Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 230
Movies 191
TV Shows 39
self 10
Voice 2
Dr. Jack Seward (Archive Footage)
Dracula Unearthed (2022)
Movie
Self
Driving Lessons (2012)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Movie
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
Movie
Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
In and Out of Fashion (1998)
Movie
Professor Robinson
Fatal Frames (1996)
Movie
Dr. Loomis
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Movie
5.58
Cornelius Van Damm
Signs and Wonders (1995)
TV
The Sailor
Safe Haven (1995)
Movie
Merlin
Guinevere (1994)
Movie
Sinister Dentist
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
Movie
Soup slurper
The Big Freeze (1993)
Movie
Pincheon
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Movie
Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Movie
Victor Harty
Femme Fatale (1993)
Movie
Howard Simpson
Diên Biên Phu (1992)
Movie
Doctor
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Movie
6
Ripa
Millions (1991)
Movie
Dreyfuss
Women in Arms (1991)
Movie
The Art Collector
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1991)
Movie
Winston Churchill
Moi, général de Gaulle (1990)
Movie
Jason Rafiel
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
Movie
Colonel Bats
Casablanca Express (1989)
Movie
Judge Wargrave
Ten Little Indians (1989)
Movie
Loomis
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Movie
5.62
Heinrich Spaatz
River of Death (1989)
Movie
Dr. Schaeffer
Buried Alive (1989)
Movie
Mr. Pickett
Paganini Horror (1989)
Movie
Walter Usher
The House of Usher (1989)
Movie
Reverend Mortom
American Rickshaw (1989)
Movie
Dr. Absalon
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
TV
Dr. Absalon
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Movie
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Movie
5.72
Don Alvise
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
Movie
Colonel B. Abrahams
Last Platoon (1988)
Movie
Henry Carlson
The Commander (1988)
Movie
Captain Thomas Rosza
Hanna's War (1988)
Movie
Inspector Datti
Phantom of Death (1988)
Movie
Priest
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Movie
4.33
Ben Gunn
Django Strikes Again (1987)
Movie
Prosper Gaffney
Ground Zero (1987)
Movie
Prof. Livingstone
Animali metropolitani (1987)
Movie
Senator Blaster
Double Target (1987)
Movie
Mr. Kidd (segment 'The Room')
Basements (1987)
Movie
Lord Copper
Scoop (1987)
Movie
Professor Lasky
Specters (1987)
Movie
Clodius
Warrior Queen (1987)
Movie
Joe Gardenia
Gila and Rik (1987)
Movie
Olindo Cuomo
Naso di cane (1986)
Movie
Father Lenoir
Cobra Mission (1986)
Movie
Col. Kostik
To Kill a Stranger (1986)
Movie
Aldo Rossi
Deadheat (1986)
Movie
David Beckett
Into the Darkness (1986)
Movie
Commissioner Danesi
Nothing Underneath (1985)
Movie
Sir Oliver Oates
Black Arrow (1985)
Movie
Klaus von Blantz
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
Movie
Haake
Arch of Triumph (1985)
Movie
George Hill
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV
6
The Chancellor
The Corsican Brothers (1985)
Movie
Professor John McGregor
Phenomena (1985)
Movie
6.32
Minister Eretz
The Ambassador (1985)
Movie
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Reel Horror (1985)
Movie
Himself (Archive)
Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
Movie
Self - Host
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Movie
J.P. Whittier
A Breed Apart (1984)
Movie
Salomon Van der Merwe
Master of the Game (1984)
TV
9
Victor Frankenstein / Old Baron Frankenstein
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
Movie
Mackintosh
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
Movie
Dr. Warley
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
Movie
6
Samuel Johnson
The Falklands Factor (1983)
Movie
Prossor
Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
Movie
Mr. Myers
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
Movie
Dr. Leo Bain
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Movie
4.89
Septimus Harding
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
TV
George Dettler
Computercide (1982)
Movie
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Gilbert Carson
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Movie
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween II (1981)
Movie
6
President
Escape from New York (1981)
Movie
5.38
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
The Monster Club (1981)
Movie
4.5
Professor Jason Cavendish
Blade on the Feather (1980)
Movie
Kobras
Pumaman (1980)
Movie
Max Dechambre
The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
TV
Kantorek
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Movie
Colonel Riddle
Better Late Than Never (1979)
Movie
General Villanova
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Movie
Dr. Jack Seward
Dracula (1979)
Movie
1.5
Dr. Steiner
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Movie
Albert Rumpelmayer
The Angry Man (1979)
Movie
Clarence Blasko
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
Movie
Mrs. Columbo (1979)
TV
Dick Turpin (1979)
TV
Blair
Power Play (1978)
Movie
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween (1978)
Movie
6.79
Sam Purchas
Centennial (1978)
TV
5.33
Rothko
Last In, First Out (1978)
Movie
B.D. Brockhurst
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Movie
1
Axel MacGregor
Night Creature (1978)
Movie
Solomon Sholto
The Bastard (1978)
Movie
Dr. Todd
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
Movie
James Doniac
Blood Relatives (1978)
Movie
Captain Vladimir Popov
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)
TV
Nicolai Dalchimsky
Telefon (1977)
Movie
Doctor Harmon
Oh, God! (1977)
Movie
4.75
Valentine De'ath (segment 3 'Hollywood 1936')
The Uncanny (1977)
Movie
Melchior
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV
Himmler
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Movie
6.6
Nat Jeffcote
Hindle Wakes (1976)
Movie
Nat Jeffcote
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
TV
Boxley
The Last Tycoon (1976)
Movie
Pontius Pilate
The Passover Plot (1976)
Movie
George Livingston
Meriel the Ghost Girl (1976)
Movie
John Tyler Jones
Goldenrod (1976)
Movie
Father Roche
The Devil's Men (1976)
Movie
Sir Giles Marley
Trial by Combat (1976)
Movie
Dr. Finch
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
Movie
Peep Show (1975)
TV
Danglars
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Movie
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
A.J. Nietz
Hearts of the West (1975)
Movie
Kuvetli
Journey into Fear (1975)
Movie
Deranian
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Movie
4.64
Erich Count von Plasma
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Movie
Martin Zayas
House of the Damned (1974)
Movie
Dr. Nolter
The Mutations (1974)
Movie
Cedric Harper
The Black Windmill (1974)
Movie
Doctor
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Movie
2
George Livingston
Playhouse (1974)
TV
Jim Underwood
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Movie
6
Christo Kabak
Occupations (1974)
Movie
Tremayne (segment "Clinic Link Episodes")
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Movie
Malachi
Malachi's Cove (1973)
Movie
Cawser
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
TV
The Spirit
Lonely Water (1973)
Movie
Ralph Logan
The Rainbow Boys (1973)
Movie
Fred Smudge
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
Movie
The Baron
The Pied Piper (1972)
Movie
Jim Dougall, Sr.
