
Donald Pleasence
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1919
- Died
- February 2, 1995 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
New Line: Independent Legacies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Movie · as Dr. Loomis

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie · as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

The Making of Fatal Frames
Movie · as self

Fatal Frames
Movie · as Professor Robinson

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Movie · as Dr. Loomis
Safe Haven
Movie · as The Sailor

Signs and Wonders
TV · as Cornelius Van Damm · 4 eps

Guinevere
Movie · as Merlin

Freeze: But is it Art?
Movie · as Sinister Dentist

The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie · as Phido the Vulture (voice)

The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Pincheon

The Big Freeze
Movie · as Soup slurper

Femme Fatale
Movie · as Victor Harty

Dien Bien Phu
Movie · as Howard Simpson

Shadows and Fog
Movie · as Doctor

Millions
Movie · as Ripa

The vulture can wait
TV · as Armon Shalik · 2 eps

Donne armate
TV · as Dreyfuss · 2 eps

Life of General De Gaulle
Movie · as Winston Churchill

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Movie · as Dr. Sam Loomis

Buried Alive
Movie · as Dr. Schaeffer

River of Death
Movie · as Heinrich Spaatz

The House of Usher
Movie · as Walter Usher

Casablanca Express
Movie · as Colonel Bats

Ten Little Indians
Movie · as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

American Rickshaw
Movie · as Rev. Mortom

Paganini Horror
Movie · as Mr. Pickett

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie · as Jason Rafiel

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Movie · as Dr. Loomis

Nosferatu in Venice
Movie · as Don Alvise

Phantom of Death
Movie · as Inspector Datti

The Commander
Movie · as Henry Carlson

Metropolitan Animals
Movie · as Prof. Livingstone

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie · as Dr. Absalon

Last Platoon
Movie · as Colonel B. Abrahams

Hanna's War
Movie · as Captain Thomas Rosza

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
TV · as Dr. Absalon · 2 eps

Warrior Queen
Movie · as Clodius Flaucus

Prince of Darkness
Movie · as Priest

Django Strikes Again
Movie · as Ben Gunn

Double Target
Movie · as Sen. Blaster

Ground Zero
Movie · as Prosper Gaffney

Scoop
Movie · as Lord Copper

Specters
Movie · as Professor Lasky

Basements
Movie · as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Gila and Rik
Movie · as Joe Gardenia

Cobra Mission
Movie · as Father Lenoir

To Kill a Stranger
Movie · as Col. Kostik

Deadheat
Movie · as Aldo Rossi

Into the Darkness
Movie · as David Beckett

Naso di cane
TV · as Olindo Cuomo · 3 eps

Phenomena
Movie · as Professor John McGregor

Nothing Underneath
Movie · as Commissioner Danesi

Treasure of the Amazon
Movie · as Klaus von Blantz

The Ambassador
Movie · as Minister Eretz

Reel Horror
Movie · as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

The Corsican Brothers
Movie · as The Chancellor

Black Arrow
Movie · as Sir Oliver Oates

The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as George Hill · 1 ep

Screen Two
TV · as Victor Harty, Pincheon · 1 ep

Terror in the Aisles
Movie · as Self - Host

A Breed Apart
Movie · as J.P. Whittier

Arch of Triumph
Movie · as Ivon Haake

Where Is Parsifal?
Movie · as Mackintosh

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie · as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Master of the Game
TV · as Salomon Van der Merwe · 9 eps

Warrior of the Lost World
Movie · as Prossor

The Devonsville Terror
Movie · as Dr. Warley

The Falklands Factor
Movie · as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Mr. Myers

Computercide
Movie · as George Dettler

Alone in the Dark
Movie · as Leo Bain

The Barchester Chronicles
TV · as Septimus Harding · 7 eps

Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Escape from New York
Movie · as President of the United States

Halloween II
Movie · as Dr Samuel Loomis

The Monster Club
Movie · as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Movie · as Gilbert Carson

Pumaman
Movie · as Kobras

Blade on the Feather
Movie · as John Cavendish

All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as Kantorek

Dracula
Movie · as Dr. Jack Seward

Jaguar Lives!
Movie · as General Villanova

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Movie · as Dr. Steiner

Gold of the Amazon Women
Movie · as Clarence Blasko

Jig-Saw
Movie · as Albert Rumpelmayer

Better Late Than Never
Movie · as Colonel Riddle

Mrs. Columbo
TV · 1 ep

The French Atlantic Affair
TV · as Max Dechambre · 3 eps

Dick Turpin
TV · as Ignatius Slake · 5 eps

Halloween
Movie · as Loomis

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie · as B.D. Brockhurst

Tomorrow Never Comes
Movie · as Dr. Todd

Blood Relatives
Movie · as James Doniac

Night Creature
Movie · as Axel MacGregor

Power Play
Movie · as Blair

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Movie · as Capt. Vladimir Popov

Last In, First Out
Movie · as Rothko

Centennial
TV · as Sam Purchas · 12 eps

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

The Bastard
TV · as Solomon Sholto · 1 ep

Telefon
Movie · as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Oh, God!
Movie · as Doctor Harmon

The Uncanny
Movie · as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Jesus of Nazareth
TV · as Melchior · 4 eps

