Donald Pleasence

Acting

Donald Pleasence

Born 5 October 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Died 2 February 1995 at 75

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

Highlights

Halloween1978 · Film · Loomis
The Great Escape1963 · Film · Blythe 'The Forger'
The Twilight Zone1959 · Series · Ellis Fowler
Escape from New York1981 · Film · President of the United States
Columbo1971 · Series · Adrian Carsini
You Only Live Twice1967 · Film · Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Filmography

Movies

177 films

The Dr. Loomis Tapes2026 · Film · Dr. Loomis
Fatal Frames1996 · Film · Professor Robinson
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers1995 · Film · Dr. Loomis
Guinevere1994 · Film · Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art?1994 · Film · Sinister Dentist
The Big Freeze1993 · Film · Soup slurper
The Hour of the Pig1993 · Film · Pincheon
The Thief and the Cobbler1993 · Film · Phido the Vulture (voice)
Femme Fatale1993 · Film · Victor Harty
Dien Bien Phu1992 · Film · Howard Simpson
Shadows and Fog1991 · Film · Doctor
Millions1991 · Film · Ripa
Life of General De Gaulle1990 · Film · Winston Churchill
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery1989 · Film · Jason Rafiel
Casablanca Express1989 · Film · Colonel Bats
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers1989 · Film · Dr. Sam Loomis
River of Death1989 · Film · Heinrich Spaatz
Ten Little Indians1989 · Film · Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Buried Alive1989 · Film · Dr. Schaeffer
Paganini Horror1989 · Film · Mr. Pickett
The House of Usher1989 · Film · Walter Usher
American Rickshaw1989 · Film · Rev. Mortom
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · Film · Dr. Absalon
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1988 · Film · Dr. Loomis
Nosferatu in Venice1988 · Film · Don Alvise
Last Platoon1988 · Film · Colonel B. Abrahams
Metropolitan Animals1988 · Film · Prof. Livingstone
The Commander1988 · Film · Henry Carlson
Hanna's War1988 · Film · Captain Thomas Rosza
Phantom of Death1988 · Film · Inspector Datti
Prince of Darkness1987 · Film · Priest
Django Strikes Again1987 · Film · Ben Gunn
Ground Zero1987 · Film · Prosper Gaffney
Double Target1987 · Film · Sen. Blaster
Basements1987 · Film · Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Scoop1987 · Film · Lord Copper
Specters1987 · Film · Professor Lasky
Warrior Queen1987 · Film · Clodius Flaucus
Gila and Rik1987 · Film · Joe Gardenia
Cobra Mission1986 · Film · Father Lenoir
To Kill a Stranger1986 · Film · Col. Kostik
Deadheat1986 · Film · Aldo Rossi
Into the Darkness1986 · Film · David Beckett
Nothing Underneath1985 · Film · Commissioner Danesi
Black Arrow1985 · Film · Sir Oliver Oates
Treasure of the Amazon1985 · Film · Klaus von Blantz
The Corsican Brothers1985 · Film · The Chancellor
Phenomena1985 · Film · Professor John McGregor
The Ambassador1985 · Film · Minister Eretz
Arch of Triumph1984 · Film · Ivon Haake
A Breed Apart1984 · Film · J.P. Whittier
Where Is Parsifal?1984 · Film · Mackintosh
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie1984 · Film · Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
The Devonsville Terror1983 · Film · Dr. Warley
The Falklands Factor1983 · Film · Dr. Samuel Johnson
Warrior of the Lost World1983 · Film · Prossor
Witness for the Prosecution1982 · Film · Mr. Myers
Alone in the Dark1982 · Film · Leo Bain
Computercide1982 · Film · George Dettler
Race for the Yankee Zephyr1981 · Film · Gilbert Carson
Halloween II1981 · Film · Dr Samuel Loomis
Escape from New York1981 · Film · President of the United States
The Monster Club1981 · Film · Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Blade on the Feather1980 · Film · John Cavendish
Pumaman1980 · Film · Kobras
All Quiet on the Western Front1979 · Film · Kantorek
Better Late Than Never1979 · Film · Colonel Riddle
Jaguar Lives!1979 · Film · General Villanova
Dracula1979 · Film · Dr. Jack Seward
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979 · Film · Dr. Steiner
Jig-Saw1979 · Film · Albert Rumpelmayer
Gold of the Amazon Women1979 · Film · Clarence Blasko
Power Play1978 · Film · Blair
Halloween1978 · Film · Loomis
Last In, First Out1978 · Film · Rothko
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978 · Film · B.D. Brockhurst
Night Creature1978 · Film · Axel MacGregor
Tomorrow Never Comes1978 · Film · Dr. Todd
Blood Relatives1978 · Film · James Doniac
The Defection of Simas Kudirka1978 · Film · Capt. Vladimir Popov
