Donald Pleasence

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1919-10-05

Day of Death

1995-02-02

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Donald Pleasence

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 (191)

⭐ 0 Role: Dr. Loomis

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

⭐ 7.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Driving Lessons

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

⭐ 4.0 Role: Professor Robinson

Fatal Frames

⭐ 5.2 Role: Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

⭐ 5.3 Role: The Sailor

Safe Haven

⭐ 3.3 Role: Merlin

Guinevere

⭐ 0 Role: Sinister Dentist

Freeze: But is it Art?

⭐ 6.7 Role: Soup slurper

The Big Freeze

⭐ 6.1 Role: Pincheon

The Hour of the Pig

⭐ 7.1 Role: Phido the Vulture (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler

⭐ 8.0 Role: Victor Harty

Femme Fatale

⭐ 6.5 Role: Howard Simpson

Diên Biên Phu

⭐ 6.7 Role: Doctor

Shadows and Fog

⭐ 3.8 Role: Ripa

Millions

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dreyfuss

Women in Arms

⭐ 5.3 Role: Armon Shalik

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

⭐ 9.0 Role: Winston Churchill

Life of General De Gaulle

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jason Rafiel

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

⭐ 3.8 Role: Colonel Bats

Casablanca Express

⭐ 5.3 Role: Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

⭐ 5.1 Role: Heinrich Spaatz

River of Death

⭐ 4.9 Role: Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Ten Little Indians

⭐ 4.3 Role: Dr. Schaeffer

Buried Alive

⭐ 4.4 Role: Mr. Pickett

Paganini Horror

⭐ 4.9 Role: Walter Usher

The House of Usher

⭐ 4.7 Role: Rev. Mortom

American Rickshaw

⭐ 5.5 Role: Dr. Absalon

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. Loomis

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

⭐ 5.9 Role: Don Alvise

Nosferatu in Venice

⭐ 4.6 Role: Colonel B. Abrahams

Last Platoon

⭐ 5.5 Role: Prof. Livingstone

Metropolitan Animals

⭐ 5.6 Role: Henry Carlson

The Commander

⭐ 5.2 Role: Captain Thomas Rosza

Hanna's War

⭐ 5.6 Role: Inspector Datti

Phantom of Death

⭐ 6.8 Role: Priest

Prince of Darkness

⭐ 5.2 Role: Ben Gunn

Django Strikes Again

⭐ 6.8 Role: Prosper Gaffney

Ground Zero

⭐ 4.6 Role: Sen. Blaster

Double Target

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Basements

⭐ 5.7 Role: Lord Copper

Scoop

⭐ 4.2 Role: Professor Lasky

Specters

⭐ 3.6 Role: Clodius Flaucus

Warrior Queen

⭐ 0 Role: Joe Gardenia

Gila and Rik

⭐ 4.9 Role: Father Lenoir

Cobra Mission

⭐ 5.2 Role: Col. Kostik

To Kill a Stranger

⭐ 6.2 Role: Aldo Rossi

Deadheat

⭐ 3.2 Role: David Beckett

Into the Darkness

⭐ 5.6 Role: Commissioner Danesi

Nothing Underneath

⭐ 6.9 Role: Sir Oliver Oates

Black Arrow

⭐ 3.2 Role: Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Reel Horror

⭐ 4.5 Role: Klaus von Blantz

Treasure of the Amazon

⭐ 6.5 Role: The Chancellor

The Corsican Brothers

⭐ 6.8 Role: Professor John McGregor

Phenomena

⭐ 5.2 Role: Minister Eretz

The Ambassador

⭐ 5.2 Role: Ivon Haake

Arch of Triumph

⭐ 6.1 Role: Self - Host

Terror in the Aisles

⭐ 5.7 Role: J.P. Whittier

A Breed Apart

⭐ 3.9 Role: Mackintosh

Where Is Parsifal?

