Donald Pleasence

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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New Line: Independent Legacies

New Line: Independent Legacies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
The Dr. Loomis Tapes poster

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

Movie · as Dr. Loomis

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Breakdown: 1975 poster

Breakdown: 1975

Movie · as (archive footage)

2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest poster

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

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

1997
The Making of Fatal Frames poster

The Making of Fatal Frames

Movie · as self

1996
Fatal Frames poster

Fatal Frames

Movie · as Professor Robinson

1995
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers poster

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Movie · as Dr. Loomis

1995
Safe Haven

Safe Haven

Movie · as The Sailor

1995
Signs and Wonders poster

Signs and Wonders

TV · as Cornelius Van Damm · 4 eps

1994
Guinevere poster

Guinevere

Movie · as Merlin

1994
Freeze: But is it Art? poster

Freeze: But is it Art?

Movie · as Sinister Dentist

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1993
The Thief and the Cobbler poster

The Thief and the Cobbler

Movie · as Phido the Vulture (voice)

1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

Movie · as Pincheon

1993
The Big Freeze poster

The Big Freeze

Movie · as Soup slurper

1993
Femme Fatale poster

Femme Fatale

Movie · as Victor Harty

1992
Dien Bien Phu poster

Dien Bien Phu

Movie · as Howard Simpson

1991
Shadows and Fog poster

Shadows and Fog

Movie · as Doctor

1991
Millions poster

Millions

Movie · as Ripa

1991
The vulture can wait poster

The vulture can wait

TV · as Armon Shalik · 2 eps

1991
Donne armate poster

Donne armate

TV · as Dreyfuss · 2 eps

1990
Life of General De Gaulle poster

Life of General De Gaulle

Movie · as Winston Churchill

1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers poster

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Movie · as Dr. Sam Loomis

1989
Buried Alive poster

Buried Alive

Movie · as Dr. Schaeffer

1989
River of Death poster

River of Death

Movie · as Heinrich Spaatz

1989
The House of Usher poster

The House of Usher

Movie · as Walter Usher

1989
Casablanca Express poster

Casablanca Express

Movie · as Colonel Bats

1989
Ten Little Indians poster

Ten Little Indians

Movie · as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1989
American Rickshaw poster

American Rickshaw

Movie · as Rev. Mortom

1989
Paganini Horror poster

Paganini Horror

Movie · as Mr. Pickett

1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery poster

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Movie · as Jason Rafiel

1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers poster

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Movie · as Dr. Loomis

1988
Nosferatu in Venice poster

Nosferatu in Venice

Movie · as Don Alvise

1988
Phantom of Death poster

Phantom of Death

Movie · as Inspector Datti

1988
The Commander poster

The Commander

Movie · as Henry Carlson

1988
Metropolitan Animals poster

Metropolitan Animals

Movie · as Prof. Livingstone

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

Movie · as Dr. Absalon

1988
Last Platoon poster

Last Platoon

Movie · as Colonel B. Abrahams

1988
Hanna's War poster

Hanna's War

Movie · as Captain Thomas Rosza

1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story poster

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

TV · as Dr. Absalon · 2 eps

1987
Warrior Queen poster

Warrior Queen

Movie · as Clodius Flaucus

1987
Prince of Darkness poster

Prince of Darkness

Movie · as Priest

1987
Django Strikes Again poster

Django Strikes Again

Movie · as Ben Gunn

1987
Double Target poster

Double Target

Movie · as Sen. Blaster

1987
Ground Zero poster

Ground Zero

Movie · as Prosper Gaffney

1987
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Lord Copper

1987
Specters poster

Specters

Movie · as Professor Lasky

1987
Basements poster

Basements

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

1987
Gila and Rik poster

Gila and Rik

Movie · as Joe Gardenia

1986
Cobra Mission poster

Cobra Mission

Movie · as Father Lenoir

1986
To Kill a Stranger poster

To Kill a Stranger

Movie · as Col. Kostik

1986
Deadheat poster

Deadheat

Movie · as Aldo Rossi

1986
Into the Darkness poster

Into the Darkness

Movie · as David Beckett

1986
Naso di cane poster

Naso di cane

TV · as Olindo Cuomo · 3 eps

1985
Phenomena poster

Phenomena

Movie · as Professor John McGregor

1985
Nothing Underneath poster

Nothing Underneath

Movie · as Commissioner Danesi

1985
Treasure of the Amazon poster

Treasure of the Amazon

Movie · as Klaus von Blantz

1985
The Ambassador poster

The Ambassador

Movie · as Minister Eretz

1985
Reel Horror poster

Reel Horror

Movie · as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

1985
The Corsican Brothers poster

The Corsican Brothers

Movie · as The Chancellor

1985
Black Arrow poster

Black Arrow

Movie · as Sir Oliver Oates

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as George Hill · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Victor Harty, Pincheon · 1 ep

