Donald Pleasence
Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK — Oct 05 1919• Died Feb 02 1995
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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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Donald Pleasence's Credits
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The Fugitive
Max Pfeiffer
Columbo
Adrian Carsini
Play for Today
Samuel Johnson
The Twilight Zone
Ellis Fowler
Hawaii Five-O
Hans Vogler
Playhouse
George Livingston
The Defenders
Dr. Byron Saul
The Outer Limits
Harold J. Finley
Screen Two
Victor Harty
Sunday Night Theatre
Syme
One Step Beyond
Harvey Laurence
The Ray Bradbury Theater
George Hill
Danger Man
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Prince John
Halloween
Loomis
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Carnacki
Interpol Calling
Karl Haussman
The Great Escape
Blythe 'The Forger'
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Cawser
Jesus of Nazareth
Melchior
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Centennial
Sam Purchas
You Only Live Twice
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Adventures of William Tell
Dick Turpin
Ignatius Slake
The Wonderful World of Disney
Captain Pinski
Escape from New York
President of the United States
Mrs. Columbo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kantorek
Laurence Olivier Presents
Nat Jeffcote
Espionage
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Dark Hermit - Satan
Master of the Game
Salomon Van der Merwe
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
Halloween II
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
Prince of Darkness
Priest
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
The French Atlantic Affair
Max Dechambre
The Eagle Has Landed
Himmler
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
Watch Out, We're Mad
Doctor
Will Penny
Preacher Quint
The Barchester Chronicles
Septimus Harding
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Host
Journey into Fear
Kuvetli
Peep Show
THX 1138
SEN
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Danglars
Warrior Queen
Clodius Flaucus
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Narrator (voice)
The Last Tycoon
Boxley
Oh, God!
Doctor Harmon
Phenomena
Professor John McGregor
The Hallelujah Trail
'Oracle' Jones
All Quiet on the Western Front
Kantorek
Telefon
Nicolai Dalchimsky
Soldier Blue
Isaac Q. Cumber
Armchair Theatre
President of the USA
Wake in Fright
Doc Tydon
Diên Biên Phu
Howard Simpson
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
B.D. Brockhurst
Signs and Wonders
Cornelius Van Damm
The Monster Club
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Shadows and Fog
Doctor
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
Escape to Witch Mountain
Lucas Deranian
Cul-de-sac
George
The House of Usher
Walter Usher
1984
R. Parsons
The Ambassador
Minister Eretz
The Night of the Generals
General Kahlenberge
From Beyond the Grave
Jim Underwood
Dracula
Dr. Jack Seward
Alone in the Dark
Leo Bain
Pumaman
Kobras
Hearts of the West
A.J. Nietz
Guinevere
Merlin
The Bastard
Solomon Sholto
The Inspector
Wolters
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
Hell Is a City
Gus Hawkins
Trial by Combat
Sir Giles Marley
The Thief and the Cobbler
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Manuela
Evans
Innocent Bystanders
Loomis
L'Homme en colère
Albert Rumpelmayer
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Syme
The Caretaker
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
A Breed Apart
J.P. Whittier
Barnacle Bill
Cashier
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Michaels
Mr. Freedom
Dr. Freedom
Tomorrow Never Comes
Dr. Todd
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas Cromwell
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
Better Late Than Never
Colonel Riddle
The Pied Piper
The Baron
The Man in the Sky
Crabtree
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Hare
Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
Death Line
Inspector Calhoun
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
The Mutations
Professor Nolter
The Uncanny
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Prospector
The Hour of the Pig
Pincheon
The Joke
Bendel
Scoop
Lord Copper
Jaguar Lives!
