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.

Known For

Loomis

Halloween

President of the United States

Escape from New York

SEN

THX 1138

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

You Only Live Twice

Dr. Michaels

Fantastic Voyage

Fred Smudge

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Preacher Quint

Will Penny

Pere Dominic

Eye of the Devil

The Dark Hermit - Satan

The Greatest Story Ever Told

R. Parsons

1984

Inspector Calhoun

Death Line

Danglars

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Kantorek

All Quiet on the Western Front

Barsad

A Tale of Two Cities

George

Cul-de-sac

Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Blythe 'The Forger'

The Great Escape

Dr. Loomis

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Himmler

The Eagle Has Landed

Dr. Sam Loomis

Halloween II

Mr. Myers

Witness for the Prosecution

Nicolai Dalchimsky

Telefon

Dr. Schaeffer

Buried Alive

Clodius Flaucus

Warrior Queen

Doctor Harmon

Oh, God!

'Oracle' Jones

The Hallelujah Trail

Doctor

...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!

Professor Nolter

The Mutations

Kobras

L'uomo puma

Last to Go

Ebenezer Balfour

Kidnapped

Cedric Harper

The Black Windmill

Father Loomis

Prince of Darkness

Dr. Jack Seward

Dracula

Doc Tydon

Wake in Fright

Dr. Freedom

Mr. Freedom

Phido the Vulture (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler

Vanet

Circus of Horrors

Second batlon

The Dybbuk

Don Alvise

Nosferatu a Venezia

Dr. Finch

I Don't Want to Be Born

Gus Hawkins

Hell Is a City

Professor Robinson

Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali

Professor John McGregor

Phenomena

Inspector Datti

Un delitto poco comune

Isaac Q. Cumber

Soldier Blue

Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Tales That Witness Madness

B.D. Brockhurst

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

General Kahlenberge

The Night of the Generals

Lucas Deranian

Escape to Witch Mountain

Irwin Hoffman

The Battle of the Sexes

Boxley

The Last Tycoon

Father Roche

The Devil's Men

Commissioner Danesi

Sotto il vestito niente

Heinrich Spaatz

River of Death

Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

The Monster Club

Self - Host

Terror in the Aisles

Jim Underwood

From Beyond the Grave

Crabtree

The Man in the Sky

Walter Usher

The House of Usher

Doctor

The Wind Cannot Read

Dr. Todd

Tomorrow Never Comes

James Doniac

Les liens de sang

Father Lenoir

Cobra Mission

Jessel Brown

The Shakedown

Hurst

Look Back in Anger

Doctor

Shadows and Fog

Everett Sloane

What a Carve Up!

Graham Coates

The Hands of Orlac

Prossor

Warrior of the Lost World

Pincheon

The Hour of the Pig

Thomas Cromwell

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

William Hare

The Flesh and the Fiends

Grantley Caypor

The Traitor

Mr. Pappleworth

Sons and Lovers

A.J. Nietz

Hearts of the West

Klaus von Blantz

Treasure of the Amazon

Howard Simpson

Diên Biên Phu

Colonel Bats

Casablanca Express

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

The Uncanny

Pop

The Wind of Change

General Villanova

Jaguar Lives!

Ben Gunn

Django 2 - Il grande ritorno

Gilbert Carson

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

Sir Giles Marley

Trial by Combat

Loomis

Innocent Bystanders

J.P. Whittier

A Breed Apart

Syme

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

Orders Are Orders

Dr. Warley

The Devonsville Terror

Axel MacGregor

Night Creature

Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Caretaker

Sen. Blaster

Double Target

Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Ten Little Indians

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Dr. Crippen

Prosper Gaffney

Ground Zero

The Spirit (voice)

Lonely Water

Ivon Haake

Arch of Triumph

John Tyler Jones

Goldenrod

Pontius Pilate

The Passover Plot

Blair

Power Play

Lord Copper

Scoop

Dr. Steiner

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Henry Carlson

Der Commander

Merlin

Guinevere

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

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

Clarence Blasko

Gold of the Amazon Women

The Prospector

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Gregori Andreanu

Matchless

Kuvetli

Journey into Fear

Mackintosh

Where Is Parsifal?

Minister Eretz

The Ambassador

Wolters

The Inspector

Winston Churchill

Moi, général de Gaulle

Renfrew

No Love for Johnnie

The Baron

The Pied Piper

Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Reel Horror

Albert Rumpelmayer

L'Homme en colère

Professor Lasky

Spettri

Rev. Mortom

American risciò

Col. Kostik

To Kill a Stranger

George Livingston

Meriel the Ghost Girl

Aldo Rossi

Onora il Padre

Mr. Jenkins

Spare the Rod

Ralph Logan

The Rainbow Boys

Capt. Vladimir Popov

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Suspect

Martin Zayas

La loba y la Paloma

The Art Collector

L'avvoltoio può attendere

Erich Count von Plasma

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Major Samuels

The Jerusalem File

Soup slurper

The Big Freeze

The Chancellor

The Corsican Brothers

Rothko

L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde

James Thorne

Creature of Comfort

Prof. Livingstone

Animali metropolitani

US President

The Greatest Man in the World

George Dettler

Computercide

Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Basements

Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)

Dracula Unearthed

Dr. Absalon

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

Jim Dougall, Sr.

Wedding in White

Solomon Sholto

The Bastard

Cashier

Barnacle Bill

Colonel B. Abrahams

Angel Hill: l'ultima missione

Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

Sinister Dentist

Freeze: But is it Art?

Christo Kabak

Occupations

Dreyfuss

Donne armate

Mr. Pickett

Paganini Horror

Fred Watson

The Cupboard

Self (archive footage)

In and Out of Fashion

Victor Harty

Femme Fatale

Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

Best Ever Bond

Self/Host

Toff and Fingers

Ben Hoffman

Call Me Daddy

Evans

Manuela

Voices

Round the World in 80 Days

Captain Thomas Rosza

Hanna's War

Caterpillar

Alice Through the Looking Box

Victor Partridge

The Big Day

Captain

Killers of Kilimanjaro

Ripa

Miliardi

Self (Archive)

Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento

Professor John Cavendish

Blade on the Feather

Nabal

A Story of David

Sir Oliver Oates

Black Arrow

Captain Pinski

The Horsemasters

Ali

The Black Tent

Nat Jeffcote

Hindle Wakes

Albert Dussel

The Diary of Anne Frank

David Beckett

Into the Darkness

Tromp

The Beachcomber

Gerry Muddiman

Skin Deep

Tom

The Fox Trot

Jason Rafiel

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Organ Grinder

The Man Inside

The Sailor

Safe Haven

Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Arthur? Arthur!

Colonel Riddle

Better Late Than Never

Joe Gardenia

Gila and Rik

Clive

Sleep is Lovely

Spiel

Heart of a Child

Malachi

Malachi's Cove

Olindo Cuomo

Naso di cane

Leo Bain

Alone in the Dark

J.G.

The News-Benders

Dr. Samuel Johnson

The Falklands Factor

Self (archive footage)

Halloween: The Inside Story

Limpy

Value for Money

Gen. Hardt

The Two-Headed Spy

Aaron

The Cafeteria

Bendel

The Joke

Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Driving Lessons

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

195

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-05

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Pleasance