Donald Pleasence

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Known For

Acting

Born

1919-10-05

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Donald Pleasence

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.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Wogan

Wogan

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Warrior Queen

Warrior Queen

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Acting History

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)

Driving Lessons as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

Fatal Frames as Professor Robinson

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Sam Loomis

Signs and Wonders as Cornelius Van Damm

Safe Haven as The Sailor

The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)

Guinevere as Merlin

Freeze: But is it Art? as Sinister Dentist

The Big Freeze as Soup slurper

The Hour of the Pig as Pincheon

The Thief and the Cobbler as Phido the Vulture (voice)

Femme Fatale as Victor Harty

Diên Biên Phu as Howard Simpson

Shadows and Fog as Doctor

Millions as Ripa

Women in Arms as Dreyfuss

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird as The Art Collector

Life of General De Gaulle as Winston Churchill

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Jason Rafiel

Casablanca Express as Colonel Bats

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Dr. Sam Loomis

River of Death as Heinrich Spaatz

Ten Little Indians as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Buried Alive as Dr. Schaeffer

Paganini Horror as Mr. Pickett

The House of Usher as Walter Usher

American Rickshaw as Rev. Mortom

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Dr. Absalon

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Dr. Absalon

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Dr. Loomis

Nosferatu in Venice as Don Alvise

Last Platoon as Colonel B. Abrahams

Metropolitan Animals as Prof. Livingstone

The Commander as Henry Carlson

Hanna's War as Captain Thomas Rosza

Phantom of Death as Inspector Datti

Prince of Darkness as Priest

Django Strikes Again as Ben Gunn

Ground Zero as Prosper Gaffney

Double Target as Sen. Blaster

Basements as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Scoop as Lord Copper

Specters as Professor Lasky

Warrior Queen as Clodius Flaucus

Gila and Rik as Joe Gardenia

Naso di cane as Olindo Cuomo

Cobra Mission as Father Lenoir

To Kill a Stranger as Col. Kostik

Deadheat as Aldo Rossi

Into the Darkness as David Beckett

Nothing Underneath as Commissioner Danesi

Black Arrow as Sir Oliver Oates

Reel Horror as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Treasure of the Amazon as Klaus von Blantz

The Ray Bradbury Theater as George Hill

The Corsican Brothers as The Chancellor

Phenomena as Professor John McGregor

The Ambassador as Minister Eretz

Screen Two as Victor Harty

Arch of Triumph as Ivon Haake

Terror in the Aisles as Self - Host

A Breed Apart as J.P. Whittier

Master of the Game as Salomon Van der Merwe

Where Is Parsifal? as Mackintosh

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

The Devonsville Terror as Dr. Warley

The Falklands Factor as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Warrior of the Lost World as Prossor

Witness for the Prosecution as Mr. Myers

Alone in the Dark as Leo Bain

The Barchester Chronicles as Septimus Harding

Computercide as George Dettler

Race for the Yankee Zephyr as Gilbert Carson

Halloween II as Dr. Sam Loomis

Escape from New York as President of the United States

The Monster Club as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Blade on the Feather as John Cavendish

Pumaman as Kobras

The French Atlantic Affair as Max Dechambre

All Quiet on the Western Front as Kantorek

Better Late Than Never as Colonel Riddle

Jaguar Lives! as General Villanova

Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Dr. Steiner

L'Homme en colère as Albert Rumpelmayer

Gold of the Amazon Women as Clarence Blasko

Dick Turpin as Ignatius Slake

Power Play as Blair

Halloween as Loomis

Centennial as Sam Purchas

Last In, First Out as Rothko

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as B.D. Brockhurst

Night Creature as Axel MacGregor

The Bastard as Solomon Sholto

Tomorrow Never Comes as Dr. Todd

Blood Relatives as James Doniac

The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Capt. Vladimir Popov

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Narrator (voice)

Telefon as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Oh, God! as Doctor Harmon

The Uncanny as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Jesus of Nazareth as Melchior

