Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1919-10-05
- Day of Death1995-02-02 (75 years)
- Place of BirthWorksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Also Known AsDonald PleasanceDon PleasenceDonald PlesanceDonald Henry PleasenceДональд Генри ПлезенсДональд Плезенсدانلد پلزنس
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.
Acting Career
- 1996
Fatal Frames
As: Professor Robinson
- 1995
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
As: Dr. Sam Loomis
- 1995
Signs and Wonders
As: Cornelius Van Damm
- 1994
Guinevere
As: Merlin
- 1994
Freeze: But is it Art?
As: Sinister Dentist
- 1993
The Big Freeze
As: Soup slurper
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
As: Pincheon
- 1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
As: Phido the Vulture (voice)
1993Femme Fatale
As: Victor Harty
1992Diên Biên Phu
As: Howard Simpson
1991Shadows and Fog
As: Doctor
1991Millions
As: Ripa
1991Women in Arms
As: Dreyfuss
1991The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
As: The Art Collector
1990Moi, général de Gaulle
As: Winston Churchill
1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
As: Jason Rafiel
1989Casablanca Express
As: Colonel Bats
1989Ten Little Indians
As: Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
As: Dr. Sam Loomis
1989River of Death
As: Heinrich Spaatz
1989Buried Alive
As: Dr. Schaeffer
1989Paganini Horror
As: Mr. Pickett
1989The House of Usher
As: Walter Usher
1989American Rickshaw
As: Rev. Mortom
1988The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
As: Dr. Absalon
1988The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
As: Dr. Absalon
1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
As: Dr. Loomis
1988Nosferatu in Venice
As: Don Alvise
1988Last Platoon
As: Colonel B. Abrahams
1988Metropolitan Animals
As: Prof. Livingstone
1988The Commander
As: Henry Carlson
1988Hanna's War
As: Captain Thomas Rosza
1988Phantom of Death
As: Inspector Datti
1987Prince of Darkness
As: Father Loomis
1987Django Strikes Again
As: Ben Gunn
1987Ground Zero
As: Prosper Gaffney
1987Double Target
As: Sen. Blaster
1987Basements
As: Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
1987Scoop
As: Lord Copper
1987Specters
As: Professor Lasky
1987Warrior Queen
As: Clodius Flaucus
1987Gila and Rik
As: Joe Gardenia
1986Naso di cane
As: Olindo Cuomo
1986Cobra Mission
As: Father Lenoir
1986To Kill a Stranger
As: Col. Kostik
1986Deadheat
As: Aldo Rossi
1986Into the Darkness
As: David Beckett
1985Nothing Underneath
As: Commissioner Danesi
1985Black Arrow
As: Sir Oliver Oates
1985Treasure of the Amazon
As: Klaus von Blantz
1985The Ray Bradbury Theater
As: George Hill
1985The Corsican Brothers
As: The Chancellor
1985Phenomena
As: Professor John McGregor
1985The Ambassador
As: Minister Eretz
1985Screen Two
As: Victor Harty
1984Arch of Triumph
As: Ivon Haake
1984A Breed Apart
As: J.P. Whittier
1984Master of the Game
As: Salomon Van der Merwe
1984Where Is Parsifal?
As: Mackintosh
1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
As: Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
1983The Devonsville Terror
As: Dr. Warley
1983The Falklands Factor
As: Dr. Samuel Johnson
1983Warrior of the Lost World
As: Prossor
1982Witness for the Prosecution
As: Mr. Myers
1982Alone in the Dark
As: Leo Bain
1982The Barchester Chronicles
As: Septimus Harding
1982Computercide
As: George Dettler
1981Race for the Yankee Zephyr
As: Gilbert Carson
- 1981
Halloween II
As: Dr. Sam Loomis
- 1981
Escape from New York
As: President of the United States
1981The Monster Club
As: Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
1980Blade on the Feather
As: Professor John Cavendish
1980Pumaman
As: Kobras
1979The French Atlantic Affair
As: Max Dechambre
1979All Quiet on the Western Front
As: Kantorek
1979Better Late Than Never
As: Colonel Riddle
1979Jaguar Lives!
As: General Villanova
1979Dracula
As: Dr. Jack Seward
1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
As: Dr. Steiner
1979L'Homme en colère
As: Albert Rumpelmayer
1979Gold of the Amazon Women
As: Clarence Blasko
1979Dick Turpin
As: Ignatius Slake
1978Power Play
As: Blair
- 1978
Halloween
As: Loomis
1978Centennial
As: Sam Purchas
1978Last In, First Out
As: Rothko
1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
As: B.D. Brockhurst
1978Night Creature
As: Axel MacGregor
1978The Bastard
As: Solomon Sholto
1978Tomorrow Never Comes
As: Dr. Todd
1978Blood Relatives
As: James Doniac
1978The Defection of Simas Kudirka
As: Capt. Vladimir Popov
1978The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
As: Narrator (voice)
1977Telefon
As: Nicolai Dalchimsky
1977Oh, God!
