Birthday
1919/10/05
Day of death
1995/02/02 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also know as
Donald Pleasance, Don Pleasence, Donald Plesance, Donald Henry Pleasence, Дональд Генри Плезенс, Дональд Плезенс, دانلد پلزنس
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.
(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) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Fred Smudge
(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
(1975) The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Danglars
(1979) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Kantorek
(1958) A Tale of Two Cities
as Barsad
(1966) Cul-de-sac
as George
(1995) Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1963) The Great Escape
as Blythe 'The Forger'
(1988) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Dr. Loomis
(1989) Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1976) The Eagle Has Landed
as Himmler
(1981) Halloween II
as Dr. Sam Loomis
(1982) Witness for the Prosecution
as Mr. Myers
(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) Watch Out, We're Mad
as Doctor
(1974) The Mutations
as Professor Nolter
(1980) Pumaman
as Kobras
(1969) Last to Go
as ---
(1971) Kidnapped
as Ebenezer Balfour
(1974) The Black Windmill
as Cedric Harper
(1987) Prince of Darkness
as Father Loomis
(1971) Wake in Fright
as Doc Tydon
(1979) Dracula
as Dr. Jack Seward
(1969) Mr. Freedom
as Dr. Freedom
(1993) The Thief and the Cobbler
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
(1960) Circus of Horrors
as Vanet
(1952) The Dybbuk
as Second batlon
(1988) Nosferatu in Venice
as Don Alvise
(1976) I Don't Want to Be Born
as Dr. Finch
(1996) Fatal Frames
as Professor Robinson
(1960) Hell Is a City
as Gus Hawkins
(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
(1978) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as B.D. Brockhurst
(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) The Last Tycoon
as Boxley
(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) The Man in the Sky
as Crabtree
(1989) The House of Usher
as Walter Usher
(1958) The Wind Cannot Read
as Doctor
(1978) Tomorrow Never Comes
as Dr. Todd
(1978) Blood Relatives
as James Doniac
(1986) Cobra Mission
as Father Lenoir
(1960) The Shakedown
as Jessel Brown
(1959) Look Back in Anger
as Hurst
(1991) Shadows and Fog
as Doctor
(1961) What a Carve Up!
as Everett Sloane
(1960) The Hands of Orlac
as Graham Coates
(1983) Warrior of the Lost World
as Prossor
(1993) The Hour of the Pig
as Pincheon
(1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas Cromwell
(1960) The Flesh and the Fiends
as William Hare
(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")
(1961) The Wind of Change
as Pop
(1979) Jaguar Lives!
as General Villanova
(1987) Django Strikes Again
as Ben Gunn
(1981) Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Gilbert Carson
(1976) Trial by Combat
as Sir Giles Marley
(1972) Innocent Bystanders
as Loomis
(1984) A Breed Apart
as J.P. Whittier
(1954) Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Syme
(1954) Orders Are Orders
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
(1983) The Devonsville Terror
as Dr. Warley
(1978) Night Creature
as Axel MacGregor
(1987) Double Target
as Sen. Blaster
(1964) The Caretaker
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
(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) Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Dr. Steiner
(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) Journey into Fear
as Kuvetli
(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) No Love for Johnnie
as Renfrew
(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 ---
(1993) The Big Freeze
as Soup slurper
(1985) The Corsican Brothers
as The Chancellor
(1978) Last In, First Out
as Rothko
(1968) Creature of Comfort
as James Thorne
(1988) Animali metropolitani
as Prof. Livingstone
(1958) The Greatest Man in the World
as US President
(1982) Computercide
as George Dettler
(1987) Basements
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
(2022) Dracula Unearthed
as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)
(1988) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(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
(1955) Round the World in 80 Days
as Voices
(1988) Hanna's War
as Captain Thomas Rosza
(1960) Alice Through the Looking Box
as Caterpillar
(1960) The Big Day
as Victor Partridge
(1959) Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Captain
(1991) Millions
as Ripa
(1985) Dario Argento's World of Horror
as Self (Archive)
(1980) Blade on the Feather
as Professor John Cavendish
(1960) A Story of David
as Nabal
(1985) Black Arrow
as Sir Oliver Oates
(1961) The Horsemasters
as Captain Pinski
(1956) The Black Tent
as Ali
(1976) Hindle Wakes
as Nat Jeffcote
(1967) The Diary of Anne Frank
as Albert Dussel
(1986) Into the Darkness
as David Beckett
(1954) The Beachcomber
as Tromp
(1971) Skin Deep
as Gerry Muddiman
(1971) The Fox Trot
as Tom
(1989) Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Jason Rafiel
(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) Sleep is Lovely
as Clive
(1958) Heart of a Child
as Spiel
(1973) Malachi's Cove
as Malachi
(1986) Naso di cane
as Olindo Cuomo
(1982) Alone in the Dark
as Leo Bain
(1968) The News-Benders
as J.G.
(1983) The Falklands Factor
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
(2010) Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Value for Money
as Limpy
(1958) The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hardt
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) The Cafeteria
as Aaron
(1976) The Joke
as Bendel
(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
(1971) Columbo
as Adrian Carsini
(1979) Mrs. Columbo
as ---
(1960) Danger Man
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Hans Vogler
(1978) Centennial
as Sam Purchas
(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater
as George Hill
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Kantorek
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Ellis Fowler
(1963) Espionage
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Max Pfeiffer
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Karl Haussman
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Harvey Laurence
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Carnacki
(1982) The Barchester Chronicles
as Septimus Harding
(1973) Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Cawser
(1977) Jesus of Nazareth
as Melchior
(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as ---
(1975) Peep Show
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Harold J. Finley
(1961) The Defenders
as Dr. Byron Saul
(1974) Playhouse
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents
as Nat Jeffcote
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1979) Dick Turpin
as ---
(1979) The French Atlantic Affair
as Max Dechambre
(1995) Signs and Wonders
as Cornelius Van Damm
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1978) The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Narrator (voice)
(1974) Playhouse
as George Livingston
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Myers
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Chancellor
(1984) Master of the Game
as Salomon Van der Merwe
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as President of the USA
(1988) The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon
(1984) Miss Marple
as Jason Rafiel
(1970) Play for Today
as Samuel Johnson
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Captain Pinski
(1967) NBC Experiment in Television
as (voice)
(1970) Play for Today
as Gerry Muddiman
(1960) Armchair Mystery Theatre
as Host
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Syme
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Corporal