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Donald Pleasence
Born · October 5, 1919
Died · February 2, 1995 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Bio
Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Pleasence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dracula Unearthed
Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)
7.0
2022
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2010
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
8.0
2003
Best Ever Bond
Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
2002
In and Out of Fashion
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1998
Fatal Frames
Professor Robinson
4.9
1996
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
5.2
1995
Signs and Wonders
Cornelius Van Damm · (4 episodes)
0.0
1995
Safe Haven
The Sailor
3.0
1995
Guinevere
Merlin
2.0
1994
Freeze: But is it Art?
Sinister Dentist
0.0
1994
The Big Freeze
Soup slurper
6.2
1993
The Hour of the Pig
Pincheon
6.2
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
Phido the Vulture (voice)
7.1
1993
Femme Fatale
Victor Harty
0.0
1993
Diên Biên Phu
Howard Simpson
6.3
1992
Shadows and Fog
Doctor
6.7
1991
Millions
Ripa
4.0
1991
Women in Arms
Dreyfuss
3.5
1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
The Art Collector
4.3
1991
Moi, général de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
0.0
1990
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Jason Rafiel
6.5
1989
Casablanca Express
Colonel Bats
3.2
1989
Ten Little Indians
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
5.0
1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
5.3
1989
River of Death
Heinrich Spaatz
4.9
1989
Buried Alive
Dr. Schaeffer
4.0
1989
Paganini Horror
Mr. Pickett
4.2
1989
The House of Usher
Walter Usher
4.7
1989
American Rickshaw
Rev. Mortom
4.9
1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon · (2 episodes)
5.0
1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
4.5
1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
6.2
1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Don Alvise
6.0
1988
Last Platoon
Colonel B. Abrahams
3.3
1988
Animali metropolitani
Prof. Livingstone
4.3
1988
The Commander
Henry Carlson
5.5
1988
Hanna's War
Captain Thomas Rosza
4.7
1988
Phantom of Death
Inspector Datti
5.6
1988
Prince of Darkness
Father Loomis
6.8
1987
Django Strikes Again
Ben Gunn
5.1
1987
Ground Zero
Prosper Gaffney
6.3
1987
Double Target
Sen. Blaster
4.7
1987
Basements
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
7.7
1987
Scoop
Lord Copper
4.8
1987
Specters
Professor Lasky
4.4
1987
Warrior Queen
Clodius Flaucus
3.3
1987
Gila and Rik
Joe Gardenia
0.0
1987
Naso di cane
Olindo Cuomo
0.0
1986
Cobra Mission
Father Lenoir
4.8
1986
To Kill a Stranger
Col. Kostik
5.1
1986
Deadheat
Aldo Rossi
4.8
1986
Into the Darkness
David Beckett
2.0
1986
Nothing Underneath
Commissioner Danesi
5.6
1985
Black Arrow
Sir Oliver Oates
6.7
1985
Reel Horror
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
2.4
1985
Treasure of the Amazon
Klaus von Blantz
4.5
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
George Hill · (1 episode)
6.9
1985
The Corsican Brothers
The Chancellor
6.0
1985
Phenomena
Professor John McGregor
6.8
1985
The Ambassador
Minister Eretz
5.0
1985
Dario Argento's World of Horror
Self (Archive)
6.9
1985
Miss Marple
Jason Rafiel · (1 episode)
8.0
1984
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
4.9
1984
Terror in the Aisles
Self - Host
6.2
1984
A Breed Apart
J.P. Whittier
5.8
1984
Master of the Game
Salomon Van der Merwe · (9 episodes)
5.9
1984
Where Is Parsifal?
