
1981
The Monster Club

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Movie
1980
Blade on the Feather

as John Cavendish

Movie
1980
Pumaman

as Kobras

Movie
1979TV
1979Movie
1979
Better Late Than Never

as Colonel Riddle

Movie
1979
Jaguar Lives!

as General Villanova

Movie
1979
Dracula

as Dr. Jack Seward

Movie
1979Movie
1979
L'Homme en colère

as Albert Rumpelmayer

Movie
1979
Gold of the Amazon Women

as Clarence Blasko

Movie
1979
Dick Turpin

as Ignatius Slake

TV
1978
Power Play

as Blair

Movie
1978
Halloween

as Loomis

Movie
1978
Centennial

as Sam Purchas

TV
1978Movie
1978Movie
1978
Night Creature

as Axel MacGregor

Movie
1978
The Bastard

as Solomon Sholto

TV
1978Movie
1978
Blood Relatives

as James Doniac

Movie
1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

Movie
1978TV
1977
Telefon

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Movie
1977
Oh, God!

as Doctor Harmon

Movie
1977
The Uncanny

as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Movie
1977TV
1976Movie
1976
Hindle Wakes

as Nat Jeffcote

Movie
1976TV
1976Movie
1976
The Passover Plot

as Pontius Pilate

Movie
1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl

as George Livingston

Movie
1976
Goldenrod

as John Tyler Jones

Movie
1976
The Devil's Men

as Father Roche

Movie
1976
The Joke

as Bendel

Movie
1976
Trial by Combat

as Sir Giles Marley

Movie
1976Movie
1975TV
1975Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Hearts of the West

as A.J. Nietz

Movie
1975TV
1975Movie
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain

as Lucas Deranian

Movie
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Erich Count von Plasma

Movie
1974
House of the Damned

as Martin Zayas

Movie
1974
Occupations

as Christo Kabak

Movie
1974Movie
1974
The Mutations

as Professor Nolter

Movie
1974
The Black Windmill

as Cedric Harper

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Playhouse

as George Livingston

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Bendel

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Aaron

TV
1974
From Beyond the Grave

as Jim Underwood

Movie
1973
Tales That Witness Madness

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Movie
1973
Malachi's Cove

as Malachi

Movie
1973
Lonely Water

as The Spirit (voice)

Movie
1973
The Rainbow Boys

as Ralph Logan

Movie
1973Movie
1972
The Pied Piper

as The Baron

Movie
1972
Wedding in White

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

Movie
1972
Death Line

as Inspector Calhoun

Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Jerusalem File

as Major Samuels

Movie
1971
Kidnapped

as Ebenezer Balfour

Movie
1971
Skin Deep

as Gerry Muddiman

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Adrian Carsini

TV
1971
Wake in Fright

as Doc Tydon

Movie
1971Movie
1971
THX 1138

as SEN

Movie
1970
Play for Today

as Samuel Johnson

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Gerry Muddiman

TV
1970
Soldier Blue

as Isaac Q. Cumber

Movie
1970
Confession

as Sergeant Hurby

TV
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Prospector

Movie
1969
Arthur? Arthur!

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Movie
1969
Mr. Freedom

as Dr. Freedom

Movie
1969Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Hans Vogler

TV
1968Movie
1968Movie
1968
Creature of Comfort

as James Thorne

Movie
1967
Will Penny

as Preacher Quint

Movie
1967
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Albert Dussel

Movie
1967
Matchless

as Gregori Andreanu

Movie
1967
You Only Live Twice

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Movie
1967
Call Me Daddy

as Ben Hoffman

Movie
1967
The Night of the Generals

as General Kahlenberge

Movie
1966
Eye of the Devil

as Pere Dominic

Movie
1966
Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Michaels

Movie
1966
Cul-de-sac

as George

Movie
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Richard Pratt

TV
1965
The Hallelujah Trail

as 'Oracle' Jones

Movie
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

Movie
1964
The Wednesday Play

as The Head Waiter

TV
1964
The Caretaker

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Movie
1963
Espionage

as Escalon

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Max Pfeiffer

TV
1963
The Outer Limits

as Harold J. Finley

TV
1963
Dr. Crippen

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Movie
1963
The Great Escape

as Blythe 'The Forger'

Movie
1962
The Inspector

as Wolters

Movie
1961
The Horsemasters

as Captain Pinski

Movie
1961
The Defenders

as Dr. Byron Saul

TV
1961
What a Carve Up!

as Everett Sloane

Movie
1961
Spare the Rod

as Mr. Jenkins

Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Cupboard

as Fred Watson

Movie
1960
The Hands of Orlac

as Graham Coates

Movie
1960Movie
1960
Suspect

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Movie
1960
Sunday-Night Play

as Admiral Vespery

TV
1960
Danger Man

as Nikolides

TV
1960
Danger Man

as Captain Aldrich

TV
1960
Toff and Fingers

as Self/Host

Movie
1960
The Big Day

as Victor Partridge

Movie
1960
Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Pappleworth

Movie
1960
Hell Is a City

as Gus Hawkins

Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Battle of the Sexes

as Irwin Hoffman

Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Shakedown

as Jessel Brown

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Ellis Fowler

TV
1959Movie
1959Movie
1959
Interpol Calling

as Karl Haussman

TV
1959
The Traitor

as Grantley Caypor

Movie
1959
One Step Beyond

as Harvey Laurence

TV
1958
The Two-Headed Spy

as Gen. Hardt

Movie
1958Movie
1958
The Man Inside

as Organ Grinder

Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1957
Barnacle Bill

as Cashier

Movie
1957
Manuela

as Evans

Movie
1957Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as President of the USA

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Fred Watson

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Ben Hoffman

TV
1956Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1956
1984

as R. Parsons

Movie
1955
ITV Play of the Week

as Supt. Smith

TV
1955TV
1955Movie
1955
The Moment of Truth

as The Foreign Minister

Movie
1955Movie
1954Movie
1954TV
1954
Orders Are Orders

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

Movie
1954Movie
1952
The Dybbuk

as Second batlon

Movie
1951TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Chancellor

TV
1950TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 5, 1919
Day of DeathFebruary 2, 1995
Place of BirthWorksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Popularity1.3
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