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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
195
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-10-05
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Donald Pleasance