Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

1919-10-05 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Male 231 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-05

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Known Credits

231

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

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

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Warrior Queen

1987

Clodius Flaucus

Paganini Horror

1989

Mr. Pickett

Halloween

1978

Loomis

The Caretaker

1964

Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Ambassador

1985

Minister Eretz

Suspect

1960

Parsons, alias Bill Brown

The Great Escape

1963

Blythe 'The Forger'

Escape from New York

1981

President of the United States

The Bastard

1978

Solomon Sholto

L'Homme en colère

1979

Albert Rumpelmayer

THX 1138

1971

SEN

You Only Live Twice

1967

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Double Target

1987

Sen. Blaster

Ground Zero

1987

Prosper Gaffney

Safe Haven

1995

The Sailor

Driving Lessons

2012

Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Buried Alive

1989

Dr. Schaeffer

Reel Horror

1985

Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

1984

1956

R. Parsons

Dr. Crippen

1963

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Mr. Freedom

1969

Dr. Freedom

Specters

1987

Professor Lasky

Women in Arms

1991

Dreyfuss

Power Play

1978

Blair

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The Dark Hermit - Satan

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

Clarence Blasko

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991

The Art Collector

Night Creature

1978

Axel MacGregor

The House of Usher

1989

Walter Usher

Eye of the Devil

1966

Pere Dominic

The Devil's Men

1976

Father Roche

The Traitor

1959

Grantley Caypor

The Commander

1988

Henry Carlson

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

'Oracle' Jones

American Rickshaw

1989

Rev. Mortom

The Uncanny

1977

Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Jaguar Lives!

1979

General Villanova

The Monster Club

1981

Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

The Shakedown

1960

Jessel Brown

The Night of the Generals

1967

General Kahlenberge

Sons and Lovers

1960

Mr. Pappleworth

Scoop

1987

Lord Copper

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

Irwin Hoffman

Hanna's War

1988

Captain Thomas Rosza

Goldenrod

1976

John Tyler Jones

The Black Windmill

1974

Cedric Harper

Hell Is a City

1960

Gus Hawkins

Oh, God!

1977

Doctor Harmon

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

Don Alvise

Cul-de-sac

1966

George

Death Line

1972

Inspector Calhoun

The Last Tycoon

1976

Boxley

Hindle Wakes

1976

Nat Jeffcote

Telefon

1977

Nicolai Dalchimsky

Fatal Frames

1996

Professor Robinson

The Dybbuk

1952

Second batlon

The Pied Piper

1972

The Baron

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Diên Biên Phu

1992

Howard Simpson

Black Arrow

1985

Sir Oliver Oates

Cobra Mission

1986

Father Lenoir

A Breed Apart

1984

J.P. Whittier

The Hour of the Pig

1993

Pincheon

Guinevere

1994

Merlin

The Big Day

1960

Victor Partridge

Deadheat

1986

Aldo Rossi

The Corsican Brothers

1985

The Chancellor

Blade on the Feather

1980

John Cavendish

Gila and Rik

1987

Joe Gardenia

Halloween II

1981

Dr. Sam Loomis

Skin Deep

1971

Gerry Muddiman

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

Self - Guest Host (archive footage)

Shadows and Fog

1991

Doctor

The Big Freeze

1993

Soup slurper

Millions

1991

Ripa

Matchless

1967

Gregori Andreanu

Naso di cane

1986

Olindo Cuomo

Spare the Rod

1961

Mr. Jenkins

The Falklands Factor

1983

Dr. Samuel Johnson

The Joke

1976

Bendel

River of Death

1989

Heinrich Spaatz

Into the Darkness

1986

David Beckett

Basements

1987

Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

The Devonsville Terror

1983

Dr. Warley

Wedding in White

1972

Jim Dougall, Sr.