1984
Terror in the Aisles poster

Terror in the Aisles

Movie · as Self - Host

1984
A Breed Apart poster

A Breed Apart

Movie · as J.P. Whittier

1984
Arch of Triumph poster

Arch of Triumph

Movie · as Ivon Haake

1984
Where Is Parsifal? poster

Where Is Parsifal?

Movie · as Mackintosh

1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie poster

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

Movie · as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

1984
Master of the Game poster

Master of the Game

TV · as Salomon Van der Merwe · 9 eps

1983
Warrior of the Lost World poster

Warrior of the Lost World

Movie · as Prossor

1983
The Devonsville Terror poster

The Devonsville Terror

Movie · as Dr. Warley

1983
The Falklands Factor poster

The Falklands Factor

Movie · as Dr. Samuel Johnson

1982
Witness for the Prosecution poster

Witness for the Prosecution

Movie · as Mr. Myers

1982
Computercide poster

Computercide

Movie · as George Dettler

1982
Alone in the Dark poster

Alone in the Dark

Movie · as Leo Bain

1982
The Barchester Chronicles poster

The Barchester Chronicles

TV · as Septimus Harding · 7 eps

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Escape from New York poster

Escape from New York

Movie · as President of the United States

1981
Halloween II poster

Halloween II

Movie · as Dr Samuel Loomis

1981
The Monster Club poster

The Monster Club

Movie · as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr poster

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

Movie · as Gilbert Carson

1980
Pumaman poster

Pumaman

Movie · as Kobras

1980
Blade on the Feather poster

Blade on the Feather

Movie · as John Cavendish

1979
All Quiet on the Western Front poster

All Quiet on the Western Front

Movie · as Kantorek

1979
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Dr. Jack Seward

1979
Jaguar Lives! poster

Jaguar Lives!

Movie · as General Villanova

1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff poster

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Movie · as Dr. Steiner

1979
Gold of the Amazon Women poster

Gold of the Amazon Women

Movie · as Clarence Blasko

1979
Jig-Saw poster

Jig-Saw

Movie · as Albert Rumpelmayer

1979
Better Late Than Never poster

Better Late Than Never

Movie · as Colonel Riddle

1979
Mrs. Columbo poster

Mrs. Columbo

TV · 1 ep

1979
The French Atlantic Affair poster

The French Atlantic Affair

TV · as Max Dechambre · 3 eps

1979
Dick Turpin poster

Dick Turpin

TV · as Ignatius Slake · 5 eps

1978
Halloween poster

Halloween

Movie · as Loomis

1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band poster

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Movie · as B.D. Brockhurst

1978
Tomorrow Never Comes poster

Tomorrow Never Comes

Movie · as Dr. Todd

1978
Blood Relatives poster

Blood Relatives

Movie · as James Doniac

1978
Night Creature poster

Night Creature

Movie · as Axel MacGregor

1978
Power Play poster

Power Play

Movie · as Blair

1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka poster

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Movie · as Capt. Vladimir Popov

1978
Last In, First Out poster

Last In, First Out

Movie · as Rothko

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Sam Purchas · 12 eps

1978
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home poster

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1978
The Bastard poster

The Bastard

TV · as Solomon Sholto · 1 ep

1977
Telefon poster

Telefon

Movie · as Nicolai Dalchimsky

1977
Oh, God! poster

Oh, God!

