Donald Pleasence
Known for acting · Born 5 October 1919 · Died 2 February 1995 · aged 75 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
243 credits
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
Halloween
1978
Halloween II
1981
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Prince of Darkness
1987
THX 1138
1971
Escape from New York
1981
The Great Escape
1963
Wake in Fright
1971
Cul-de-sac
1966
Dracula
1979
Acting (242)
2026The Dr. Loomis TapesDr. LoomisFilm
2025Breakdown: 1975Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)Film
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)Film
2013Halloween 6: Producer's CutDr. Sam LoomisFilm
2003Halloween: A Cut Above the RestSelf / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)Film
1997The Making of Fatal FramesselfFilm
1996Fatal FramesProfessor RobinsonFilm
1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael MyersDr. LoomisFilm
1995Safe HavenThe SailorFilm
1995Signs and WondersCornelius Van Damm · 4 episodesSeries
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)Series
1994GuinevereMerlinFilm
1994Freeze: But is it Art?Sinister DentistFilm
1993The Thief and the CobblerPhido the Vulture (voice)Film
1993The Hour of the PigPincheonFilm
1993The Big FreezeSoup slurperFilm
1993Femme FataleVictor HartyFilm
1992Dien Bien PhuHoward SimpsonFilm
1991Shadows and FogDoctorFilm
1991MillionsRipaFilm
1991L'avvoltoio può attendereArmon Shalik · 2 episodesSeries
1991Donne armateDreyfuss · 2 episodesSeries
1990Life of General De GaulleWinston ChurchillFilm
1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersDr. Sam LoomisFilm
1989Paganini HorrorMr. PickettFilm
1989Ten Little IndiansMr. Justice Lawrence WargraveFilm
1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean MysteryJason RafielFilm
1989River of DeathHeinrich SpaatzFilm
1989Buried AliveDr. SchaefferFilm
1989American RickshawRev. MortomFilm
1989The House of UsherWalter UsherFilm
1989Casablanca ExpressColonel BatsFilm
1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael MyersDr. LoomisFilm
1988Nosferatu in VeniceDon AlviseFilm
1988Phantom of DeathInspector DattiFilm
1988The CommanderHenry CarlsonFilm
1988The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. AbsalonFilm
1988Last PlatoonColonel B. AbrahamsFilm
1988Metropolitan AnimalsProf. LivingstoneFilm
1988Hanna's WarCaptain Thomas RoszaFilm
1988The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. Absalon · 2 episodesSeries
1987Prince of DarknessPriestFilm
1987Warrior QueenClodius FlaucusFilm
1987Django Strikes AgainBen GunnFilm
1987SpectersProfessor LaskyFilm
1987Double TargetSen. BlasterFilm
1987BasementsMr. Kidd (segment "The Room")Film
1987Ground ZeroProsper GaffneyFilm
1987ScoopLord CopperFilm
1987Gila and RikJoe GardeniaFilm
1986Cobra MissionFather LenoirFilm
1986To Kill a StrangerCol. KostikFilm
1986Into the DarknessDavid BeckettFilm
1986DeadheatAldo RossiFilm
1986Naso di caneOlindo Cuomo · 3 episodesSeries
1985PhenomenaProfessor John McGregorFilm
1985Nothing UnderneathCommissioner DanesiFilm
1985Treasure of the AmazonKlaus von BlantzFilm
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterGeorge HillSeries
1985The AmbassadorMinister EretzFilm
1985Black ArrowSir Oliver OatesFilm
1985Reel HorrorAxel MacGregor (archive footage)Film
1985Screen TwoVictor Harty, PincheonSeries
1985The Corsican BrothersThe ChancellorFilm
1984A Breed ApartJ.P. WhittierFilm
1984Terror in the AislesSelf - HostFilm
1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt TillieVictor Frankenstein / Baron FrankensteinFilm
1984Arch of TriumphIvon HaakeFilm
1984Master of the GameSalomon Van der Merwe · 9 episodesSeries