⭐ 3.0 Role: Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

⭐ 4.7 Role: Dr. Warley

The Devonsville Terror

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Samuel Johnson

The Falklands Factor

⭐ 2.8 Role: Prossor

Warrior of the Lost World

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mr. Myers

Witness for the Prosecution

⭐ 5.9 Role: Leo Bain

Alone in the Dark

⭐ 7.0 Role: George Dettler

Computercide

⭐ 5.9 Role: Gilbert Carson

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween II

⭐ 7.0 Role: President of the United States

Escape from New York

⭐ 5.8 Role: Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

The Monster Club

⭐ 5.8 Role: John Cavendish

Blade on the Feather

⭐ 2.9 Role: Kobras

Pumaman

⭐ 6.7 Role: Kantorek

All Quiet on the Western Front

⭐ 9.0 Role: Colonel Riddle

Better Late Than Never

⭐ 4.2 Role: General Villanova

Jaguar Lives!

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Jack Seward

Dracula

⭐ 5.5 Role: Dr. Steiner

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

⭐ 5.6 Role: Albert Rumpelmayer

L'Homme en colère

⭐ 3.7 Role: Clarence Blasko

Gold of the Amazon Women

⭐ 7.2 Role: Blair

Power Play

⭐ 7.6 Role: Loomis

Halloween

⭐ 4.5 Role: Rothko

Last In, First Out

⭐ 4.3 Role: B.D. Brockhurst

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

⭐ 3.8 Role: Axel MacGregor

Night Creature

⭐ 5.7 Role: Dr. Todd

Tomorrow Never Comes

⭐ 5.7 Role: James Doniac

Blood Relatives

⭐ 6.0 Role: Capt. Vladimir Popov

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

⭐ 6.7 Role: Nicolai Dalchimsky

Telefon

⭐ 6.4 Role: Doctor Harmon

Oh, God!

⭐ 5.9 Role: Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

The Uncanny

⭐ 6.6 Role: Himmler

The Eagle Has Landed

⭐ 8.5 Role: Nat Jeffcote

Hindle Wakes

⭐ 6.3 Role: Boxley

The Last Tycoon

⭐ 4.7 Role: Pontius Pilate

The Passover Plot

⭐ 8.0 Role: George Livingston

Meriel the Ghost Girl

⭐ 9.0 Role: John Tyler Jones

Goldenrod

⭐ 4.2 Role: Father Roche

The Devil's Men

⭐ 0 Role: Bendel

The Joke

⭐ 7.8 Role: Sir Giles Marley

Trial by Combat

⭐ 5.2 Role: Dr. Finch

I Don't Want to Be Born

⭐ 6.8 Role: Danglars

The Count of Monte-Cristo

⭐ 5.6 Role: A.J. Nietz

Hearts of the West

⭐ 6.0 Role: Kuvetli

Journey into Fear

⭐ 6.4 Role: Lucas Deranian

Escape to Witch Mountain

⭐ 5.4 Role: Erich Count von Plasma

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

⭐ 5.1 Role: Martin Zayas

House of the Damned

⭐ 0 Role: Christo Kabak

Occupations

⭐ 0 Role: Aaron

The Cafeteria

⭐ 4.9 Role: Professor Nolter

The Mutations

⭐ 6.2 Role: Cedric Harper

The Black Windmill

⭐ 7.5 Role: Doctor

Watch Out, We're Mad

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jim Underwood

From Beyond the Grave

⭐ 5.5 Role: Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Tales That Witness Madness

⭐ 6.6 Role: Malachi

Malachi's Cove

⭐ 5.7 Role: The Spirit (voice)

Lonely Water

⭐ 7.0 Role: Ralph Logan

The Rainbow Boys

⭐ 6.2 Role: Fred Smudge

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

⭐ 6.0 Role: The Baron

The Pied Piper

⭐ 6.8 Role: Jim Dougall, Sr.

Wedding in White

⭐ 5.8 Role: Inspector Calhoun

Death Line

⭐ 7.8 Role: Loomis

Innocent Bystanders

⭐ 5.8 Role: Thomas Cromwell

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

⭐ 4.7 Role: Major Samuels

The Jerusalem File

⭐ 6.3 Role: Ebenezer Balfour

Kidnapped

⭐ 7.0 Role: Gerry Muddiman

Skin Deep

⭐ 7.2 Role: Doc Tydon

Wake in Fright

⭐ 9.0 Role: Tom

The Fox Trot

⭐ 6.5 Role: SEN

THX 1138

⭐ 6.8 Role: Isaac Q. Cumber

Soldier Blue

⭐ 7.3 Role: The Prospector

The Madwoman of Chaillot

⭐ 3.8 Role: Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Arthur? Arthur!

