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 240
Movies 198
TV Shows 42
self 14
Voice 2
Writer 1
Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)
Dracula Unearthed (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Revamping of Dracula (2004)
Movie
Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Movie
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: Final Cut (2001)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
In and Out of Fashion (1998)
Movie
Professor Robinson
Fatal Frames (1996)
Movie
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
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
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. Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Movie
5.72
Don Alvise
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
Movie
Colonel B. Abrams
Last Platoon (1988)
Movie
Prof. Livingstone
Animali metropolitani (1988)
Movie
Henry Carlson
The Commander (1988)
Movie
Captain Thomas Rosza
Hanna's War (1988)
Movie
Inspector Datti
Phantom of Death (1988)
Movie
Ben Gunn
Django Strikes Again (1987)
Movie
Prosper Gaffney
Ground Zero (1987)
Movie
Sen. 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
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Reel Horror (1985)
Movie
Self
Cool It (1985)
TV
Klaus von Blantz
Treasure of the Amazon (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
Self (Archive)
Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
Movie
Donald Pleasence (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
Mackintosh
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
Movie
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
Movie
Dr. Warley
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
Movie
6
Samuel Johnson
The Falklands Factor (1983)
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
Colonel Maxwell Riddle
Better Late Than Never (1979)
Movie
General Villanova
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Movie
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
Sam Purchas
Centennial (1978)
TV
5.33
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
Heinrich Himmler
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Movie
6.6
Nat Jeffcote
Hindle Wakes (1976)
Movie
Nat Jeffcote
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
TV
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
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
A.J. Nietz
Hearts of the West (1975)
Movie
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
The Doctor
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Movie
2
George Livingston
Playhouse (1974)
TV
Jim Underwood (Segment 2 "An Act of Kindness")
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
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
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
Adrian Carsini
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Doc Tydon
Wake in Fright (1971)
Movie
2.5
Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Cumber
Soldier Blue (1970)
Movie
The Prospector
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Movie
Arthur Brownjohn
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
Movie
Dr. Freedom
Mr. Freedom (1969)
Movie
Hans Vogler
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Clive - Elsa's father
Sleep is Lovely (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
Ben Hoffman
Call Me Daddy (1967)
Movie
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
'Oracle' Jones
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Movie
The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Movie
Mac Davies
The Caretaker (1964)
Movie
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
Sgt. Wolters
The Inspector (1962)
Movie
Arthur Goldman
Tempo (1961)
TV
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
Brown
Suspect (1960)
Movie
Captain Aldrich
Danger Man (1960)
TV
6
Pappleworth
Sons and Lovers (1960)
Movie
Self - Host
Toff and Fingers (1960)
Movie
Victor Partridge
The Big Day (1960)
Movie
Self - Host
Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960)
TV
Gus Hawkins
Hell Is a City (1960)
Movie
Irwin Hoffman
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
Movie
William Hare
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
Movie
Ellis Fowler
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
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
President of the USA
The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
Movie
Organ Grinder
The Man Inside (1958)
Movie
Cashier
Barnacle Bill (1957)
Movie
Evans
Manuela (1957)
Movie
Crabtree
The Man in the Sky (1957)
Movie
Arthur Gladwell
Armchair Theatre (1956)
TV
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
R. Parsons
1984 (1956)
Movie
6
Prince John
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
TV
Captain Pinski
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Orders Are Orders (1954)
Movie
Second batlon
The Dybbuk (1952)
Movie
Kantorek / Myers / The Chancellor
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-10-05
Deathday1995-02-02 (75 years old)
Birth NameDonald Henry Pleasence
Birth PlaceWorksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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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