Donald Pleasence


    Starbirth:
    October 5, 1919
    Supernova:
    February 2, 1995
    Birthplace:
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Overview

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Pleasence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Dracula Unearthed Dr. Jack Seward (Archive Footage) 2022
Halloween: The Inside Story Self (archive footage) 2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) 2003
Best Ever Bond Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002
In and Out of Fashion Self (archive footage) 1998
Fatal Frames Professor Robinson 1996
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Dr. Sam Loomis 1995
Safe Haven The Sailor 1995
Guinevere Merlin 1994
Freeze: But is it Art? Sinister Dentist 1994
The Big Freeze Soup slurper 1993
The Hour of the Pig Pincheon 1993
The Thief and the Cobbler Phido the Vulture (voice) 1993
Femme Fatale Victor Harty 1993
Diên Biên Phu Howard Simpson 1992
Shadows and Fog Doctor 1991
Millions Ripa 1991
Women in Arms Dreyfuss 1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird The Art Collector 1991
Moi, général de Gaulle 1990
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery Jason Rafiel 1989
Casablanca Express Colonel Bats 1989
Ten Little Indians Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave 1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Dr. Sam Loomis 1989
River of Death Heinrich Spaatz 1989
Buried Alive Dr. Schaeffer 1989
Paganini Horror Mr. Pickett 1989
The House of Usher Walter Usher 1989
American Rickshaw Rev. Mortom 1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Dr. Absalon 1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Dr. Sam Loomis 1988
Nosferatu in Venice Don Alvise 1988
Last Platoon Colonel B. Abrahams 1988
The Commander Henry Carlson 1988
Hanna's War Captain Thomas Rosza 1988
Phantom of Death Inspector Datti 1988
Prince of Darkness Vater Loomis 1987
Django Strikes Again Ben Gunn 1987
Ground Zero Prosper Gaffney 1987
Animali metropolitani Prof. Livingstone 1987
Double Target Sen. Blaster 1987
Basements Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") 1987
Scoop Lord Copper 1987
Specters Professor Lasky 1987
Warrior Queen Clodius Flaucus 1987
Gila and Rik Joe Gardenia 1987
Naso di cane Olindo Cuomo 1986
Cobra Mission Father Lenoir 1986
To Kill a Stranger Col. Kostik 1986
Into the Darkness David Beckett 1986
Deadheat Aldo Rossi 1986
Nothing Underneath Commissioner Danesi 1985
Black Arrow Sir Oliver Oates 1985
Treasure of the Amazon Klaus von Blantz 1985
Arch of Triumph Ivon Haake 1985
The Corsican Brothers The Chancellor 1985
Phenomena Professor John McGregor 1985
The Ambassador Minister Eretz 1985
Dario Argento's World of Horror Himself (Archive) 1985
Reel Horror Axel MacGregor (archive footage) 1985
Terror in the Aisles Self - Host 1984
A Breed Apart J.P. Whittier 1984
Where Is Parsifal? Mackintosh 1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein 1984
The Devonsville Terror Dr. Warley 1983
The Falklands Factor Dr. Samuel Johnson 1983
Warrior of the Lost World Prossor 1983
Witness for the Prosecution Mr. Myers 1982
Alone in the Dark Leo Bain 1982
Computercide George Dettler 1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr Gilbert Carson 1981
Halloween II Dr. Sam Loomis 1981
Escape from New York President of the United States 1981
The Monster Club Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad 1981
Blade on the Feather Professor John Cavendish 1980
Pumaman Kobras 1980
All Quiet on the Western Front Kantorek 1979
Better Late Than Never Colonel Riddle 1979
Jaguar Lives! General Villanova 1979
Dracula Dr. Jack Seward 1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Dr. Steiner 1979
The Angry Man Albert Rumpelmayer 1979
Gold of the Amazon Women Clarence Blasko 1979
Power Play Blair 1978
Halloween Dr. Sam Loomis 1978
Last In, First Out Rothko 1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band B.D. Brockhurst 1978
Night Creature Axel MacGregor 1978
The Bastard Solomon Sholto 1978
Tomorrow Never Comes Dr. Todd 1978
Blood Relatives James Doniac 1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka Capt. Vladimir Popov 1978
Telefon Nicolai Dalchimsky 1977
Oh, God! Doctor Harmon 1977
The Uncanny Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936") 1977
The Eagle Has Landed Himmler 1976
Hindle Wakes Nat Jeffcote 1976
The Last Tycoon Boxley 1976
The Passover Plot Pontius Pilate 1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl George Livingston 1976
Goldenrod John Tyler Jones 1976
The Devil's Men Father Roche 1976
Trial by Combat Sir Giles Marley 1976
I Don't Want to Be Born Dr. Finch 1976
The Count of Monte-Cristo Danglars 1975
Hearts of the West A.J. Nietz 1975
Journey into Fear Kuvetli 1975
Escape to Witch Mountain Lucas Deranian 1975
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Erich Count von Plasma 1974
