Donald Pleasence
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.
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- Born:
- Oct 5, 1919 In Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 150
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Dybbuk 1952-10-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie Halloween: The Inside Story 2010-10-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Escape from New Jersey | The President | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Himself (archive footage) | 2003-08-05 |
| Movie | Best Ever Bond | Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-22 |
| Movie | In and Out of Fashion | Self (archive footage) | 1998-03-03 |
| Movie | Fatal Frames | Professor Robinson | 1996-02-15 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Sam Loomis | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Guinevere | Merlin | 1994-05-07 |
| Movie | The Hour of the Pig | Pincheon | 1993-09-25 |
| Movie | The Thief and the Cobbler | Phido the Vulture (voice) | 1993-09-23 |
| Movie | Diên Biên Phu | Howard Simpson | 1992-03-04 |
| Movie | Women in Arms | Dreyfuss | 1991-01-09 |
| Movie | Millions | Ripa | 1991-02-01 |
| Movie | Shadows and Fog | Doctor | 1991-12-05 |
| Movie | The House of Usher | Walter Usher | 1989-04-13 |
| Movie | Buried Alive | Dr. Schaeffer | 1989-09-01 |
| Movie | American Rickshaw | Rev. Mortom | 1989-01-24 |
| Movie | Casablanca Express | Colonel Bats | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | River of Death | Heinrich Spaatz | 1989-09-29 |
| Movie | Ten Little Indians | Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave | 1989-11-29 |
| Movie | Metropolitan Animals | Prof. Livingstone | 1988-05-09 |
| Movie | Phantom of Death | Inspector Datti | 1988-03-11 |
| Movie | The Commander | Henry Carlson | 1988-04-28 |
| Movie | Last Platoon | Colonel B. Abrahams | 1988-08-21 |
| Movie | Nosferatu in Venice | Don Alvise | 1988-09-10 |
| Movie | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon | 1988-11-05 |
| Movie | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis | 1988-10-21 |
| Movie | Basements | Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") | 1987-05-12 |
| Movie | Double Target | Sen. Blaster | 1987-06-11 |
| Movie | Specters | Professor Lasky | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Warrior Queen | Clodius Flaucus | 1987-01-26 |
| Movie | Ground Zero | Prosper Gaffney | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Prince of Darkness | Priest | 1987-10-23 |
| Movie | Django Strikes Again | Ben Gunn | 1987-10-22 |
| Movie | Into the Darkness | David Beckett | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | To Kill a Stranger | Col. Kostik | 1986-02-06 |
| Movie | Cobra Mission | Father Lenoir | 1986-07-31 |
| Movie | The Ambassador | Minister Eretz | 1985-01-11 |
| Movie | Dario Argento's World of Horror | Self (Archive) | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Phenomena | Professor John McGregor | 1985-01-25 |
| Movie | Black Arrow | Sir Oliver Oates | 1985-10-09 |
| Movie | Nothing Underneath | Commissioner Danesi | 1985-11-07 |
| Movie | Treasure of the Amazon | Klaus von Blantz | 1985-05-30 |
| Movie | Reel Horror | Axel MacGregor (archive footage) | 1985-10-01 |
| Movie | Where Is Parsifal? | Mackintosh | 1984-01-01 |
| Series | Master of the Game | Salomon Van der Merwe | 1984-02-19 |
| Movie | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | A Breed Apart | J.P. Whittier | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | 1984-12-19 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Self - Host | 1984-10-26 |
| Movie | Warrior of the Lost World | Prossor | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | The Devonsville Terror | Dr. Warley | 1983-10-24 |
| Movie | Witness for the Prosecution | Mr. Myers | 1982-12-04 |
| Movie | Alone in the Dark | Leo Bain | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | Escape from New York | President of the United States | 1981-05-23 |
| Movie | The Monster Club | Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad | 1981-04-11 |
| Movie | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | Gilbert Carson | 1981-11-28 |
| Movie | Halloween II | Dr. Sam Loomis | 1981-10-30 |
| Movie | Pumaman | Kobras | 1980-02-14 |
| Movie | L'Homme en colère | Albert Rumpelmayer | 1979-03-14 |
| Movie | Gold of the Amazon Women | Clarence Blasko | 1979-03-06 |
| Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Dr. Steiner | 1979-04-13 |
| Movie | Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward | 1979-07-20 |
| Movie | All Quiet on the Western Front | Kantorek | 1979-11-14 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | General Villanova | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | Tomorrow Never Comes | Dr. Todd | 1978-03-02 |
| Movie | Blood Relatives | James Doniac | 1978-02-01 |
| Series | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | 1978-01-23 | |
| Movie | The Bastard | Solomon Sholto | 1978-05-22 |
| Movie | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Capt. Vladimir Popov | 1978-01-23 |
| Movie | Night Creature | Axel MacGregor | 1978-06-01 |
