Donald Pleasence
Known for Acting · 236 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 (45)
Columbo
1971
as Adrian Carsini
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Fugitive
1963
as Max Pfeiffer
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Hans Vogler
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Play for Today
1970
as Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ellis Fowler
Wogan
1982
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Victor Harty / Pincheon
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Byron Saul
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Head Waiter
Playhouse
1974
as George Livingston / Bendel / Aaron
The Outer Limits
1963
as Harold J. Finley
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Prince John
One Step Beyond
1959
as Harvey Laurence
Danger Man
1960
as Nikolides / Captain Aldrich
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Syme / Corporal
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as George Hill
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Admiral Vespery
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Melchior
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Carnacki
Espionage
1963
as Escalon
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Pinski
Centennial
1978
as Sam Purchas
Interpol Calling
1959
as Karl Haussman
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Cawser
Dick Turpin
1979
as Ignatius Slake
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kantorek / Myers / The Chancellor
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Max Dechambre
Master of the Game
1984
as Salomon Van der Merwe
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Septimus Harding
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
as Narrator (voice)
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
Armchair Theatre
1956
as President of the USA / Fred Watson / Ben Hoffman
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
Peep Show
1975
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Cornelius Van Damm
The Bastard
1978
as Solomon Sholto
Confession
1970
as Sergeant Hurby
Naso di cane
1986
as Olindo Cuomo
Movies (191)
Halloween
1978
as Loomis
Escape from New York
1981
as President of the United States
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Great Escape
1963
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
as Dr. Loomis
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween II
1981
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Prince of Darkness
1987
as Priest
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Doctor
Warrior Queen
1987
as Clodius Flaucus
THX 1138
1971
as SEN
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Michaels
Phenomena
1985
as Professor John McGregor
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Himmler
Soldier Blue
1970
as Isaac Q. Cumber
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Danglars
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Kantorek
Will Penny
1967
as Preacher Quint
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Lucas Deranian
1984
1956
as R. Parsons
Cul-de-sac
1966
as George
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as B.D. Brockhurst
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas Cromwell
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula
1979
as Dr. Jack Seward
The Monster Club
1981
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Hanna's War
1988
as Captain Thomas Rosza
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Mr. Myers
Scoop
1987
as Lord Copper
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Leo Bain
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Kahlenberge
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as 'Oracle' Jones
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Graham Coates
Wake in Fright
1971
as Doc Tydon
Kidnapped
1971
as Ebenezer Balfour
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Jason Rafiel
Oh, God!
1977
as Doctor Harmon
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Don Alvise
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
Buried Alive
1989
as Dr. Schaeffer
Telefon
1977
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Doctor
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Boxley
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Ivon Haake
Guinevere
1994
as Merlin
The Ambassador
1985
as Minister Eretz
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Everett Sloane
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Pincheon
Goldenrod
1976
as John Tyler Jones
A Breed Apart
1984
as J.P. Whittier
Cobra Mission
1986
as Father Lenoir
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Dr. Steiner
Femme Fatale
1993
as Victor Harty
Hearts of the West
1975
as A.J. Nietz
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as General Villanova
Power Play
1978
as Blair
The Pied Piper
1972
as The Baron
River of Death
1989
as Heinrich Spaatz
The Black Windmill
1974
as Cedric Harper
Casablanca Express
1989
as Colonel Bats
Women in Arms
1991
as Dreyfuss
Reel Horror
1985
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Diên Biên Phu
1992
as Howard Simpson
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kuvetli
The Devil's Men
1976
as Father Roche
Sons and Lovers
1960
as Mr. Pappleworth
The Caretaker
1964
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as Jim Underwood
The Traitor
1959
as Grantley Caypor
The Commander
1988
as Henry Carlson
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Syme
Paganini Horror
1989
as Mr. Pickett
Millions
1991
as Ripa
Nothing Underneath
1985
as Commissioner Danesi
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Loomis
American Rickshaw
1989
as Rev. Mortom
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Hurst
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Pere Dominic
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Renfrew
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Calhoun
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
as Sinister Dentist
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Klaus von Blantz
Suspect
1960
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Mr. Freedom
1969
as Dr. Freedom
Into the Darkness
1986
as David Beckett
Ten Little Indians
1989
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Ben Gunn
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Gilbert Carson
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Matchless
1967
as Gregori Andreanu
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Albert Rumpelmayer
Manuela
1957
as Evans
Fatal Frames
1996
as Professor Robinson
The Uncanny
1977
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Hardt
Double Target
1987
as Sen. Blaster
The Inspector
1962
as Wolters
Ground Zero
1987
as Prosper Gaffney
Basements
1987
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Irwin Hoffman
The Man Inside
1958
as Organ Grinder
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Colonel Riddle
The Passover Plot
1976
as Pontius Pilate
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Mackintosh
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Prospector
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Clarence Blasko
Pumaman
1980
as Kobras
Call Me Daddy
1967
as Ben Hoffman
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Fred Smudge
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Barsad
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
as Dr. Finch
Value for Money
1955
as Limpy
Wedding in White
1972
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
Specters
1987
as Professor Lasky
Last In, First Out
1978
as Rothko
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 236 credits spanning from 1950 to 2026, Donald Pleasence has appeared in 191 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Donald Pleasence Movies
- Halloween (1978) — as Loomis
- Escape from New York (1981) — as President of the United States
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Great Escape (1963) — as Blythe 'The Forger'
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) — as Dr. Loomis
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