Mackintosh
3.5
1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
2.9
1984
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Warley
4.7
1983
The Falklands Factor
Dr. Samuel Johnson
0.0
1983
Warrior of the Lost World
Prossor
2.8
1983
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
6.0
1982
Alone in the Dark
Leo Bain
5.8
1982
The Barchester Chronicles
Septimus Harding · (7 episodes)
7.0
1982
Computercide
George Dettler
6.0
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Gilbert Carson
5.8
1981
Halloween II
Dr. Sam Loomis
6.6
1981
Escape from New York
President of the United States
7.1
1981
The Monster Club
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
5.9
1981
Blade on the Feather
Professor John Cavendish
5.9
1980
Pumaman
Kobras
2.8
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
Max Dechambre · (3 episodes)
7.0
1979
All Quiet on the Western Front
Kantorek
6.6
1979
Better Late Than Never
Colonel Riddle
0.0
1979
Jaguar Lives!
General Villanova
4.0
1979
Dracula
Dr. Jack Seward
6.4
1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Dr. Steiner
5.4
1979
The Angry Man
Albert Rumpelmayer
5.6
1979
Gold of the Amazon Women
Clarence Blasko
3.6
1979
Mrs. Columbo
(1 episode)
6.7
1979
Dick Turpin
(1 episode)
7.3
1979
Power Play
Blair
6.7
1978
Halloween
Loomis
7.6
1978
Centennial
Sam Purchas · (12 episodes)
7.7
1978
Last In, First Out
Rothko
3.2
1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
B.D. Brockhurst
4.4
1978
Night Creature
Axel MacGregor
2.8
1978
The Bastard
Solomon Sholto
5.0
1978
Tomorrow Never Comes
Dr. Todd
5.1
1978
Blood Relatives
James Doniac
5.7
1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Capt. Vladimir Popov
6.0
1978
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.3
1978
Telefon
Nicolai Dalchimsky
6.6
1977
Oh, God!
Doctor Harmon
6.5
1977
The Uncanny
Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
5.9
1977
Jesus Of Nazareth
Melchior
9.0
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Melchior · (4 episodes)
7.7
1977
The Eagle Has Landed
Himmler
6.6
1976
Hindle Wakes
Nat Jeffcote
7.0
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
Nat Jeffcote · (1 episode)
7.0
1976
The Last Tycoon
Boxley
6.3
1976
The Passover Plot
Pontius Pilate
3.8
1976
Meriel the Ghost Girl
George Livingston
0.0
1976
Goldenrod
John Tyler Jones
0.0
1976
The Devil's Men
Father Roche
4.1
1976
The Joke
Bendel
0.0
1976
Trial by Combat
Sir Giles Marley
7.7
1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
Dr. Finch
5.0
1976
Peep Show
(1 episode)
6.0
1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Danglars
6.7
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Hearts of the West
A.J. Nietz
5.4
1975
Journey into Fear
Kuvetli
5.6
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
Lucas Deranian
6.4
1975
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Erich Count von Plasma
5.4
1974
House of the Damned
Martin Zayas
5.0
1974
Occupations
Christo Kabak
0.0
1974
The Cafeteria
Aaron
0.0
1974
The Mutations
Professor Nolter
4.9
1974
The Black Windmill
Cedric Harper
6.2
1974
Watch Out, We're Mad
Doctor
7.4
1974
Playhouse
(2 episodes)
7.0
1974
Playhouse
George Livingston · (1 episode)
7.0
1974
From Beyond the Grave
Jim Underwood
6.5
1974
Tales That Witness Madness
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
5.6
1973
Malachi's Cove
Malachi
6.1
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Cawser · (1 episode)
6.7
1973
Lonely Water
The Spirit (voice)
5.5
1973
The Rainbow Boys
Ralph Logan
7.0
1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Smudge
5.8
1973
The Pied Piper
The Baron
5.9
1972
Wedding in White
Jim Dougall, Sr.
6.5
1972
Death Line
Inspector Calhoun
5.8
1972
Innocent Bystanders
Loomis
7.2
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas Cromwell
5.8
1972
The Jerusalem File
5.0
1972
Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
6.2
1971
Skin Deep
Gerry Muddiman
0.0
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Carnacki · (1 episode)
7.3
1971
Columbo
Adrian Carsini · (1 episode)
8.1
1971
Wake in Fright
Doc Tydon
7.3
1971
The Fox Trot
Tom
0.0
1971
THX 1138
SEN
6.4
1971
Play for Today
Samuel Johnson · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Gerry Muddiman · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Soldier Blue
Isaac Q. Cumber
6.9
1970
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Prospector
7.1
1969
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
3.0
1969
Mr. Freedom
Dr. Freedom
5.2
1969
Last to Go
0.0
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Hans Vogler · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
Sleep is Lovely
Clive
0.0
1968
The News-Benders
J.G.
