Donald Pleasence
Known for Acting · 241 credits
- Born
- 1919-10-05
- Died
- 1995-02-02
- Place of birth
- Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Donald Pleasance · Don Pleasence · Donald Plesance · Donald Henry Pleasence · Дональд Генри Плезенс · Дональд Плезенс
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
TV Shows (49)
The Fugitive
1963
as Max Pfeiffer
Columbo
1971
as Adrian Carsini
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Play for Today
1970
as Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman
Wogan
1982
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Hans Vogler
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ellis Fowler
Screen Two
1985
as Victor Harty / Pincheon
Playhouse
1974
as George Livingston / Bendel / Aaron
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Head Waiter
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Byron Saul
The Outer Limits
1963
as Harold J. Finley
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Prince John
One Step Beyond
1959
as Harvey Laurence
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Richard Pratt / J.G.
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Danger Man
1960
as Nikolides / Captain Aldrich
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Admiral Vespery
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Syme / Corporal
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as George Hill
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Supt. Smith
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Carnacki
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Melchior
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Cawser
Interpol Calling
1959
as Karl Haussman
Centennial
1978
as Sam Purchas
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Pinski / Lucas Deranian
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Espionage
1963
as Escalon
Dick Turpin
1979
as Ignatius Slake
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kantorek / Myers / The Chancellor
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Host
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Max Dechambre
Master of the Game
1984
as Salomon Van der Merwe
The Bastard
1978
as Solomon Sholto
Armchair Theatre
1956
as President of the USA / Fred Watson / Ben Hoffman
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Septimus Harding
The Man Outside
1972
as Victor Cobb
Shades of Greene
1975
as Puckler
Confession
1970
as Sergeant Hurby
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
as Narrator (voice)
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
Peep Show
1975
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Cornelius Van Damm
Naso di cane
1986
as Olindo Cuomo
Movies (192)
Halloween
1978
as Loomis
Warrior Queen
1987
as Clodius Flaucus
Will Penny
1967
as Preacher Quint
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Great Escape
1963
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Escape from New York
1981
as President of the United States
Halloween II
1981
as Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
as Dr. Loomis
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Doctor
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Dr. Loomis
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Prince of Darkness
1987
as Priest
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Himmler
Goldenrod
1976
as John Tyler Jones
Guinevere
1994
as Merlin
Manuela
1957
as Evans
THX 1138
1971
as SEN
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Phenomena
1985
as Professor John McGregor
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Loomis
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Danglars
The Horsemasters
1961
as Captain Pinski
Soldier Blue
1970
as Isaac Q. Cumber
Dien Bien Phu
1992
as Howard Simpson
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Michaels
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Lucas Deranian
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Kantorek
The Joke
1976
as Bendel
The Pied Piper
1972
as The Baron
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Femme Fatale
1993
as Victor Harty
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Calhoun
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Kahlenberge
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)
Lonely Water
1973
as The Spirit (voice)
Telefon
1977
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Albert Rumpelmayer
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Doctor
Dracula
1979
as Dr. Jack Seward
Buried Alive
1989
as Dr. Schaeffer
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Boxley
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
1984
1956
as R. Parsons
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Dr. Steiner
Wake in Fright
1971
as Doc Tydon
Blade on the Feather
1980
as John Cavendish
Women in Arms
1991
as Dreyfuss
Cul-de-sac
1966
as George
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Don Alvise
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Pincheon
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Pere Dominic
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as 'Oracle' Jones
Hearts of the West
1975
as A.J. Nietz
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Irwin Hoffman
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Gilbert Carson
The Big Freeze
1993
as Soup slurper
Occupations
1974
as Christo Kabak
A Breed Apart
1984
as J.P. Whittier
To Kill a Stranger
1986
as Col. Kostik
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Prospector
Ten Little Indians
1989
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas Cromwell
Scoop
1987
as Lord Copper
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Klaus von Blantz
Nothing Underneath
1985
as Commissioner Danesi
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Mr. Myers
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Jason Rafiel
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Hurst
The Uncanny
1977
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Syme
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as William Hare
The Monster Club
1981
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kuvetli
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Clarence Blasko
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Leo Bain
The Ambassador
1985
as Minister Eretz
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
as Prossor
Metropolitan Animals
1988
as Prof. Livingstone
The Caretaker
1964
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Black Windmill
1974
as Cedric Harper
American Rickshaw
1989
as Rev. Mortom
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as B.D. Brockhurst
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
as Sinister Dentist
Call Me Daddy
1967
as Ben Hoffman
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Ben Gunn
Into the Darkness
1986
as David Beckett
The Moment of Truth
1955
as The Foreign Minister
Basements
1987
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Ivon Haake
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Host
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
The Dybbuk
1952
as Second batlon
Gila and Rik
1987
as Joe Gardenia
Oh, God!
1977
as Doctor Harmon
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Captain
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Hardt
Kidnapped
1971
as Ebenezer Balfour
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Renfrew
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Colonel Riddle
River of Death
1989
as Heinrich Spaatz
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
as Armon Shalik
The House of Usher
1989
as Walter Usher
Sleep is Lovely
1968
as Clive
Casablanca Express
1989
as Colonel Bats
Ground Zero
1987
as Prosper Gaffney
Blood Relatives
1978
as James Doniac
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Graham Coates
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Crabtree
Deadheat
1986
as Aldo Rossi
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as General Villanova
Paganini Horror
1989
as Mr. Pickett
Double Target
1987
as Sen. Blaster
Malachi's Cove
1973
as Malachi
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Everett Sloane
Pumaman
1980
as Kobras
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Vanet
Hanna's War
1988
as Captain Thomas Rosza
Hell Is a City
1960
as Gus Hawkins
About Donald Pleasence
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. With 241 credits spanning from 1950 to 2026, Donald Pleasence has appeared in 192 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Donald Pleasence Movies
- Halloween (1978) — as Loomis
- Warrior Queen (1987) — as Clodius Flaucus
- Will Penny (1967) — as Preacher Quint
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Great Escape (1963) — as Blythe 'The Forger'
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