Portrait of Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Acting

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.

Born: October 5, 1919

Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Filmography

2012
Driving Lessons

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

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

1996
Fatal Frames

as Professor Robinson

1995
Signs and Wonders

as Cornelius Van Damm

1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Guinevere

as Merlin

1994
Freeze: But is it Art?

as Sinister Dentist

1993
The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper

1993
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

1993
Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty

1992
Diên Biên Phu

as Howard Simpson

1991
1991
Millions

as Ripa

1991
Women in Arms

as Dreyfuss

1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

as The Art Collector

1990
Life of General De Gaulle

as Winston Churchill

1989
Casablanca Express

as Colonel Bats

1989
River of Death

as Heinrich Spaatz

1989
Ten Little Indians

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1989
Buried Alive

as Dr. Schaeffer

1989
Paganini Horror

as Mr. Pickett

1989
The House of Usher

as Walter Usher

1989
American Rickshaw

as Rev. Mortom

1988
Nosferatu in Venice

as Don Alvise

1988
Last Platoon

as Colonel B. Abrahams

1988
Metropolitan Animals

as Prof. Livingstone

1988
The Commander

as Henry Carlson

1988
Hanna's War

as Captain Thomas Rosza

1988
Phantom of Death

as Inspector Datti

1987
1987
1987
Ground Zero

as Prosper Gaffney

1987
Double Target

as Sen. Blaster

1987
Basements

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

1987
Scoop

as Lord Copper

1987
Specters

as Professor Lasky

1987
Warrior Queen

as Clodius Flaucus

1987
Gila and Rik

as Joe Gardenia

1986
Naso di cane

as Olindo Cuomo

1986
Cobra Mission

as Father Lenoir

1986
To Kill a Stranger

as Col. Kostik

1986
Deadheat

as Aldo Rossi

1986
Into the Darkness

as David Beckett

1985
Nothing Underneath

as Commissioner Danesi

1985
Black Arrow

as Sir Oliver Oates

1985
Reel Horror

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

1985
Treasure of the Amazon

as Klaus von Blantz

1985
1985
The Corsican Brothers

as The Chancellor

1985
Phenomena

as Professor John McGregor

1985
The Ambassador

as Minister Eretz

1985
Screen Two

as Victor Harty

1984
Arch of Triumph

as Ivon Haake

1984
Terror in the Aisles

as Self - Host

1984
A Breed Apart

as J.P. Whittier

1984
Master of the Game

as Salomon Van der Merwe

1984
Where Is Parsifal?

as Mackintosh

1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

1983
1983
The Falklands Factor

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

1982
1982
The Barchester Chronicles

as Septimus Harding

1982
Computercide

as George Dettler

1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
1981
Halloween II

as Dr. Sam Loomis

1981
Escape from New York

as President of the United States

1981
The Monster Club

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1980
Blade on the Feather

as John Cavendish

1980
Pumaman

as Kobras

1979
1979
Better Late Than Never

as Colonel Riddle

1979
Jaguar Lives!

as General Villanova

1979
Dracula

as Dr. Jack Seward

1979
1979
L'Homme en colère

as Albert Rumpelmayer

1979
Gold of the Amazon Women

as Clarence Blasko

1979
Dick Turpin

as Ignatius Slake

1978
Power Play

as Blair

1978
Halloween

as Loomis

1978
Centennial

as Sam Purchas

1978
1978
Night Creature

as Axel MacGregor

1978
The Bastard

as Solomon Sholto

1978
1978
Blood Relatives

as James Doniac

1978
1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

1977
Telefon

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

1977
Oh, God!

as Doctor Harmon

1977
The Uncanny

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

1977
1976
1976
Hindle Wakes

as Nat Jeffcote

1976
1976
1976
The Passover Plot

as Pontius Pilate

1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl

as George Livingston

1976
Goldenrod

as John Tyler Jones

1976
The Devil's Men

as Father Roche

1976
The Joke

as Bendel

1976
Trial by Combat

as Sir Giles Marley

1976
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Hearts of the West

as A.J. Nietz

1975
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain

as Lucas Deranian

1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Erich Count von Plasma

1974
House of the Damned

as Martin Zayas

1974
Occupations

as Christo Kabak

1974
1974
The Mutations

as Professor Nolter

1974
The Black Windmill

as Cedric Harper

1974
Playhouse

as George Livingston

1974
Playhouse

as Bendel

1974
Playhouse

as Aaron

1974
From Beyond the Grave

as Jim Underwood

1973
Tales That Witness Madness

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

1973
Malachi's Cove

as Malachi

1973
Lonely Water

as The Spirit (voice)

1973
The Rainbow Boys

as Ralph Logan

1973
1972
The Pied Piper

as The Baron

1972
Wedding in White

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

1972
Death Line

as Inspector Calhoun

1972
1972
1972
The Jerusalem File

as Major Samuels

1971
Kidnapped

as Ebenezer Balfour

1971
Skin Deep

as Gerry Muddiman

1971
Columbo

as Adrian Carsini

1971
Wake in Fright

as Doc Tydon

1971
1971
THX 1138

as SEN

1970
Play for Today

as Samuel Johnson

1970
Play for Today

as Gerry Muddiman

1970
Soldier Blue

as Isaac Q. Cumber

1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Prospector

1969
Arthur? Arthur!

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

1969
Mr. Freedom

as Dr. Freedom

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Hans Vogler

1968
1968
1968
Creature of Comfort

as James Thorne

1967
Will Penny

as Preacher Quint

1967
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Albert Dussel

1967
Matchless

as Gregori Andreanu

1967
You Only Live Twice

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1967
The Night of the Generals

as General Kahlenberge

1966
Eye of the Devil

as Pere Dominic

1966
Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Michaels

1966
Cul-de-sac

as George

1965
The Hallelujah Trail

as 'Oracle' Jones

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

1964
The Caretaker

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1963
The Fugitive

as Max Pfeiffer

1963
The Outer Limits

as Harold J. Finley

1963
Dr. Crippen

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

1963
The Great Escape

as Blythe 'The Forger'

1962
The Inspector

as Wolters

1961
The Horsemasters

as Captain Pinski

1961
The Defenders

as Dr. Byron Saul

1961
What a Carve Up!

as Everett Sloane

1961
Spare the Rod

as Mr. Jenkins

1961
1960
The Cupboard

as Fred Watson

1960
1960
The Hands of Orlac

as Graham Coates

1960
Suspect

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

1960
The Big Day

as Victor Partridge

1960
Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Pappleworth

1960
Hell Is a City

as Gus Hawkins

1960
1960
The Battle of the Sexes

as Irwin Hoffman

1960
1960
The Shakedown

as Jessel Brown

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Ellis Fowler

1959
1959
Interpol Calling

as Karl Haussman

1959
One Step Beyond

as Harvey Laurence

1958
The Two-Headed Spy

as Gen. Hardt

1958
The Man Inside

as Organ Grinder

1958
1957
Barnacle Bill

as Cashier

1957
Manuela

as Evans

1957
1956
Armchair Theatre

as President of the USA

1956
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
1984

as R. Parsons

1955
1954
1954
Orders Are Orders

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1954
1952
The Dybbuk

as Second batlon

1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Chancellor

1950