Telefon1977 · Film · Nicolai Dalchimsky
Oh, God!1977 · Film · Doctor Harmon
The Uncanny1977 · Film · Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Eagle Has Landed1976 · Film · Himmler
Hindle Wakes1976 · Film · Nat Jeffcote
The Last Tycoon1976 · Film · Boxley
The Passover Plot1976 · Film · Pontius Pilate
Meriel the Ghost Girl1976 · Film · George Livingston
Goldenrod1976 · Film · John Tyler Jones
The Devil's Men1976 · Film · Father Roche
The Joke1976 · Film · Bendel
Trial by Combat1976 · Film · Sir Giles Marley
I Don't Want to Be Born1976 · Film · Dr. Finch
The Count of Monte-Cristo1975 · Film · Danglars
Hearts of the West1975 · Film · A.J. Nietz
Journey into Fear1975 · Film · Kuvetli
Escape to Witch Mountain1975 · Film · Lucas Deranian
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own1974 · Film · Erich Count von Plasma
House of the Damned1974 · Film · Martin Zayas
Occupations1974 · Film · Christo Kabak
The Cafeteria1974 · Film · Aaron
The Mutations1974 · Film · Professor Nolter
The Black Windmill1974 · Film · Cedric Harper
Watch Out, We're Mad1974 · Film · Doctor
From Beyond the Grave1974 · Film · Jim Underwood
Tales That Witness Madness1973 · Film · Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Malachi's Cove1973 · Film · Malachi
The Rainbow Boys1973 · Film · Ralph Logan
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973 · Film · Fred Smudge
The Pied Piper1972 · Film · The Baron
Wedding in White1972 · Film · Jim Dougall, Sr.
Death Line1972 · Film · Inspector Calhoun
Innocent Bystanders1972 · Film · Loomis
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · Film · Thomas Cromwell
The Jerusalem File1972 · Film · Major Samuels
Kidnapped1971 · Film · Ebenezer Balfour
Skin Deep1971 · Film · Gerry Muddiman
Wake in Fright1971 · Film · Doc Tydon
The Fox Trot1971 · Film · Tom
THX 11381971 · Film · SEN
Soldier Blue1970 · Film · Isaac Q. Cumber
The Madwoman of Chaillot1969 · Film · The Prospector
Arthur? Arthur!1969 · Film · Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Mr. Freedom1969 · Film · Dr. Freedom
Last to Go1969 · Film
Sleep is Lovely1968 · Film · Clive
The News-Benders1968 · Film · J.G.
Creature of Comfort1968 · Film · James Thorne
Will Penny1967 · Film · Preacher Quint
The Diary of Anne Frank1967 · Film · Albert Dussel
Matchless1967 · Film · Gregori Andreanu
You Only Live Twice1967 · Film · Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Night of the Generals1967 · Film · General Kahlenberge
Eye of the Devil1966 · Film · Pere Dominic
Fantastic Voyage1966 · Film · Dr. Michaels
Cul-de-sac1966 · Film · George
The Hallelujah Trail1965 · Film · 'Oracle' Jones
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · Film · The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Caretaker1964 · Film · Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
Dr. Crippen1963 · Film · Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The Great Escape1963 · Film · Blythe 'The Forger'
The Inspector1962 · Film · Wolters
The Horsemasters1961 · Film · Captain Pinski
What a Carve Up!1961 · Film · Everett Sloane
Spare the Rod1961 · Film · Mr. Jenkins
The Wind of Change1961 · Film · Pop
No Love for Johnnie1961 · Film · Renfrew
Alice Through the Looking Box1960 · Film · Caterpillar
The Cupboard1960 · Film · Fred Watson
The Hands of Orlac1960 · Film · Graham Coates
A Story of David1960 · Film · Nabal
Suspect1960 · Film · Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Big Day1960 · Film · Victor Partridge
Sons and Lovers1960 · Film · Mr. Pappleworth
Hell Is a City1960 · Film · Gus Hawkins
Circus of Horrors1960 · Film · Vanet
The Battle of the Sexes1960 · Film · Irwin Hoffman
The Flesh and the Fiends1960 · Film · William Hare
The Shakedown1960 · Film · Jessel Brown
Killers of Kilimanjaro1959 · Film · Captain
Look Back in Anger1959 · Film · Hurst
The Two-Headed Spy1958 · Film · Gen. Hardt
The Man Inside1958 · Film · Organ Grinder
The Wind Cannot Read1958 · Film · Doctor
Heart of a Child1958 · Film · Spiel
A Tale of Two Cities1958 · Film · Barsad
Barnacle Bill1957 · Film · Cashier
Manuela1957 · Film · Evans
The Man in the Sky1957 · Film · Crabtree
The Black Tent1956 · Film · Ali
19841956 · Film · R. Parsons
Value for Money1955 · Film · Limpy
The Moment of Truth1955 · Film · The Foreign Minister
Nineteen Eighty-Four1954 · Film · Syme
Orders Are Orders1954 · Film · Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber1954 · Film · Tromp
The Dybbuk1952 · Film · Second batlon

