Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

1919-10-05 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Male 240 Known Credits

Biography

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-05

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Known Credits

240

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Donald Pleasance, Don Pleasence, Donald Plesance, Donald Henry Pleasence, Дональд Генри Плезенс, Дональд Плезенс, دانلد پلزنس

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Halloween

1978

Loomis

Will Penny

1967

Preacher Quint

Warrior Queen

1987

Clodius Flaucus

You Only Live Twice

1967

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

The Great Escape

1963

Blythe 'The Forger'

Escape from New York

1981

President of the United States

Halloween II

1981

Sam Loomis

Phenomena

1985

Professor John McGregor

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The Dark Hermit - Satan

Goldenrod

1976

John Tyler Jones

Dien Bien Phu

1992

Howard Simpson

The Horsemasters

1961

Captain Pinski

The Night of the Generals

1967

General Kahlenberge

Manuela

1957

Evans

THX 1138

1971

SEN

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

Phido the Vulture (voice)

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

Don Alvise

Telefon

1977

Nicolai Dalchimsky

Fantastic Voyage

1966

Dr. Michaels

Soldier Blue

1970

Isaac Q. Cumber

Shadows and Fog

1991

Doctor

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

Lucas Deranian

Cul-de-sac

1966

George

Wake in Fright

1971

Doc Tydon

Buried Alive

1989

Dr. Schaeffer

Women in Arms

1991

Dreyfuss

Guinevere

1994

Merlin

Lonely Water

1973

The Spirit (voice)

Death Line

1972

Inspector Calhoun

Femme Fatale

1993

Victor Harty

Dracula

1979

Dr. Jack Seward

The Last Tycoon

1976

Boxley

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

Klaus von Blantz

The Joke

1976

Bendel

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Dr. Steiner

Eye of the Devil

1966

Pere Dominic

1984

1956

R. Parsons

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

Thomas Cromwell

Blade on the Feather

1980

John Cavendish

Ten Little Indians

1989

Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Hearts of the West

1975

A.J. Nietz

Hindle Wakes

1976

Nat Jeffcote

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

Irwin Hoffman

Nothing Underneath

1985

Commissioner Danesi

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

Gen. Hardt

The Pied Piper

1972

The Baron

The Black Windmill

1974

Cedric Harper

The Hour of the Pig

1993

Pincheon

New Line: Independent Legacies

Self (archive footage)

Kidnapped

1971

Ebenezer Balfour

L'Homme en colère

1979

Albert Rumpelmayer

Alone in the Dark

1982

Leo Bain

A Breed Apart

1984

J.P. Whittier

The House of Usher

1989

Walter Usher

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981

Gilbert Carson

The Hands of Orlac

1960

Graham Coates

River of Death

1989

Heinrich Spaatz

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

'Oracle' Jones

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

Sinister Dentist

Occupations

1974

Christo Kabak

Pumaman

1980

Kobras

Blood Relatives

1978

James Doniac

To Kill a Stranger

1986

Col. Kostik

The Monster Club

1981

Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Computercide

1982

George Dettler

The Big Freeze

1993

Soup slurper

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Fatal Frames

1996

Professor Robinson

The Devil's Men

1976

Father Roche

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

William Hare

The Dybbuk

1952

Second batlon

Scoop

1987

Lord Copper

The Caretaker

1964

Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Gila and Rik

1987

Joe Gardenia

The Ambassador

1985

Minister Eretz

Phantom of Death

1988

Inspector Datti

Oh, God!

1977

Doctor Harmon

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

The Prospector

The Uncanny

1977

Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Arch of Triumph

1984

Ivon Haake

Paganini Horror

1989

Mr. Pickett

The Devonsville Terror

1983

Dr. Warley

Ground Zero

1987

Prosper Gaffney

Better Late Than Never

1979

Colonel Riddle

Call Me Daddy

1967

Ben Hoffman

Double Target

1987

Sen. Blaster

Sons and Lovers

1960

Mr. Pappleworth

Life of General De Gaulle

1990

Winston Churchill

Terror in the Aisles

1984

Self - Host

Barnacle Bill

1957

Cashier

Into the Darkness

1986

David Beckett

Metropolitan Animals

1988

Prof. Livingstone

Hell Is a City

1960

Gus Hawkins

Mr. Freedom

1969

Dr. Freedom

Jaguar Lives!

1979

General Villanova

Basements

1987

Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

The Mutations

1974

Professor Nolter

Trial by Combat

1976

Sir Giles Marley

What a Carve Up!