Wedding in White (1972)
Movie
Inspector Calhoun
Death Line (1972)
Movie
Loomis
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
Movie
Thomas Cromwell
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Movie
Victor Cobb
The Man Outside (1972)
TV
Major Samuels
The Jerusalem File (1972)
Movie
Ebenezer Balfour
Kidnapped (1971)
Movie
Gerry Muddiman
Skin Deep (1971)
Movie
Carnacki
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
TV
Adrian Carsini
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Doc Tydon
Wake in Fright (1971)
Movie
2.5
Tom
The Fox Trot (1971)
Movie
SEN
THX 1138 (1971)
Movie
7.25
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Cumber
Soldier Blue (1970)
Movie
The Prospector
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Movie
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
Movie
Dr. Freedom
Mr. Freedom (1969)
Movie
Actor
Last to Go (1969)
Movie
Hans Vogler
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Clive
Sleep is Lovely (1968)
Movie
J.G.
The News-Benders (1968)
Movie
Shopkeeper James Thorne
Creature of Comfort (1968)
Movie
Preacher Quint
Will Penny (1967)
Movie
Albert Dussel
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
Movie
Gregori Andreanu
Matchless (1967)
Movie
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Movie
5.93
General Kahlenberge
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Movie
Pere Dominic
Eye of the Devil (1966)
Movie
Dr. Michaels
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Movie
7
George
Cul-de-sac (1966)
Movie
6
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
TV
'Oracle' Jones
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Movie
The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Movie
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Caretaker (1964)
Movie
Espionage (1963)
TV
Max Pfeiffer
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Harold J. Finley
The Outer Limits (1963)
TV
7.4
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Crippen (1963)
Movie
Blythe 'The Forger'
The Great Escape (1963)
Movie
4.93
Wolters
The Inspector (1962)
Movie
Captain Pinski
The Horsemasters (1961)
Movie
Dr. Byron Saul
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Everett Sloane
What a Carve Up! (1961)
Movie
Mr. Jenkins
Spare the Rod (1961)
Movie
'Pop' Marley
The Wind of Change (1961)
Movie
Roger Renfrew
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Movie
Caterpillar
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
Movie
Fred Watson
The Cupboard (1960)
Movie
Graham Coates
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Movie
Nabal
A Story of David (1960)
Movie
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Suspect (1960)
Movie
Danger Man (1960)
TV
6
Mr. Pappleworth
Sons and Lovers (1960)
Movie
Victor Partridge
The Big Day (1960)
Movie
Gus Hawkins
Hell Is a City (1960)
Movie
Vanet
Circus of Horrors (1960)
Movie
Irwin Hoffman
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
Movie
William Hare
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
Movie
Jessel
The Shakedown (1960)
Movie
Ellis Fowler
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Captain
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
Movie
Hurst
Look Back in Anger (1959)
Movie
Karl Haussman
Interpol Calling (1959)
TV
Grantley Caypor
The Traitor (1959)
Movie
Harvey Laurence
One Step Beyond (1959)
TV
Gen. Hardt
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Movie
US President
The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
Movie
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
TV
Organ Grinder
The Man Inside (1958)
Movie
Doctor
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
Movie
Spiel
Heart of a Child (1958)
Movie
Barsad
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Movie
Cashier
Barnacle Bill (1957)
Movie
Evans
Manuela (1957)
Movie
Crabtree
The Man in the Sky (1957)
Movie
Arthur Gladwell / Ben Hoffman / Fred Watson
Armchair Theatre (1956)
TV
Ali
The Black Tent (1956)
Movie
6
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
R. Parsons
1984 (1956)
Movie
6
Prince John
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
TV
Limpy
Value for Money (1955)
Movie
Syme
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
Movie
Captain Pinski
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Orders Are Orders (1954)
Movie
Tromp
The Beachcomber (1954)
Movie
Second batlon
The Dybbuk (1952)
Movie
Kantorek / Myers / The Chancellor
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Syme
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
TV
voice
NBC Experiment in Television
TV
Ratings
Average 5.6
Based on 1.86 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1950
1966
1976
1967
2022
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-10-05
Deathday1995-02-02 (75 years old)
Birth NameDonald Henry Pleasence
Birth PlaceWorksop, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMeira Shore (1970-01-01 - 1988-01-01), Josephine Crombie (1959-01-01 - 1970-01-01)
ChildrenAngela Pleasence
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsDonald Pleasance, Don Pleasence, Donald Plesance, Donald Henry Pleasence
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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