1984Where Is Parsifal?MackintoshFilm
1983Warrior of the Lost WorldProssorFilm
1983The Devonsville TerrorDr. WarleyFilm
1983The Falklands FactorDr. Samuel JohnsonFilm
1982Alone in the DarkLeo BainFilm
1982Witness for the ProsecutionMr. MyersFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982The Barchester ChroniclesSeptimus Harding · 7 episodesSeries
1982ComputercideGeorge DettlerFilm
1981Escape from New YorkPresident of the United StatesFilm
1981Halloween IISam LoomisFilm
1981The Monster ClubPickering, Chief of the B-SquadFilm
1981Race for the Yankee ZephyrGilbert CarsonFilm
1980PumamanKobrasFilm
1980Blade on the FeatherJohn CavendishFilm
1979DraculaDr. Jack SewardFilm
1979All Quiet on the Western FrontKantorekFilm
1979Good Luck, Miss WyckoffDr. SteinerFilm
1979L'Homme en colèreAlbert RumpelmayerFilm
1979Jaguar Lives!General VillanovaFilm
1979Mrs. ColumboSeries
1979Dick TurpinIgnatius Slake · 5 episodesSeries
1979Gold of the Amazon WomenClarence BlaskoFilm
1979The French Atlantic AffairMax Dechambre · 3 episodesSeries
1979Better Late Than NeverColonel RiddleFilm
1978HalloweenLoomisFilm
1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandB.D. BrockhurstFilm
1978CentennialSam Purchas · 12 episodesSeries
1978Blood RelativesJames DoniacFilm
1978Power PlayBlairFilm
1978Tomorrow Never ComesDr. ToddFilm
1978The Dark Secret of Harvest HomeNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1978Last In, First OutRothkoFilm
1978Night CreatureAxel MacGregorFilm
1978The Defection of Simas KudirkaCapt. Vladimir PopovFilm
1978The BastardSolomon SholtoSeries
1977Jesus of NazarethMelchior · 4 episodesSeries
1977Oh, God!Doctor HarmonFilm
1977TelefonNicolai DalchimskyFilm
1977The UncannyValentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")Film
1976The Eagle Has LandedHimmlerFilm
1976The Last TycoonBoxleyFilm
1976The Devil's MenFather RocheFilm
1976I Don't Want to Be BornDr. FinchFilm
1976The Passover PlotPontius PilateFilm
1976Trial by CombatSir Giles MarleyFilm
1976Hindle WakesNat JeffcoteFilm
1976GoldenrodJohn Tyler JonesFilm
1976Meriel the Ghost GirlGeorge LivingstonFilm
1976Laurence Olivier PresentsNat JeffcoteSeries
1976The JokeBendelFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
1975Escape to Witch MountainLucas DeranianFilm
1975The Count of Monte-CristoDanglarsFilm
1975Hearts of the WestA.J. NietzFilm
1975Journey into FearKuvetliFilm
1975Peep ShowSeries
1975Shades of GreenePucklerSeries
1974Watch Out, We're MadDoctorFilm
1974From Beyond the GraveJim UnderwoodFilm
1974The Black WindmillCedric HarperFilm
1974The MutationsProfessor NolterFilm
1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnErich Count von PlasmaFilm
1974House of the DamnedMartin ZayasFilm
1974PlayhouseGeorge Livingston, Bendel, AaronSeries
1974OccupationsChristo KabakFilm
1974The CafeteriaAaronFilm
1973Tales That Witness MadnessProf. R.C. TremayneFilm
1973Malachi's CoveMalachiFilm
1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFred SmudgeFilm
1973The Rainbow BoysRalph LoganFilm
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCawserSeries
1972Death LineInspector CalhounFilm
1972The Pied PiperThe BaronFilm
1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesThomas CromwellFilm
1972Wedding in WhiteJim Dougall, Sr.Film
1972Innocent BystandersLoomisFilm
1972The Jerusalem FileMajor SamuelsFilm
1972The Man OutsideVictor CobbSeries
1971THX 1138SENFilm
1971ColumboAdrian CarsiniSeries
1971Wake in FrightDoc TydonFilm
1971KidnappedEbenezer BalfourFilm
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesCarnackiSeries
1971Skin DeepGerry MuddimanFilm
1971The Fox TrotTomFilm