1961

Everett Sloane

Hanna's War

1988

Captain Thomas Rosza

Journey into Fear

1975

Kuvetli

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

George Livingston

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

Clarence Blasko

Wedding in White

1972

Jim Dougall, Sr.

From Beyond the Grave

1974

Jim Underwood

The Man in the Sky

1957

Crabtree

American Rickshaw

1989

Rev. Mortom

The Moment of Truth

1955

The Foreign Minister

Malachi's Cove

1973

Malachi

Deadheat

1986

Aldo Rossi

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

Albert Dussel

The Shakedown

1960

Jessel Brown

Cobra Mission

1986

Father Lenoir

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

Mackintosh

The Commander

1988

Henry Carlson

The Inspector

1962

Wolters

Casablanca Express

1989

Colonel Bats

Power Play

1978

Blair

The Falklands Factor

1983

Dr. Samuel Johnson

The Cafeteria

1974

Aaron

The Passover Plot

1976

Pontius Pilate

Dr. Crippen

1963

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

The Corsican Brothers

1985

The Chancellor

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

Capt. Vladimir Popov

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

Fred Smudge

Suspect

1960

Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Black Arrow

1985

Sir Oliver Oates

Orders Are Orders

1954

Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

The Man Inside

1958

Organ Grinder

Driving Lessons

2012

Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Specters

1987

Professor Lasky

The Cupboard

1960

Fred Watson

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984

Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Reel Horror

1985

Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Safe Haven

1995

The Sailor

House of the Damned

1974

Martin Zayas

The Rainbow Boys

1973

Ralph Logan

The Jerusalem File

1972

Major Samuels

Night Creature

1978

Axel MacGregor

The Big Day

1960

Victor Partridge

Spare the Rod

1961

Mr. Jenkins

Matchless

1967

Gregori Andreanu

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Erich Count von Plasma

Toff and Fingers

1960

Self/Host

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

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

Skin Deep

1971

Gerry Muddiman

Millions

1991

Ripa

Creature of Comfort

1968

James Thorne

Last Platoon

1988

Colonel B. Abrahams

The Traitor

1959

Grantley Caypor

TV Credits

Saturday Night Live

1975

Self - Host (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Max Pfeiffer (1 episodes)

Columbo

1971

Adrian Carsini (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Samuel Johnson (1 episodes)

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Hans Vogler (1 episodes)

Wogan

1982

Self (1 episodes)

The Wednesday Play

1964

The Head Waiter (1 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Ellis Fowler (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Victor Harty (1 episodes)

Playhouse

1974

George Livingston (1 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

Dr. Byron Saul (1 episodes)

The Outer Limits

1963

Harold J. Finley (1 episodes)

The World of Hammer

1994

Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)

One Step Beyond

1959

Harvey Laurence (1 episodes)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Prince John (1 episodes)

ITV Play of the Week

1955

Supt. Smith (1 episodes)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Richard Pratt (1 episodes)

Sunday-Night Play

1960

Admiral Vespery (1 episodes)

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

George Hill (1 episodes)

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Syme (1 episodes)

Danger Man

1960

Nikolides (1 episodes)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Cawser (1 episodes)

Interpol Calling

1959

Karl Haussman (1 episodes)

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

Melchior (4 episodes)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

Carnacki (1 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Captain Pinski (2 episodes)

Centennial

1978

Sam Purchas (12 episodes)

Dick Turpin

1979

Ignatius Slake (5 episodes)

Espionage

1963

Escalon (1 episodes)

Mrs. Columbo

1979

(1 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Kantorek (1 episodes)

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Host (34 episodes)

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

Max Dechambre (3 episodes)

Master of the Game

1984

Salomon Van der Merwe (9 episodes)

Confession

1970

Sergeant Hurby (1 episodes)

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

Nat Jeffcote (1 episodes)

The Bastard

1978

Solomon Sholto (2 episodes)

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

Septimus Harding (7 episodes)

The Man Outside

1972

Victor Cobb (1 episodes)

Armchair Theatre

1956

President of the USA (1 episodes)

NBC Experiment in Television

1967

(voice) (1 episodes)

Shades of Greene

1975

Puckler (1 episodes)

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

Dr. Absalon (2 episodes)

Peep Show

1975

(1 episodes)

Signs and Wonders

1995

Cornelius Van Damm (4 episodes)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978

Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Naso di cane

1986

Olindo Cuomo (3 episodes)

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