0.0
1968
Creature of Comfort
James Thorne
0.0
1968
Will Penny
Preacher Quint
6.5
1967
The Diary of Anne Frank
Albert Dussel
6.0
1967
Matchless
Gregori Andreanu
4.6
1967
You Only Live Twice
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6.6
1967
Call Me Daddy
Ben Hoffman
0.0
1967
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice) · (1 episode)
0.0
1967
The Night of the Generals
General Kahlenberge
6.8
1967
Eye of the Devil
Pere Dominic
6.0
1966
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Michaels
6.7
1966
Cul-de-sac
George
6.8
1966
The Hallelujah Trail
'Oracle' Jones
6.0
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Dark Hermit - Satan
6.4
1965
The Caretaker
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
7.2
1964
Espionage
(1 episode)
0.0
1963
The Fugitive
Max Pfeiffer · (1 episode)
7.2
1963
The Outer Limits
Harold J. Finley · (1 episode)
7.8
1963
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
6.0
1963
The Great Escape
Blythe 'The Forger'
7.9
1963
The Inspector
Wolters
6.7
1962
The Horsemasters
Captain Pinski
7.0
1961
The Defenders
Dr. Byron Saul · (1 episode)
6.2
1961
What a Carve Up!
Everett Sloane
7.0
1961
Spare the Rod
Mr. Jenkins
6.0
1961
The Wind of Change
Pop
0.0
1961
No Love for Johnnie
Renfrew
5.5
1961
Alice Through the Looking Box
Caterpillar
0.0
1960
The Cupboard
Fred Watson
0.0
1960
The Hands of Orlac
Graham Coates
4.3
1960
A Story of David
Nabal
4.2
1960
Suspect
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
6.5
1960
Danger Man
(2 episodes)
7.4
1960
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Pappleworth
6.5
1960
Toff and Fingers
Self/Host
0.0
1960
The Big Day
Victor Partridge
7.0
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Host · (34 episodes)
0.0
1960
Hell Is a City
Gus Hawkins
6.7
1960
Circus of Horrors
Vanet
5.8
1960
The Battle of the Sexes
Irwin Hoffman
6.6
1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Hare
6.5
1960
The Shakedown
Jessel Brown
5.7
1960
The Twilight Zone
Ellis Fowler · (1 episode)
8.4
1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Captain
6.0
1959
Look Back in Anger
Hurst
6.6
1959
Interpol Calling
Karl Haussman · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
The Traitor
Grantley Caypor
0.0
1959
One Step Beyond
Harvey Laurence · (1 episode)
5.6
1959
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hardt
6.1
1958
The Greatest Man in the World
US President
0.0
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
(1 episode)
6.3
1958
The Man Inside
Organ Grinder
6.2
1958
The Wind Cannot Read
Doctor
6.3
1958
Heart of a Child
Spiel
6.5
1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Barsad
6.6
1958
Barnacle Bill
Cashier
6.4
1957
Manuela
Evans
5.7
1957
The Man in the Sky
Crabtree
7.2
1957
Armchair Theatre
President of the USA · (1 episode)
5.8
1956
The Black Tent
Ali
6.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
1984
R. Parsons
6.5
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Prince John · (1 episode)
6.4
1955
Value for Money
Limpy
6.6
1955
Round the World in 80 Days
Voices
0.0
1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Syme
7.4
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Captain Pinski · (2 episodes)
7.6
1954
Orders Are Orders
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
6.4
1954
The Beachcomber
Tromp
5.7
1954
The Dybbuk
Second batlon
0.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kantorek · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Myers · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Chancellor · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Sunday Night Theatre
Syme · (1 episode)
3.5
1950