Donald Pleasence

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-05 (76 years old)

Deathday

1995-02-02

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Donald Pleasence

Biography

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Pleasence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1978

Halloween

as Loomis

1981

Escape from New York

as President of the United States

1971

THX 1138

as SEN

1967

You Only Live Twice

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Michaels

1973

1967

Will Penny

as Preacher Quint

1966

Eye of the Devil

as Pere Dominic

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

1956

1984

as R. Parsons

1972

Death Line

as Inspector Calhoun

1966

Cul-de-sac

as George

1963

The Great Escape

as Blythe 'The Forger'

1976

1981

Halloween II

as Dr. Sam Loomis

1977

Telefon

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

1989

Buried Alive

as Dr. Schaeffer

1987

Warrior Queen

as Clodius Flaucus

1977

Oh, God!

as Doctor Harmon

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as 'Oracle' Jones

1974

The Mutations

as Professor Nolter

1980

Pumaman

as Kobras

1971

Kidnapped

as Ebenezer Balfour

1974

The Black Windmill

as Cedric Harper

1987

Prince of Darkness

as Father Loomis

1979

Dracula

as Dr. Jack Seward

1971

Wake in Fright

as Doc Tydon

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Dr. Freedom

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

1960

1952

The Dybbuk

as Second batlon

1988

Nosferatu in Venice

as Don Alvise

1976

1960

Hell Is a City

as Gus Hawkins

1996

Fatal Frames

as Professor Robinson

1985

Phenomena

as Professor John McGregor

1988

Phantom of Death

as Inspector Datti

1970

Soldier Blue

as Isaac Q. Cumber

1973

Tales That Witness Madness

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

1967

The Night of the Generals

as General Kahlenberge

1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

as Lucas Deranian

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

as Irwin Hoffman

1976

1976

The Devil's Men

as Father Roche

1985

Nothing Underneath

as Commissioner Danesi

1989

River of Death

as Heinrich Spaatz

1981

The Monster Club

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1984

Terror in the Aisles

as Self - Host

1974

From Beyond the Grave

as Jim Underwood

1957

1989

The House of Usher

as Walter Usher

1978

1978

Blood Relatives

as James Doniac

1986

Cobra Mission

as Father Lenoir

1960

The Shakedown

as Jessel Brown

1959

1991

1961

What a Carve Up!

as Everett Sloane

1960

The Hands of Orlac

as Graham Coates

1993

1972

1960

1959

The Traitor

as Grantley Caypor

1960

Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Pappleworth

1975

Hearts of the West

as A.J. Nietz

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

as Klaus von Blantz

1992

Diên Biên Phu

as Howard Simpson

1989

Casablanca Express

as Colonel Bats

1977

The Uncanny

as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")

1979

Jaguar Lives!

as General Villanova

1987

1981

1976

Trial by Combat

as Sir Giles Marley

1972

1984

A Breed Apart

as J.P. Whittier

1954

Orders Are Orders

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1983

1978

Night Creature

as Axel MacGregor

1964

The Caretaker

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1987

Double Target

as Sen. Blaster

1989

Ten Little Indians

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1963

Dr. Crippen

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

1987

Ground Zero

as Prosper Gaffney

1973

Lonely Water

as The Spirit (voice)

1984

Arch of Triumph

as Ivon Haake

1976

Goldenrod

as John Tyler Jones

1976

The Passover Plot

as Pontius Pilate

1978

Power Play

as Blair

1987

Scoop

as Lord Copper

1979

1988

The Commander

as Henry Carlson

1994

Guinevere

as Merlin

2003

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

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

1979

Gold of the Amazon Women

as Clarence Blasko

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Prospector

1967

Matchless

as Gregori Andreanu

1975

1984

Where Is Parsifal?

as Mackintosh

1985

The Ambassador

as Minister Eretz

1962

The Inspector

as Wolters

1990

Moi, général de Gaulle

as Winston Churchill

1961

1972

The Pied Piper

as The Baron

1985

Reel Horror

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

1979

The Angry Man

as Albert Rumpelmayer

1987

Specters

as Professor Lasky

1989

American Rickshaw

as Rev. Mortom

1986

To Kill a Stranger

as Col. Kostik

1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl

as George Livingston

1986

Deadheat

as Aldo Rossi

1961

Spare the Rod

as Mr. Jenkins

1973

The Rainbow Boys

as Ralph Logan

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

1960

Suspect

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

1974

House of the Damned

as Martin Zayas

1991

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

as The Art Collector

1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Erich Count von Plasma

1972

The Jerusalem File

as Major Samuels

1993

The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper

1985

The Corsican Brothers

as The Chancellor

1978

1968

Creature of Comfort

as James Thorne

1988

Metropolitan Animals

as Prof. Livingstone

1982

Computercide

as George Dettler

1987

Basements

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

2022

Dracula Unearthed

as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)

1972

Wedding in White

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

1978

The Bastard

as Solomon Sholto

1957

Barnacle Bill

as Cashier

1988

Last Platoon

as Colonel B. Abrahams

1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

1994

Freeze: But is it Art?

as Sinister Dentist

1974

Occupations

as Christo Kabak

1991

Women in Arms

as Dreyfuss

1989

Paganini Horror

as Mr. Pickett

1960

The Cupboard

as Fred Watson

1998

In and Out of Fashion

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty

2002

Best Ever Bond

as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

Toff and Fingers

as Self/Host

1967

Call Me Daddy

as Ben Hoffman

1957

Manuela

as Evans

1988

Hanna's War

as Captain Thomas Rosza

1960

The Big Day

as Victor Partridge

1991

Millions

as Ripa

1985

1980

Blade on the Feather

as Professor John Cavendish

1960

1985

Black Arrow

as Sir Oliver Oates

1961

The Horsemasters

as Captain Pinski

1956

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Nat Jeffcote

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Albert Dussel

1986

Into the Darkness

as David Beckett

1954

1971

Skin Deep

as Gerry Muddiman

1971

1958

The Man Inside

as Organ Grinder

1995

Safe Haven

as The Sailor

1969

Arthur? Arthur!

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

1979

Better Late Than Never

as Colonel Riddle

1987

Gila and Rik

as Joe Gardenia

1968

1958

1973

Malachi's Cove

as Malachi

1986

Naso di cane

as Olindo Cuomo

1982

1968

1983

The Falklands Factor

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

2010

Halloween: The Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

1955

1958

The Two-Headed Spy

as Gen. Hardt

1974

1976

The Joke

as Bendel

2025

2012

Driving Lessons

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Production

1958

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