As: Doctor Harmon
1977The Uncanny
As: Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
1977Jesus of Nazareth
As: Melchior
1976The Eagle Has Landed
As: Himmler
1976Hindle Wakes
As: Nat Jeffcote
1976Laurence Olivier Presents
As: Nat Jeffcote
1976The Last Tycoon
As: Boxley
1976The Passover Plot
As: Pontius Pilate
1976Meriel the Ghost Girl
As: George Livingston
1976Goldenrod
As: John Tyler Jones
1976The Devil's Men
As: Father Roche
1976The Joke
As: Bendel
1976Trial by Combat
As: Sir Giles Marley
1976I Don't Want to Be Born
As: Dr. Finch
1975The Count of Monte-Cristo
As: Danglars
1975Hearts of the West
As: A.J. Nietz
1975Journey into Fear
As: Kuvetli
1975Escape to Witch Mountain
As: Lucas Deranian
1974Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
As: Erich Count von Plasma
1974House of the Damned
As: Martin Zayas
1974Occupations
As: Christo Kabak
1974The Cafeteria
As: Aaron
1974The Mutations
As: Professor Nolter
1974The Black Windmill
As: Cedric Harper
1974Watch Out, We're Mad
As: Doctor
1974Playhouse
As: George Livingston
- 1974
Playhouse
As: Bendel
- 1974
Playhouse
As: Aaron
1974From Beyond the Grave
As: Jim Underwood
1973Tales That Witness Madness
As: Prof. R.C. Tremayne
1973Malachi's Cove
As: Malachi
1973Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
As: Cawser
1973Lonely Water
As: The Spirit (voice)
1973The Rainbow Boys
As: Ralph Logan
1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
As: Fred Smudge
1972The Pied Piper
As: The Baron
1972Wedding in White
As: Jim Dougall, Sr.
1972Death Line
As: Inspector Calhoun
1972Innocent Bystanders
As: Loomis
1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives
As: Thomas Cromwell
1972The Jerusalem File
As: Major Samuels
1971Kidnapped
As: Ebenezer Balfour
1971Skin Deep
As: Gerry Muddiman
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: Carnacki
1971Columbo
As: Adrian Carsini
1971Wake in Fright
As: Doc Tydon
1971The Fox Trot
As: Tom
1971THX 1138
As: SEN
1970Play for Today
As: Samuel Johnson
- 1970
Play for Today
As: Gerry Muddiman
1970Soldier Blue
As: Isaac Q. Cumber
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot
As: The Prospector
1969Arthur? Arthur!
As: Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
1969Mr. Freedom
As: Dr. Freedom
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Hans Vogler
1968Sleep is Lovely
As: Clive
1968The News-Benders
As: J.G.
1968Creature of Comfort
As: James Thorne
1967Will Penny
As: Preacher Quint
1967The Diary of Anne Frank
As: Albert Dussel
1967Matchless
As: Gregori Andreanu
- 1967
You Only Live Twice
As: Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1967NBC Experiment in Television
As: (voice)
1967The Night of the Generals
As: General Kahlenberge
1966Eye of the Devil
As: Pere Dominic
1966Fantastic Voyage
As: Dr. Michaels
1966Cul-de-sac
As: George
1965The Hallelujah Trail
As: 'Oracle' Jones
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told
As: The Dark Hermit - Satan
1964The Caretaker
As: Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
1963The Fugitive
As: Max Pfeiffer
1963The Outer Limits
As: Harold J. Finley
1963Dr. Crippen
As: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
- 1963
The Great Escape
As: Blythe 'The Forger'
1962The Inspector
As: Wolters
1961The Horsemasters
As: Captain Pinski
1961The Defenders
As: Dr. Byron Saul
1961What a Carve Up!
As: Everett Sloane
1961Spare the Rod
As: Mr. Jenkins
1961The Wind of Change
As: Pop
1961No Love for Johnnie
As: Renfrew
1960Alice Through the Looking Box
As: Caterpillar
1960The Cupboard
As: Fred Watson
1960The Hands of Orlac
As: Graham Coates
1960A Story of David
As: Nabal
1960Suspect
As: Parsons, alias Bill Brown
1960Sons and Lovers
As: Mr. Pappleworth
1960The Big Day
As: Victor Partridge
1960Hell Is a City
As: Gus Hawkins
1960Circus of Horrors
As: Vanet
1960The Battle of the Sexes
As: Irwin Hoffman
1960The Flesh and the Fiends
As: William Hare
1960The Shakedown
As: Jessel Brown
1959The Twilight Zone
As: Ellis Fowler
1959Killers of Kilimanjaro
As: Captain
1959Look Back in Anger
As: Hurst
1959Interpol Calling
As: Karl Haussman
1959One Step Beyond
As: Harvey Laurence
1958The Two-Headed Spy
As: Gen. Hardt
1958The Man Inside
As: Organ Grinder
1958The Wind Cannot Read
As: Doctor
1958Heart of a Child
As: Spiel
1958A Tale of Two Cities
As: Barsad
1957Barnacle Bill
As: Cashier
1957Manuela
As: Evans
1957The Man in the Sky
As: Crabtree
1956Armchair Theatre
As: President of the USA
1956The Black Tent
As: Ali
19561984
As: R. Parsons
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
As: Prince John
1955Value for Money
As: Limpy
1954Nineteen Eighty-Four
As: Syme
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: Captain Pinski
1954Orders Are Orders
As: Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
1954The Beachcomber
As: Tromp
1952The Dybbuk
As: Second batlon
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Kantorek
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Myers
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: The Chancellor
1950Sunday Night Theatre
As: Syme
- 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
As: Corporal