| Movie | Power Play | Blair | 1978-11-01 |
| Movie | Halloween | Loomis | 1978-10-24 |
| Movie | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | B.D. Brockhurst | 1978-07-24 |
| Movie | Last In, First Out | Rothko | 1978-08-30 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Melchior | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | The Uncanny | Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") | 1977-08-24 |
| Movie | Telefon | Nicolai Dalchimsky | 1977-12-16 |
| Movie | Oh, God! | Doctor Harmon | 1977-10-07 |
| Movie | I Don't Want to Be Born | Dr. Finch | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Trial by Combat | Sir Giles Marley | 1976-04-01 |
| Movie | The Last Tycoon | Boxley | 1976-11-18 |
| Movie | The Devil's Men | Father Roche | 1976-08-11 |
| Movie | The Passover Plot | Pontius Pilate | 1976-10-29 |
| Movie | Escape to Witch Mountain | Lucas Deranian | 1975-03-21 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Kuvetli | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | Hearts of the West | A.J. Nietz | 1975-10-08 |
| Movie | The Black Windmill | Cedric Harper | 1974-05-17 |
| Movie | From Beyond the Grave | Jim Underwood | 1974-02-21 |
| Movie | Watch Out, We're Mad | Doctor | 1974-03-29 |
| Movie | The Mutations | Professor Nolter | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | House of the Damned | Martin Zayas | 1974-09-08 |
| Movie | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Erich Count von Plasma | 1974-12-12 |
| Movie | COI: Lonely Water | The Spirit | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Fred Smudge | 1973-03-07 |
| Movie | Tales That Witness Madness | Prof. R.C. Tremayne | 1973-10-31 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Boys | Ralph Logan | 1973-03-27 |
| Movie | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Thomas Cromwell | 1972-07-13 |
| Movie | The Jerusalem File | Major Samuels | 1972-02-02 |
| Movie | Innocent Bystanders | Loomis | 1972-09-01 |
| Movie | Death Line | Inspector Calhoun | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | Wedding in White | Jim Dougall, Sr. | 1972-10-20 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | The Baron | 1972-12-27 |
| Movie | THX 1138 | SEN | 1971-03-11 |
| Movie | Wake in Fright | Doc Tydon | 1971-07-21 |
| Movie | Kidnapped | Ebenezer Balfour | 1971-12-22 |
| Movie | Soldier Blue | Isaac Q. Cumber | 1970-08-12 |
| Movie | Mr. Freedom | Dr. Freedom | 1969-01-08 |
| Movie | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Prospector | 1969-10-12 |
| Movie | Creature of Comfort | James Thorne | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | The Night of the Generals | General Kahlenberge | 1967-01-29 |
| Movie | You Only Live Twice | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1967-06-13 |
| Movie | Matchless | Gregori Andreanu | 1967-08-13 |
| Movie | Cul-de-sac | George | 1966-06-17 |
| Movie | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Michaels | 1966-08-24 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | 'Oracle' Jones | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | The Caretaker | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins | 1964-01-21 |
| Movie | The Great Escape | Blythe 'The Forger' | 1963-07-03 |
| Movie | Dr. Crippen | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen | 1963-08-07 |
| Movie | The Inspector | Wolters | 1962-05-24 |
| Movie | The Horsemasters | Captain Pinski | 1961-10-01 |
| Movie | The Wind of Change | Pop | 1961-03-01 |
| Movie | No Love for Johnnie | Renfrew | 1961-02-14 |
| Movie | Spare the Rod | Mr. Jenkins | 1961-05-23 |
| Movie | What a Carve Up! | Everett Sloane | 1961-09-15 |
| Movie | Hell Is a City | Gus Hawkins | 1960-04-10 |
| Movie | The Big Day | Victor Partridge | 1960-07-01 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | Irwin Hoffman | 1960-02-25 |
| Movie | The Flesh and the Fiends | William Hare | 1960-02-02 |
| Movie | Circus of Horrors | Vanet | 1960-04-01 |
| Movie | Sons and Lovers | Mr. Pappleworth | 1960-08-29 |
| Movie | Suspect | Parsons, alias Bill Brown | 1960-11-15 |
| Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Graham Coates | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | Alice Through the Looking Box | Caterpillar | 1960-12-25 |
| Movie | A Story of David | Nabal | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | Look Back in Anger | Hurst | 1959-09-15 |
| Movie | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Captain | 1959-10-01 |
| Movie | The Man Inside | Organ Grinder | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Wind Cannot Read | Doctor | 1958-06-10 |
| Movie | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Hardt | 1958-11-17 |
| Movie | The Man in the Sky | Crabtree | 1957-01-24 |
| Movie | Barnacle Bill | Cashier | 1957-12-17 |
| Movie | Manuela | Evans | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | The Black Tent | Ali | 1956-04-09 |
| Movie | Value for Money | Limpy | 1955-08-09 |
| Movie | The Beachcomber | Tromp | 1954-08-10 |
| Movie | Orders Are Orders | Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Syme | 1954-12-16 |
| Movie | The Dybbuk | Second batlon | 1952-10-21 |