⭐ 5.2 Role: Dr. Freedom

Mr. Freedom

⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Last to Go

⭐ 9.0 Role: Clive

Sleep is Lovely

⭐ 9.5 Role: J.G.

The News-Benders

⭐ 10.0 Role: James Thorne

Creature of Comfort

⭐ 6.7 Role: Preacher Quint

Will Penny

⭐ 8.0 Role: Albert Dussel

The Diary of Anne Frank

⭐ 4.2 Role: Gregori Andreanu

Matchless

⭐ 6.6 Role: Ernst Stavro Blofeld

You Only Live Twice

⭐ 0 Role: Ben Hoffman

Call Me Daddy

⭐ 6.8 Role: General Kahlenberge

The Night of the Generals

⭐ 6.1 Role: Pere Dominic

Eye of the Devil

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dr. Michaels

Fantastic Voyage

⭐ 6.7 Role: George

Cul-de-sac

⭐ 6.1 Role: 'Oracle' Jones

The Hallelujah Trail

⭐ 6.4 Role: The Dark Hermit - Satan

The Greatest Story Ever Told

⭐ 7.4 Role: Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Caretaker

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Dr. Crippen

⭐ 7.9 Role: Blythe 'The Forger'

The Great Escape

⭐ 7.1 Role: Wolters

The Inspector

⭐ 7.0 Role: Captain Pinski

The Horsemasters

⭐ 7.0 Role: Everett Sloane

What a Carve Up!

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mr. Jenkins

Spare the Rod

⭐ 10.0 Role: Pop

The Wind of Change

⭐ 6.7 Role: Renfrew

No Love for Johnnie

⭐ 0 Role: Caterpillar

Alice Through the Looking Box

⭐ 10.0 Role: Fred Watson

The Cupboard

⭐ 4.4 Role: Graham Coates

The Hands of Orlac

⭐ 5.4 Role: Nabal

A Story of David

⭐ 6.9 Role: Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Suspect

⭐ 0 Role: Self/Host

Toff and Fingers

⭐ 7.5 Role: Victor Partridge

The Big Day

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mr. Pappleworth

Sons and Lovers

⭐ 6.6 Role: Gus Hawkins

Hell Is a City

⭐ 5.8 Role: Vanet

Circus of Horrors

⭐ 6.5 Role: Irwin Hoffman

The Battle of the Sexes

⭐ 6.6 Role: William Hare

The Flesh and the Fiends

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jessel Brown

The Shakedown

⭐ 6.3 Role: Captain

Killers of Kilimanjaro

⭐ 6.7 Role: Hurst

Look Back in Anger

⭐ 0 Role: Grantley Caypor

The Traitor

⭐ 6.3 Role: Gen. Hardt

The Two-Headed Spy

⭐ 10.0 Role: US President

The Greatest Man in the World

⭐ 6.1 Role: Organ Grinder

The Man Inside

⭐ 6.4 Role: Doctor

The Wind Cannot Read

⭐ 6.7 Role: Spiel

Heart of a Child

⭐ 6.8 Role: Barsad

A Tale of Two Cities

⭐ 6.6 Role: Cashier

Barnacle Bill

⭐ 6.3 Role: Evans

Manuela

⭐ 7.5 Role: Crabtree

The Man in the Sky

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ali

The Black Tent

⭐ 6.5 Role: R. Parsons

1984

⭐ 6.9 Role: Limpy

Value for Money

⭐ 7.0 Role: The Foreign Minister

The Moment of Truth

⭐ 0 Role: Voices

Round the World in 80 Days

⭐ 7.3 Role: Syme

Nineteen Eighty-Four

⭐ 6.6 Role: Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

Orders Are Orders

⭐ 6.2 Role: Tromp

The Beachcomber

⭐ 0 Role: Second batlon

The Dybbuk