1970Soldier BlueIsaac Q. CumberFilm
1970Play for TodaySamuel Johnson, Gerry MuddimanSeries
1970ConfessionSergeant HurbySeries
1969Hawaii Five-OHans VoglerSeries
1969Mr. FreedomDr. FreedomFilm
1969The Madwoman of ChaillotThe ProspectorFilm
1969Arthur? Arthur!Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' MellonFilm
1969Last to GoFilm
1968The News-BendersJ.G.Film
1968Creature of ComfortJames ThorneFilm
1968Sleep is LovelyCliveFilm
1967You Only Live TwiceErnst Stavro BlofeldFilm
1967The Night of the GeneralsGeneral KahlenbergeFilm
1967Will PennyPreacher QuintFilm
1967MatchlessGregori AndreanuFilm
1967The Diary of Anne FrankAlbert DusselFilm
1967Call Me DaddyBen HoffmanFilm
1967NBC Experiment in Television(voice)Series
1966Fantastic VoyageDr. MichaelsFilm
1966Cul-de-sacGeorgeFilm
1966Eye of the DevilPere DominicFilm
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldThe Dark Hermit - SatanFilm
1965The Hallelujah Trail'Oracle' JonesFilm
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreRichard Pratt, J.G.Series
1964The CaretakerMac Davies / Bernard JenkinsFilm
1964The Wednesday PlayThe Head WaiterSeries
1963The Great EscapeBlythe 'The Forger'Film
1963The Outer LimitsHarold J. FinleySeries
1963The FugitiveMax PfeifferSeries
1963Dr. CrippenDr. Hawley Harvey CrippenFilm
1963EspionageEscalonSeries
1962The InspectorWoltersFilm
1961What a Carve Up!Everett SloaneFilm
1961The DefendersDr. Byron SaulSeries
1961No Love for JohnnieRenfrewFilm
1961Spare the RodMr. JenkinsFilm
1961The HorsemastersCaptain PinskiFilm
1961The Wind of ChangePopFilm
1960Circus of HorrorsVanetFilm
1960The Flesh and the FiendsWilliam HareFilm
1960Sons and LoversMr. PappleworthFilm
1960Hell Is a CityGus HawkinsFilm
1960The Battle of the SexesIrwin HoffmanFilm
1960Danger ManNikolides, Captain AldrichSeries
1960SuspectParsons, alias Bill BrownFilm
1960The Hands of OrlacGraham CoatesFilm
1960The ShakedownJessel BrownFilm
1960A Story of DavidNabalFilm
1960The Big DayVictor PartridgeFilm
1960The CupboardFred WatsonFilm
1960Armchair Mystery TheatreHost · 34 episodesSeries
1960Toff and FingersSelf/HostFilm
1960Alice Through the Looking BoxCaterpillarFilm
1960Sunday-Night PlayAdmiral VesperySeries
1959The Twilight ZoneEllis FowlerSeries
1959Look Back in AngerHurstFilm
1959One Step BeyondHarvey LaurenceSeries
1959Killers of KilimanjaroCaptainFilm
1959Interpol CallingKarl HaussmanSeries
1959The TraitorGrantley CayporFilm
1958A Tale of Two CitiesBarsadFilm
1958The Two-Headed SpyGen. HardtFilm
1958The Wind Cannot ReadDoctorFilm
1958The Man InsideOrgan GrinderFilm
1958The Adventures of William TellSeries
1958Heart of a ChildSpielFilm
1958The Greatest Man in the WorldUS PresidentFilm
1957Barnacle BillCashierFilm
1957The Man in the SkyCrabtreeFilm
1957ManuelaEvansFilm
19561984R. ParsonsFilm
1956The Black TentAliFilm
1956Armchair TheatrePresident of the USA, · 3 episodes, Fred Watson, Ben HoffmanSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodPrince John · 2 episodesSeries
1955Value for MoneyLimpyFilm
1955ITV Play of the WeekSupt. SmithSeries
1955The Moment of TruthThe Foreign MinisterFilm
1955Round the World in 80 DaysVoicesFilm
1954Nineteen Eighty-FourSymeFilm
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyCaptain Pinski · 2 episodes, Lucas DeranianSeries
1954Orders Are OrdersCpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)Film
1954The BeachcomberTrompFilm
1952The DybbukSecond batlonFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameKantorek, Myers, The ChancellorSeries
1950Sunday Night TheatreSyme, CorporalSeries
—New Line: Independent LegaciesSelf (archive footage)Film
Writing (1)
1958The Telltale HeartWriterFilm