Movie · as Doctor Harmon

1977
The Uncanny poster

The Uncanny

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

1977
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as Melchior · 4 eps

1976
The Eagle Has Landed poster

The Eagle Has Landed

Movie · as Himmler

1976
I Don't Want to Be Born poster

I Don't Want to Be Born

Movie · as Dr. Finch

1976
The Last Tycoon poster

The Last Tycoon

Movie · as Boxley

1976
The Devil's Men poster

The Devil's Men

Movie · as Father Roche

1976
Trial by Combat poster

Trial by Combat

Movie · as Sir Giles Marley

1976
Goldenrod poster

Goldenrod

Movie · as John Tyler Jones

1976
The Passover Plot poster

The Passover Plot

Movie · as Pontius Pilate

1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl poster

Meriel the Ghost Girl

Movie · as George Livingston

1976
Hindle Wakes poster

Hindle Wakes

Movie · as Nat Jeffcote

1976
The Joke poster

The Joke

Movie · as Bendel

1976
Laurence Olivier Presents poster

Laurence Olivier Presents

TV · as Nat Jeffcote · 1 ep

1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo poster

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Movie · as Danglars

1975
Escape to Witch Mountain poster

Escape to Witch Mountain

Movie · as Lucas Deranian

1975
Hearts of the West poster

Hearts of the West

Movie · as A.J. Nietz

1975
Journey into Fear poster

Journey into Fear

Movie · as Kuvetli

1975
Peep Show

Peep Show

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
Shades of Greene poster

Shades of Greene

TV · as Puckler · 1 ep

1974
Watch Out, We're Mad poster

Watch Out, We're Mad

Movie · as Doctor

1974
The Mutations poster

The Mutations

Movie · as Professor Nolter

1974
The Black Windmill poster

The Black Windmill

Movie · as Cedric Harper

1974
From Beyond the Grave poster

From Beyond the Grave

Movie · as Jim Underwood

1974
House of the Damned poster

House of the Damned

Movie · as Martin Zayas

1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own poster

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Movie · as Erich Count von Plasma

1974
Occupations poster

Occupations

Movie · as Christo Kabak

1974
The Cafeteria poster

The Cafeteria

Movie · as Aaron

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

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

1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Fred Smudge

1973
Tales That Witness Madness poster

Tales That Witness Madness

Movie · as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

1973
The Rainbow Boys poster

The Rainbow Boys

Movie · as Ralph Logan

1973
Malachi's Cove poster

Malachi's Cove

Movie · as Malachi

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as Cawser · 1 ep

1972
Death Line poster

Death Line

Movie · as Inspector Calhoun

1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives poster

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Movie · as Thomas Cromwell

1972
Innocent Bystanders poster

Innocent Bystanders

Movie · as Loomis

1972
The Pied Piper poster

The Pied Piper

Movie · as The Baron

1972
The Jerusalem File poster

The Jerusalem File

Movie · as Major Samuels

1972
Wedding in White poster

Wedding in White

Movie · as Jim Dougall, Sr.

1972
The Man Outside

The Man Outside

TV · as Victor Cobb · 1 ep

1971
THX 1138 poster

THX 1138

Movie · as SEN

1971
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

Movie · as Ebenezer Balfour

1971
Wake in Fright poster

Wake in Fright

Movie · as Doc Tydon

1971
Skin Deep poster

Skin Deep

Movie · as Gerry Muddiman

1971
The Fox Trot poster

The Fox Trot

Movie · as Tom

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Adrian Carsini · 1 ep

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Carnacki · 1 ep

1970
Soldier Blue poster

Soldier Blue

Movie · as Isaac Q. Cumber

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Samuel Johnson, Gerry Muddiman · 1 ep

1970
Confession

Confession

TV · as Sergeant Hurby · 1 ep

1969
Last to Go poster

Last to Go

Movie

1969
Mr. Freedom poster

Mr. Freedom

Movie · as Dr. Freedom

1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot poster

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Movie · as The Prospector

1969
Arthur? Arthur! poster

Arthur? Arthur!

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

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Hans Vogler · 1 ep

1968
Creature of Comfort poster

Creature of Comfort

Movie · as James Thorne

1968
Sleep is Lovely poster

Sleep is Lovely

Movie · as Clive

1968
The News-Benders poster

The News-Benders

Movie · as J.G.

1967
You Only Live Twice poster

You Only Live Twice

Movie · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1967
Will Penny poster

Will Penny

Movie · as Preacher Quint

1967
The Night of the Generals poster

The Night of the Generals

Movie · as General Kahlenberge

1967
Matchless poster

Matchless

Movie · as Gregori Andreanu

1967
Call Me Daddy

Call Me Daddy

Movie · as Ben Hoffman

1967
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · as Albert Dussel

1967
NBC Experiment in Television poster

NBC Experiment in Television

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

1966
Fantastic Voyage poster

Fantastic Voyage

Movie · as Dr. Michaels

1966
Eye of the Devil poster

Eye of the Devil

Movie · as Pere Dominic

1966
Cul-de-sac poster

Cul-de-sac

Movie · as George

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie · as The Dark Hermit - Satan

1965
The Hallelujah Trail poster

The Hallelujah Trail

Movie · as 'Oracle' Jones

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Richard Pratt, J.G. · 1 ep

1964
The Caretaker poster

The Caretaker

Movie · as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as The Head Waiter · 1 ep

1963
The Great Escape poster

The Great Escape

Movie · as Blythe 'The Forger'

1963
Dr. Crippen poster

Dr. Crippen

Movie · as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Max Pfeiffer · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Harold J. Finley · 1 ep

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Escalon · 1 ep

1962
The Inspector poster

The Inspector

Movie · as Wolters

1961
What a Carve Up! poster

What a Carve Up!

