Donald Pleasence

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 236

Gender Male

Birthday October 5, 1919

Day of Death February 2, 1995 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Pleasance
Don Pleasence
Donald Plesance
Donald Henry Pleasence
Дональд Генри Плезенс
Дональд Плезенс
دانلد پلزنس

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Donald Pleasence

Biography

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE 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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

as Self (archive footage)

2022

as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)

2012

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2010		Halloween: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
2010		Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)

2003

as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

2002

as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998

as Self (archive footage)

1996

as Professor Robinson

1995		Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Sam Loomis
1995		Signs and Wonders 4 episodes as Cornelius Van Damm
1995		Safe Haven as The Sailor

1994		Guinevere as Merlin
1994		Freeze: But is it Art? as Sinister Dentist

1993		The Big Freeze as Soup slurper
1993		The Hour of the Pig as Pincheon
1993		The Thief and the Cobbler as Phido the Vulture (voice)
1993		Femme Fatale as Victor Harty

1992

as Howard Simpson

1991		Shadows and Fog as Doctor
1991		Millions as Ripa
1991		Women in Arms as Dreyfuss
1991		The Vulture Is a Patient Bird as The Art Collector

1990

as Winston Churchill

1989		Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Jason Rafiel
1989		Casablanca Express as Colonel Bats
1989		Ten Little Indians as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
1989		Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Dr. Sam Loomis
1989		River of Death as Heinrich Spaatz
1989		Buried Alive as Dr. Schaeffer
1989		Paganini Horror as Mr. Pickett
1989		The House of Usher as Walter Usher
1989		American Rickshaw as Rev. Mortom

1988		The Great Escape II: The Untold Story 2 episodes as Dr. Absalon
1988		The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Dr. Absalon
1988		Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Dr. Loomis
1988		Nosferatu in Venice as Don Alvise
1988		Last Platoon as Colonel B. Abrahams
1988		Metropolitan Animals as Prof. Livingstone
1988		The Commander as Henry Carlson
1988		The Ray Bradbury Theater 1 episode as George Hill
1988		Hanna's War as Captain Thomas Rosza
1988		Phantom of Death as Inspector Datti

1987		Prince of Darkness as Father Loomis
1987		Django Strikes Again as Ben Gunn
1987		Ground Zero as Prosper Gaffney
1987		Double Target as Sen. Blaster
1987		Basements as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
1987		Scoop as Lord Copper
1987		Specters as Professor Lasky
1987		Warrior Queen as Clodius Flaucus
1987		Gila and Rik as Joe Gardenia

1986		Naso di cane as Olindo Cuomo
1986		Cobra Mission as Father Lenoir
1986		To Kill a Stranger as Col. Kostik
1986		Into the Darkness as David Beckett
1986		Deadheat as Aldo Rossi

1985		Nothing Underneath as Commissioner Danesi
1985		Black Arrow as Sir Oliver Oates
1985		Reel Horror as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
1985		Wogan 1 episode as Self
1985		Treasure of the Amazon as Klaus von Blantz
1985		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as The Chancellor
1985		The Corsican Brothers as The Chancellor
1985		Phenomena as Professor John McGregor
1985		The Ambassador as Minister Eretz
1985		Dario Argento's World of Horror as Self (Archive)

1984		Arch of Triumph as Ivon Haake
1984		Terror in the Aisles as Self - Host
1984		A Breed Apart as J.P. Whittier
1984		Master of the Game 9 episodes as Salomon Van der Merwe
1984		Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
1984		Where Is Parsifal? as Mackintosh

1983		The Devonsville Terror as Dr. Warley
1983		Play for Today 1 episode as Samuel Johnson
1983		The Falklands Factor as Dr. Samuel Johnson
1983		Warrior of the Lost World as Prossor

1982		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Myers
1982		Witness for the Prosecution as Mr. Myers
1982		Alone in the Dark as Leo Bain
1982		The Barchester Chronicles 7 episodes as Septimus Harding
1982		Computercide as George Dettler

1981		Race for the Yankee Zephyr as Gilbert Carson
1981		Saturday Night Live 1 episode as Self - Host
1981		Halloween II as Dr. Sam Loomis
1981		Escape from New York as President of the United States
1981		Dick Turpin 5 episodes as Ignatius Slake
1981		The Monster Club as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1980		Blade on the Feather as Professor John Cavendish
1980		Pumaman as Kobras

1979		The French Atlantic Affair 3 episodes as Max Dechambre
1979		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Kantorek
1979		All Quiet on the Western Front as Kantorek
1979		Better Late Than Never as Colonel Riddle
1979		Jaguar Lives! as General Villanova
1979		Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward
1979		Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Dr. Steiner
1979		The Angry Man as Albert Rumpelmayer
1979		Gold of the Amazon Women as Clarence Blasko
1979		Mrs. Columbo 1 episode

1978		Power Play as Blair
1978		Halloween as Loomis
1978		Centennial 12 episodes as Sam Purchas
1978		Last In, First Out as Rothko
1978		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as B.D. Brockhurst
1978		Night Creature as Axel MacGregor
1978		The Bastard as Solomon Sholto
1978		Tomorrow Never Comes as Dr. Todd
1978		Blood Relatives as James Doniac
1978		The Dark Secret of Harvest Home 2 episodes as Narrator (voice)
1978		The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Capt. Vladimir Popov

1977		Telefon as Nicolai Dalchimsky
1977		Oh, God! as Doctor Harmon
1977		The Uncanny as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
1977		Jesus of Nazareth 4 episodes as Melchior