The Eagle Has Landed
Movie · as Himmler

I Don't Want to Be Born
Movie · as Dr. Finch

The Last Tycoon
Movie · as Boxley

The Devil's Men
Movie · as Father Roche

Trial by Combat
Movie · as Sir Giles Marley

Goldenrod
Movie · as John Tyler Jones

The Passover Plot
Movie · as Pontius Pilate

Meriel the Ghost Girl
Movie · as George Livingston

Hindle Wakes
Movie · as Nat Jeffcote

The Joke
Movie · as Bendel

Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Nat Jeffcote · 1 ep

The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie · as Danglars

Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie · as Lucas Deranian

Hearts of the West
Movie · as A.J. Nietz

Journey into Fear
Movie · as Kuvetli
Peep Show
TV · 1 ep

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

Shades of Greene
TV · as Puckler · 1 ep

Watch Out, We're Mad
Movie · as Doctor

The Mutations
Movie · as Professor Nolter

The Black Windmill
Movie · as Cedric Harper

From Beyond the Grave
Movie · as Jim Underwood

House of the Damned
Movie · as Martin Zayas

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Movie · as Erich Count von Plasma

Occupations
Movie · as Christo Kabak

The Cafeteria
Movie · as Aaron

Playhouse
TV · as George Livingston, Bendel, Aaron · 1 ep

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Fred Smudge

Tales That Witness Madness
Movie · as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

The Rainbow Boys
Movie · as Ralph Logan

Malachi's Cove
Movie · as Malachi

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Cawser · 1 ep

Death Line
Movie · as Inspector Calhoun

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie · as Thomas Cromwell

Innocent Bystanders
Movie · as Loomis

The Pied Piper
Movie · as The Baron

The Jerusalem File
Movie · as Major Samuels

Wedding in White
Movie · as Jim Dougall, Sr.
The Man Outside
TV · as Victor Cobb · 1 ep

THX 1138
Movie · as SEN

Kidnapped
Movie · as Ebenezer Balfour

Wake in Fright
Movie · as Doc Tydon

Skin Deep
Movie · as Gerry Muddiman

The Fox Trot
Movie · as Tom

Columbo
TV · as Adrian Carsini · 1 ep

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Carnacki · 1 ep

Soldier Blue
Movie · as Isaac Q. Cumber

Play for Today
TV · as Samuel Johnson, Gerry Muddiman · 1 ep
Confession
TV · as Sergeant Hurby · 1 ep

Last to Go
Movie

Mr. Freedom
Movie · as Dr. Freedom

The Madwoman of Chaillot
Movie · as The Prospector

Arthur? Arthur!
Movie · as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Hans Vogler · 1 ep

Creature of Comfort
Movie · as James Thorne

Sleep is Lovely
Movie · as Clive

The News-Benders
Movie · as J.G.

You Only Live Twice
Movie · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Will Penny
Movie · as Preacher Quint

The Night of the Generals
Movie · as General Kahlenberge

Matchless
Movie · as Gregori Andreanu
Call Me Daddy
Movie · as Ben Hoffman

The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Albert Dussel

NBC Experiment in Television
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

Fantastic Voyage
Movie · as Dr. Michaels

Eye of the Devil
Movie · as Pere Dominic

Cul-de-sac
Movie · as George

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as The Dark Hermit - Satan

The Hallelujah Trail
Movie · as 'Oracle' Jones

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Richard Pratt, J.G. · 1 ep

The Caretaker
Movie · as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Wednesday Play
TV · as The Head Waiter · 1 ep

The Great Escape
Movie · as Blythe 'The Forger'

Dr. Crippen
Movie · as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

The Fugitive
TV · as Max Pfeiffer · 1 ep

The Outer Limits
TV · as Harold J. Finley · 1 ep

Espionage
TV · as Escalon · 1 ep

The Inspector
Movie · as Wolters

What a Carve Up!
Movie · as Everett Sloane

The Wind of Change
Movie · as Pop

No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Renfrew

Spare the Rod
Movie · as Mr. Jenkins

The Horsemasters
Movie · as Captain Pinski

The Defenders
TV · as Dr. Byron Saul · 1 ep

Circus of Horrors
Movie · as Vanet

Hell Is a City
Movie · as Gus Hawkins

The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Irwin Hoffman

The Shakedown
Movie · as Jessel Brown

The Hands of Orlac
Movie · as Graham Coates

The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie · as William Hare

Sons and Lovers
Movie · as Mr. Pappleworth

Suspect
Movie · as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

The Cupboard
Movie · as Fred Watson
Toff and Fingers
Movie · as Self/Host

Alice Through the Looking Box
Movie · as Caterpillar

The Big Day
Movie · as Victor Partridge

A Story of David
Movie · as Nabal

Danger Man
TV · as Nikolides, Captain Aldrich · 1 ep
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · as Host · 34 eps
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Admiral Vespery · 1 ep

Look Back in Anger
Movie · as Hurst
The Traitor
Movie · as Grantley Caypor

Killers of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Captain

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Ellis Fowler · 1 ep

Interpol Calling
TV · as Karl Haussman · 1 ep

One Step Beyond
TV · as Harvey Laurence · 1 ep

A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Barsad

The Wind Cannot Read
Movie · as Doctor
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as US President

The Man Inside
Movie · as Organ Grinder

Heart of a Child
Movie · as Spiel

The Two-Headed Spy
Movie · as Gen. Hardt

The Adventures of William Tell
TV · 1 ep

The Man in the Sky
Movie · as Crabtree

Barnacle Bill
Movie · as Cashier

Manuela
Movie · as Evans

1984
Movie · as R. Parsons

The Black Tent
Movie · as Ali

Armchair Theatre
TV · as President of the USA, Fred Watson, Ben Hoffman · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Round the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Voices

Value for Money
Movie · as Limpy

The Moment of Truth
Movie · as The Foreign Minister

The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV · as Prince John · 2 eps

ITV Play of the Week
TV · as Supt. Smith · 1 ep

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie · as Syme

Orders Are Orders
Movie · as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

The Beachcomber
Movie · as Tromp

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Captain Pinski, Lucas Deranian · 2 eps

The Dybbuk
Movie · as Second batlon

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Kantorek, Myers, The Chancellor · 1 ep

Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Syme, Corporal · 1 ep