Movie · as Everett Sloane

1961
The Wind of Change poster

The Wind of Change

Movie · as Pop

1961
No Love for Johnnie poster

No Love for Johnnie

Movie · as Renfrew

1961
Spare the Rod poster

Spare the Rod

Movie · as Mr. Jenkins

1961
The Horsemasters poster

The Horsemasters

Movie · as Captain Pinski

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Dr. Byron Saul · 1 ep

1960
Circus of Horrors poster

Circus of Horrors

Movie · as Vanet

1960
Hell Is a City poster

Hell Is a City

Movie · as Gus Hawkins

1960
The Battle of the Sexes poster

The Battle of the Sexes

Movie · as Irwin Hoffman

1960
The Shakedown poster

The Shakedown

Movie · as Jessel Brown

1960
The Hands of Orlac poster

The Hands of Orlac

Movie · as Graham Coates

1960
The Flesh and the Fiends poster

The Flesh and the Fiends

Movie · as William Hare

1960
Sons and Lovers poster

Sons and Lovers

Movie · as Mr. Pappleworth

1960
Suspect poster

Suspect

Movie · as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

1960
The Cupboard poster

The Cupboard

Movie · as Fred Watson

1960
Toff and Fingers

Toff and Fingers

Movie · as Self/Host

1960
Alice Through the Looking Box poster

Alice Through the Looking Box

Movie · as Caterpillar

1960
The Big Day poster

The Big Day

Movie · as Victor Partridge

1960
A Story of David poster

A Story of David

Movie · as Nabal

1960
Danger Man poster

Danger Man

TV · as Nikolides, Captain Aldrich · 1 ep

1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre

TV · as Host · 34 eps

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as Admiral Vespery · 1 ep

1959
Look Back in Anger poster

Look Back in Anger

Movie · as Hurst

1959
The Traitor

The Traitor

Movie · as Grantley Caypor

1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro poster

Killers of Kilimanjaro

Movie · as Captain

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Ellis Fowler · 1 ep

1959
Interpol Calling poster

Interpol Calling

TV · as Karl Haussman · 1 ep

1959
One Step Beyond poster

One Step Beyond

TV · as Harvey Laurence · 1 ep

1958
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

Movie · as Barsad

1958
The Wind Cannot Read poster

The Wind Cannot Read

Movie · as Doctor

1958
The Greatest Man in the World

The Greatest Man in the World

Movie · as US President

1958
The Man Inside poster

The Man Inside

Movie · as Organ Grinder

1958
Heart of a Child poster

Heart of a Child

Movie · as Spiel

1958
The Two-Headed Spy poster

The Two-Headed Spy

Movie · as Gen. Hardt

1958
The Adventures of William Tell poster

The Adventures of William Tell

TV · 1 ep

1957
The Man in the Sky poster

The Man in the Sky

Movie · as Crabtree

1957
Barnacle Bill poster

Barnacle Bill

Movie · as Cashier

1957
Manuela poster

Manuela

Movie · as Evans

1956
1984 poster

1984

Movie · as R. Parsons

1956
The Black Tent poster

The Black Tent

Movie · as Ali

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

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

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1955
Round the World in 80 Days

Round the World in 80 Days

Movie · as Voices

1955
Value for Money poster

Value for Money

Movie · as Limpy

1955
The Moment of Truth poster

The Moment of Truth

Movie · as The Foreign Minister

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

TV · as Prince John · 2 eps

1955
ITV Play of the Week poster

ITV Play of the Week

TV · as Supt. Smith · 1 ep

1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four poster

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Movie · as Syme

1954
Orders Are Orders poster

Orders Are Orders

Movie · as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1954
The Beachcomber poster

The Beachcomber

Movie · as Tromp

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Captain Pinski, Lucas Deranian · 2 eps

1952
The Dybbuk poster

The Dybbuk

Movie · as Second batlon

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Kantorek, Myers, The Chancellor · 1 ep

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Syme, Corporal · 1 ep