The Eagle Has Landed as Himmler

Hindle Wakes as Nat Jeffcote

Laurence Olivier Presents as Nat Jeffcote

The Last Tycoon as Boxley

The Passover Plot as Pontius Pilate

Meriel the Ghost Girl as George Livingston

Goldenrod as John Tyler Jones

The Devil's Men as Father Roche

The Joke as Bendel

Trial by Combat as Sir Giles Marley

I Don't Want to Be Born as Dr. Finch

The Count of Monte-Cristo as Danglars

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

Hearts of the West as A.J. Nietz

Journey into Fear as Kuvetli

Escape to Witch Mountain as Lucas Deranian

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Erich Count von Plasma

House of the Damned as Martin Zayas

Occupations as Christo Kabak

The Cafeteria as Aaron

The Mutations as Professor Nolter

The Black Windmill as Cedric Harper

Watch Out, We're Mad as Doctor

Playhouse as George Livingston

Playhouse as Bendel

Playhouse as Aaron

From Beyond the Grave as Jim Underwood

Tales That Witness Madness as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Malachi's Cove as Malachi

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Cawser

Lonely Water as The Spirit (voice)

The Rainbow Boys as Ralph Logan

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Fred Smudge

The Pied Piper as The Baron

Wedding in White as Jim Dougall, Sr.

Death Line as Inspector Calhoun

Innocent Bystanders as Loomis

Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Thomas Cromwell

The Jerusalem File as Major Samuels

Kidnapped as Ebenezer Balfour

Skin Deep as Gerry Muddiman

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Carnacki

Columbo as Adrian Carsini

Wake in Fright as Doc Tydon

The Fox Trot as Tom

THX 1138 as SEN

Play for Today as Samuel Johnson

Play for Today as Gerry Muddiman

Soldier Blue as Isaac Q. Cumber

The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Prospector

Arthur? Arthur! as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Mr. Freedom as Dr. Freedom

Hawaii Five-O as Hans Vogler

Sleep is Lovely as Clive

The News-Benders as J.G.

Creature of Comfort as James Thorne

Will Penny as Preacher Quint

The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussel

Matchless as Gregori Andreanu

You Only Live Twice as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Call Me Daddy as Ben Hoffman

NBC Experiment in Television as (voice)

The Night of the Generals as General Kahlenberge

Eye of the Devil as Pere Dominic

Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Michaels

Cul-de-sac as George

The Hallelujah Trail as 'Oracle' Jones

The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Dark Hermit - Satan

The Caretaker as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Fugitive as Max Pfeiffer

The Outer Limits as Harold J. Finley

Dr. Crippen as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

The Great Escape as Blythe 'The Forger'

The Inspector as Wolters

The Horsemasters as Captain Pinski

The Defenders as Dr. Byron Saul

What a Carve Up! as Everett Sloane

Spare the Rod as Mr. Jenkins

The Wind of Change as Pop

No Love for Johnnie as Renfrew

Alice Through the Looking Box as Caterpillar

The Cupboard as Fred Watson

The Hands of Orlac as Graham Coates

A Story of David as Nabal

Suspect as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Toff and Fingers as Self/Host

The Big Day as Victor Partridge

Sons and Lovers as Mr. Pappleworth

Armchair Mystery Theatre as Host

Hell Is a City as Gus Hawkins

Circus of Horrors as Vanet

The Battle of the Sexes as Irwin Hoffman

The Flesh and the Fiends as William Hare

The Shakedown as Jessel Brown

The Twilight Zone as Ellis Fowler

Killers of Kilimanjaro as Captain

Look Back in Anger as Hurst

Interpol Calling as Karl Haussman

The Traitor as Grantley Caypor

One Step Beyond as Harvey Laurence

The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Hardt

The Greatest Man in the World as US President

The Adventures of William Tell

The Man Inside as Organ Grinder

The Wind Cannot Read as Doctor

Heart of a Child as Spiel

A Tale of Two Cities as Barsad

Barnacle Bill as Cashier

Manuela as Evans

The Man in the Sky as Crabtree

Armchair Theatre as President of the USA

The Black Tent as Ali

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1984 as R. Parsons

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Prince John

Value for Money as Limpy

Round the World in 80 Days as Voices

Nineteen Eighty-Four as Syme

The Wonderful World of Disney as Captain Pinski

Orders Are Orders as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

The Beachcomber as Tromp

The Dybbuk as Second batlon

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Kantorek

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Myers

Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Chancellor

Sunday Night Theatre as Syme

Sunday Night Theatre as Corporal