1976		The Eagle Has Landed as Himmler
1976		Laurence Olivier Presents 1 episode as Nat Jeffcote
1976		Hindle Wakes as Nat Jeffcote
1976		The Last Tycoon as Boxley
1976		The Passover Plot as Pontius Pilate
1976		Playhouse 1 episode as George Livingston
1976		Meriel the Ghost Girl as George Livingston
1976		Goldenrod as John Tyler Jones
1976		The Devil's Men as Father Roche
1976		The Joke as Bendel
1976		Trial by Combat as Sir Giles Marley
1976		Peep Show 1 episode
1976		I Don't Want to Be Born as Dr. Finch

1975		The Count of Monte-Cristo as Danglars
1975		Hearts of the West as A.J. Nietz
1975		Journey into Fear as Kuvetli
1975		Escape to Witch Mountain as Lucas Deranian

1974		Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Erich Count von Plasma
1974		House of the Damned as Martin Zayas
1974		Occupations as Christo Kabak
1974		The Cafeteria as Aaron
1974		Playhouse 2 episodes
1974		The Mutations as Professor Nolter
1974		The Black Windmill as Cedric Harper
1974		Watch Out, We're Mad as Doctor
1974		From Beyond the Grave as Jim Underwood

1973		Tales That Witness Madness as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
1973		Columbo 1 episode as Adrian Carsini
1973		Malachi's Cove as Malachi
1973		Orson Welles' Great Mysteries 1 episode as Cawser
1973		Lonely Water as The Spirit (voice)
1973		The Rainbow Boys as Ralph Logan
1973		Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Fred Smudge

1972		The Pied Piper as The Baron
1972		Wedding in White as Jim Dougall, Sr.
1972		Death Line as Inspector Calhoun
1972		Innocent Bystanders as Loomis
1972		Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Thomas Cromwell
1972		Tony Awards 1 episode as Self - Nominee
1972		The Jerusalem File as Major Samuels
1972		Hawaii Five-O 1 episode as Hans Vogler

1971		Kidnapped as Ebenezer Balfour
1971		Play for Today 1 episode as Gerry Muddiman
1971		Skin Deep as Gerry Muddiman
1971		The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1 episode as Carnacki
1971		Wake in Fright as Doc Tydon
1971		The Fox Trot as Tom
1971		THX 1138 as SEN

1970

as Isaac Q. Cumber

1969		The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Prospector
1969		Arthur? Arthur! as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
1969		NBC Experiment in Television 1 episode as (voice)
1969		Mr. Freedom as Dr. Freedom
1969		Last to Go

1968		Sleep is Lovely as Clive
1968		The News-Benders as J.G.
1968		Creature of Comfort as James Thorne

1967		Will Penny as Preacher Quint
1967		The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussel
1967		Matchless as Gregori Andreanu
1967		You Only Live Twice as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1967		Call Me Daddy as Ben Hoffman
1967		The Night of the Generals as General Kahlenberge

1966		Eye of the Devil as Pere Dominic
1966		Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Michaels
1966		Cul-de-sac as George
1966		The Fugitive 1 episode as Max Pfeiffer

1965		The Hallelujah Trail as 'Oracle' Jones
1965		The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Dark Hermit - Satan
1965		The Defenders 1 episode as Dr. Byron Saul

1964		Espionage 1 episode
1964		The Caretaker as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1963		The Outer Limits 1 episode as Harold J. Finley
1963		Dr. Crippen as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
1963		The Great Escape as Blythe 'The Forger'

1962		The Twilight Zone 1 episode as Ellis Fowler
1962		The Inspector as Wolters

1961		The Wonderful World of Disney 2 episodes as Captain Pinski
1961		The Horsemasters as Captain Pinski
1961		What a Carve Up! as Everett Sloane
1961		Spare the Rod as Mr. Jenkins
1961		One Step Beyond 1 episode as Harvey Laurence
1961		The Wind of Change as Pop
1961		No Love for Johnnie as Renfrew

1960		Alice Through the Looking Box as Caterpillar
1960		The Cupboard as Fred Watson
1960		A Story of David as Nabal
1960		The Hands of Orlac as Graham Coates
1960		Suspect as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
1960		Danger Man 2 episodes
1960		Sons and Lovers as Mr. Pappleworth
1960		Toff and Fingers as Self/Host
1960		The Big Day as Victor Partridge
1960		Armchair Mystery Theatre 34 episodes as Host
1960		Interpol Calling 1 episode as Karl Haussman
1960		Hell Is a City as Gus Hawkins
1960		Circus of Horrors as Vanet
1960		The Battle of the Sexes as Irwin Hoffman
1960		The Flesh and the Fiends as William Hare
1960		The Shakedown as Jessel Brown

1959		Killers of Kilimanjaro as Captain
1959		Look Back in Anger as Hurst
1959		The Traitor as Grantley Caypor
1959		The Adventures of William Tell 1 episode

1958		The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Hardt
1958		Armchair Theatre 1 episode as President of the USA
1958		The Greatest Man in the World as US President
1958		The Man Inside as Organ Grinder
1958		The Wind Cannot Read as Doctor
1958		Heart of a Child as Spiel
1958		A Tale of Two Cities as Barsad

1957		Barnacle Bill as Cashier
1957		Manuela as Evans
1957		The Man in the Sky as Crabtree

1956		The Adventures of Robin Hood 1 episode as Prince John
1956		The Black Tent as Ali
1956		1984 as R. Parsons

1955		Value for Money as Limpy
1955		Round the World in 80 Days as Voices

1954		Nineteen Eighty-Four as Syme
1954		Sunday Night Theatre 1 episode as Syme
1954		Orders Are Orders as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
1954		The Beachcomber as Tromp

1952		The Dybbuk as Second batlon
1952		Sunday Night Theatre 1 episode as Corporal

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