Kidnapped

1971

Ebenezer Balfour

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

George Livingston

The Man Inside

1958

Organ Grinder

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981

Gilbert Carson

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

Gen. Hardt

To Kill a Stranger

1986

Col. Kostik

The Cafeteria

1974

Aaron

Malachi's Cove

1973

Malachi

The Rainbow Boys

1973

Ralph Logan

Life of General De Gaulle

1990

Winston Churchill

Dracula

1979

Dr. Jack Seward

The Horsemasters

1961

Captain Pinski

Lonely Water

1973

The Spirit (voice)

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

William Hare

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

Mackintosh

Nothing Underneath

1985

Commissioner Danesi

Blood Relatives

1978

James Doniac

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Dr. Steiner

What a Carve Up!

1961

Everett Sloane

Phenomena

1985

Professor John McGregor

The Hands of Orlac

1960

Graham Coates

Computercide

1982

George Dettler

Femme Fatale

1993

Victor Harty

Soldier Blue

1970

Isaac Q. Cumber

Manuela

1957

Evans

Fantastic Voyage

1966

Dr. Michaels

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Pumaman

1980

Kobras

Will Penny

1967

Preacher Quint

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

Phido the Vulture (voice)

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

Lucas Deranian

Last Platoon

1988

Colonel B. Abrahams

Orders Are Orders

1954

Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

Klaus von Blantz

Trial by Combat

1976

Sir Giles Marley

Alone in the Dark

1982

Leo Bain

Wake in Fright

1971

Doc Tydon

Call Me Daddy

1967

Ben Hoffman

Occupations

1974

Christo Kabak

From Beyond the Grave

1974

Jim Underwood

Ten Little Indians

1989

Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Creature of Comfort

1968

James Thorne

Toff and Fingers

1960

Self/Host

Phantom of Death

1988

Inspector Datti

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

Thomas Cromwell

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

Sinister Dentist

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

The Prospector

Arch of Triumph

1984

Ivon Haake

Metropolitan Animals

1988

Prof. Livingstone

Terror in the Aisles

1984

Self - Host

The Man in the Sky

1957

Crabtree

Journey into Fear

1975

Kuvetli

The Passover Plot

1976

Pontius Pilate

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

Capt. Vladimir Popov

Barnacle Bill

1957

Cashier

Casablanca Express

1989

Colonel Bats

The Mutations

1974

Professor Nolter

Better Late Than Never

1979

Colonel Riddle

Hearts of the West

1975

A.J. Nietz

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

Albert Dussel

The Inspector

1962

Wolters

House of the Damned

1974

Martin Zayas

The Jerusalem File

1972

Major Samuels

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Erich Count von Plasma

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

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

The Cupboard

1960

Fred Watson

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984

Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

Fred Smudge

TV Credits

Columbo

1971

Adrian Carsini (1 episodes)

Saturday Night Live

1975

Self - Host (1 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Ellis Fowler (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Max Pfeiffer (1 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Hans Vogler (1 episodes)

The Outer Limits

1963

Harold J. Finley (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Samuel Johnson (1 episodes)

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

Melchior (4 episodes)

Wogan

1982

Self (1 episodes)

Playhouse

1974

George Livingston (1 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

Dr. Byron Saul (1 episodes)

Danger Man

1960

(2 episodes)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Prince John (1 episodes)

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Syme (1 episodes)

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

George Hill (1 episodes)

One Step Beyond

1959

Harvey Laurence (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Victor Harty (1 episodes)

Centennial

1978

Sam Purchas (12 episodes)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

Carnacki (1 episodes)

The World of Hammer

1994

Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

Septimus Harding (7 episodes)

Interpol Calling

1959

Karl Haussman (1 episodes)

Mrs. Columbo

1979

(1 episodes)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Cawser (1 episodes)

Dick Turpin

1979

Ignatius Slake (5 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Captain Pinski (2 episodes)

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

Max Dechambre (3 episodes)

Master of the Game

1984

Salomon Van der Merwe (9 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Kantorek (1 episodes)

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

Dr. Absalon (2 episodes)

NBC Experiment in Television

1967

(voice) (1 episodes)

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

Nat Jeffcote (1 episodes)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Espionage

1963

(1 episodes)

Peep Show

1975

(1 episodes)

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Host (34 episodes)

Signs and Wonders

1995

Cornelius Van Damm (4 episodes)

Armchair Theatre

1956

President of the USA (1 episodes)

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