House of the Damned Martin Zayas 1974
The Mutations Professor Nolter 1974
The Black Windmill Cedric Harper 1974
Watch Out, We're Mad Doctor 1974
From Beyond the Grave Jim Underwood 1974
Occupations Christo Kabak 1974
Tales That Witness Madness Prof. R.C. Tremayne 1973
Malachi's Cove Malachi 1973
Lonely Water The Spirit (voice) 1973
The Rainbow Boys Ralph Logan 1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fred Smudge 1973
The Pied Piper The Baron 1972
Wedding in White Jim Dougall, Sr. 1972
Death Line Inspector Calhoun 1972
Innocent Bystanders Loomis 1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives Thomas Cromwell 1972
The Jerusalem File 1972
Kidnapped Ebenezer Balfour 1971
Skin Deep Gerry Muddiman 1971
Wake in Fright Doc Tydon 1971
The Fox Trot Tom 1971
THX 1138 SEN 1971
Soldier Blue Isaac Q. Cumber 1970
The Madwoman of Chaillot The Prospector 1969
Arthur? Arthur! Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon 1969
Mr. Freedom Dr. Freedom 1969
Last to Go 1969
Sleep is Lovely Clive 1968
The News-Benders J.G. 1968
Creature of Comfort James Thorne 1968
Will Penny Preacher Quint 1967
The Diary of Anne Frank Albert Dussel 1967
Matchless Gregori Andreanu 1967
You Only Live Twice Ernst Stavro Blofeld 1967
Call Me Daddy Ben Hoffman 1967
The Night of the Generals General Kahlenberge 1967
Eye of the Devil Pere Dominic 1966
Fantastic Voyage Dr. Michaels 1966
Cul-de-sac George 1966
The Hallelujah Trail 'Oracle' Jones 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told The Dark Hermit - Satan 1965
The Caretaker Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins 1964
Dr. Crippen Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen 1963
The Great Escape Blythe 'The Forger' 1963
The Inspector Wolters 1962
The Horsemasters Captain Pinski 1961
What a Carve Up! Everett Sloane 1961
Spare the Rod Mr. Jenkins 1961
The Wind of Change Pop 1961
No Love for Johnnie Renfrew 1961
Alice Through the Looking Box Caterpillar 1960
The Cupboard Fred Watson 1960
A Story of David Nabal 1960
The Hands of Orlac Graham Coates 1960
Suspect Parsons, alias Bill Brown 1960
Sons and Lovers Mr. Pappleworth 1960
Toff and Fingers Self/Host 1960
The Big Day Victor Partridge 1960
Hell Is a City Gus Hawkins 1960
Circus of Horrors Vanet 1960
The Battle of the Sexes Irwin Hoffman 1960
The Flesh and the Fiends William Hare 1960
The Shakedown Jessel Brown 1960
Killers of Kilimanjaro Captain 1959
Look Back in Anger Hurst 1959
The Traitor Grantley Caypor 1959
The Two-Headed Spy Gen. Hardt 1958
The Greatest Man in the World US President 1958
The Man Inside Organ Grinder 1958
The Wind Cannot Read Doctor 1958
Heart of a Child Spiel 1958
A Tale of Two Cities Barsad 1958
Barnacle Bill Cashier 1957
Manuela Evans 1957
The Man in the Sky Crabtree 1957
The Black Tent Ali 1956
1984 R. Parsons 1956
Value for Money Limpy 1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four Syme 1954
Orders Are Orders Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) 1954
The Beachcomber Tromp 1954
The Dybbuk Second batlon 1952
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Hawaii Five-O Hans Vogler <mt>
Centennial Sam Purchas <mt>
The Ray Bradbury Theater George Hill <mt>
The Fugitive Max Pfeiffer <mt>
The Barchester Chronicles <blank> <mt>
Columbo Adrian Carsini <mt>
Mrs. Columbo <blank> <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Kantorek <mt>
The Twilight Zone Ellis Fowler <mt>
One Step Beyond Harvey Laurence <mt>
The Adventures of Robin Hood Prince John <mt>
Espionage <blank> <mt>
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Carnacki <mt>
The Adventures of William Tell <blank> <mt>
Jesus of Nazareth Melchior <mt>
The Outer Limits Harold J. Finley <mt>
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Cawser <mt>
Thirty-Minute Theatre <blank> <mt>
Playhouse <blank> <mt>
Saturday Night Live Self - Host <mt>
Laurence Olivier Presents Nat Jeffcote <mt>
Wogan Self <mt>
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Narrator (voice) <mt>
The French Atlantic Affair Max Dechambre <mt>
Master of the Game Salomon Van der Merwe <mt>
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story Dr. Absalon <mt>
NBC Experiment in Television voice <mt>
Sunday Night Theatre Syme <mt>
Interpol Calling Karl Haussman <mt>
Peep Show <blank> <mt>
The Defenders Dr. Byron Saul <mt>
Dick Turpin <blank> <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Myers <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame The Chancellor <mt>
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Captain Pinski <mt>
Tony Awards Self - Nominee <mt>
Signs and Wonders Cornelius Van Damm <mt>
Playhouse George Livingston <mt>
Armchair Theatre President of the USA <mt>
Miss Marple Jason Rafiel <mt>
Play for Today Samuel Johnson <mt>
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