Filmography

Series

40 shows

Signs and Wonders1995 · Series · Cornelius Van Damm
Donne armate1991 · Series · Dreyfuss
The vulture can wait1991 · Series · Armon Shalik
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · Series · Dr. Absalon
Naso di cane1986 · Series · Olindo Cuomo
The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · Series · George Hill
Screen Two1985 · Series · Victor Harty
Master of the Game1984 · Series · Salomon Van der Merwe
The Barchester Chronicles1982 · Series · Septimus Harding
The French Atlantic Affair1979 · Series · Max Dechambre
Mrs. Columbo1979 · Series
Dick Turpin1979 · Series · Ignatius Slake
Centennial1978 · Series · Sam Purchas
The Bastard1978 · Series · Solomon Sholto
Jesus of Nazareth1977 · Series · Melchior
Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · Series · Nat Jeffcote
Shades of Greene1975 · Series · Puckler
Playhouse1974 · Series · George Livingston
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · Series · Cawser
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · Series · Carnacki
Columbo1971 · Series · Adrian Carsini
Play for Today1970 · Series · Samuel Johnson
Hawaii Five-O1969 · Series · Hans Vogler
NBC Experiment in Television1967 · Series · (voice)
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Richard Pratt
The Wednesday Play1964 · Series · The Head Waiter
Espionage1963 · Series · Escalon
The Fugitive1963 · Series · Max Pfeiffer
The Outer Limits1963 · Series · Harold J. Finley
The Defenders1961 · Series · Dr. Byron Saul
Danger Man1960 · Series · Nikolides
The Twilight Zone1959 · Series · Ellis Fowler
Interpol Calling1959 · Series · Karl Haussman
One Step Beyond1959 · Series · Harvey Laurence
The Adventures of William Tell1958 · Series
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · President of the USA
ITV Play of the Week1955 · Series · Supt. Smith
The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · Series · Prince John
The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · Series · Captain Pinski
Sunday Night Theatre1950 · Series · Syme