General Villanova
Eye of the Devil
Pere Dominic
The Hands of Orlac
Graham Coates
Power Play
Blair
Ground Zero
Prosper Gaffney
The Commander
Henry Carlson
Circus of Horrors
Vanet
The Shakedown
Jessel Brown
Basements
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The Cupboard
Fred Watson
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Erich Count von Plasma
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Captain
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
Heart of a Child
Spiel
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Pappleworth
Buried Alive
Dr. Schaeffer
The Man Inside
Organ Grinder
Specters
Professor Lasky
The Big Freeze
Soup slurper
Cobra Mission
Father Lenoir
Millions
Ripa
The Black Tent
Ali
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Hanna's War
Captain Thomas Rosza
Matchless
Gregori Andreanu
The Jerusalem File
Major Samuels
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Dr. Steiner
The Horsemasters
Captain Pinski
Terror in the Aisles
Self - Host
The Battle of the Sexes
Irwin Hoffman
Warrior of the Lost World
Prossor
Where Is Parsifal?
Mackintosh
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Smudge
Treasure of the Amazon
Klaus von Blantz
What a Carve Up!
Everett Sloane
Nosferatu in Venice
Don Alvise
To Kill a Stranger
Col. Kostik
Reel Horror
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Devil's Men
Father Roche
A Story of David
Nabal
River of Death
Heinrich Spaatz
The Black Windmill
Cedric Harper
No Love for Johnnie
Renfrew
Life of General De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Black Arrow
Sir Oliver Oates
Value for Money
Limpy
Spare the Rod
Mr. Jenkins
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Capt. Vladimir Popov
Phantom of Death
Inspector Datti
Hindle Wakes
Nat Jeffcote
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Warley
Ten Little Indians
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Goldenrod
John Tyler Jones
Suspect
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Femme Fatale
Victor Harty
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hardt
Look Back in Anger
Hurst
Double Target
Sen. Blaster
Sleep is Lovely
Clive
Wedding in White
Jim Dougall, Sr.
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Gilbert Carson
Naso di cane
Olindo Cuomo
The Wind Cannot Read
Doctor
American Rickshaw
Rev. Mortom
Last to Go
Computercide
George Dettler
Meriel the Ghost Girl
George Livingston
A Tale of Two Cities
Barsad
Orders Are Orders
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber
Tromp
Django Strikes Again
Ben Gunn
Fatal Frames
Professor Robinson
The Dybbuk
Second batlon
Blood Relatives
James Doniac
The Cafeteria
Aaron
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Gold of the Amazon Women
Clarence Blasko
Malachi's Cove
Malachi
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Jason Rafiel
Deadheat
Aldo Rossi
Casablanca Express
Colonel Bats
Occupations
Christo Kabak
The Corsican Brothers
The Chancellor
Night Creature
Axel MacGregor
Skin Deep
Gerry Muddiman
House of the Damned
Martin Zayas
The Fox Trot
Tom
The Falklands Factor
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Alice Through the Looking Box
Caterpillar
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
The Art Collector
Toff and Fingers
Self/Host
Blade on the Feather
John Cavendish
The Passover Plot
Pontius Pilate
Gila and Rik
Joe Gardenia
Driving Lessons
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Nothing Underneath
Commissioner Danesi
Last In, First Out
Rothko
The Wind of Change
Pop
The News-Benders
J.G.
I Don't Want to Be Born
Dr. Finch
Tales That Witness Madness
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
The Big Day
Victor Partridge
Women in Arms
Dreyfuss
Paganini Horror
Mr. Pickett
The Diary of Anne Frank
Albert Dussel
Creature of Comfort
James Thorne
Call Me Daddy
Ben Hoffman
The Greatest Man in the World
US President
Metropolitan Animals
Prof. Livingstone
The Rainbow Boys
Ralph Logan
Last Platoon
Colonel B. Abrahams
Freeze: But is it Art?
Sinister Dentist
The Traitor
Grantley Caypor
Into the Darkness
David Beckett
The Telltale Heart
Writing
Safe Haven
The Sailor
Lonely Water
The Spirit (voice)
Round the World in 80 Days
Voices
The Moment of Truth
The Foreign Minister
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Dr. Loomis
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee