Donald Pleasence
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 5, 1919 (107 years old)
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
| 2026 | The Dr. Loomis TapesDr. Loomis | |
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Driving LessonsDr. Sam Loomis (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Halloween: A Cut Above the RestSelf / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Fatal FramesProfessor Robinson | |
| 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael MyersDr. Sam Loomis | |
| 1995 | Safe HavenThe Sailor | |
| 1995 | Signs and WondersCornelius Van Damm | |
| 1994 | GuinevereMerlin | |
| 1994 | Freeze: But is it Art?Sinister Dentist | |
| 1994 | The World of HammerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | The Thief and the CobblerPhido the Vulture (voice) | |
| 1993 | The Hour of the PigPincheon | |
| 1993 | The Big FreezeSoup slurper | |
| 1993 | Femme FataleVictor Harty | |
| 1992 | Diên Biên PhuHoward Simpson | |
| 1991 | Shadows and FogDoctor | |
| 1991 | The Vulture Is a Patient BirdArmon Shalik | |
| 1991 | Women in ArmsDreyfuss | |
| 1991 | MillionsRipa | |
| 1990 | Life of General De GaulleWinston Churchill | |
| 1989 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersDr. Sam Loomis | |
| 1989 | Buried AliveDr. Schaeffer | |
| 1989 | River of DeathHeinrich Spaatz | |
| 1989 | The House of UsherWalter Usher | |
| 1989 | Casablanca ExpressColonel Bats | |
| 1989 | Ten Little IndiansMr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave | |
| 1989 | American RickshawRev. Mortom | |
| 1989 | Paganini HorrorMr. Pickett | |
| 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean MysteryJason Rafiel | |
| 1988 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael MyersDr. Loomis | |
| 1988 | Nosferatu in VeniceDon Alvise | |
| 1988 | Phantom of DeathInspector Datti | |
| 1988 | The CommanderHenry Carlson | |
| 1988 | Metropolitan AnimalsProf. Livingstone | |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. Absalon | |
| 1988 | Last PlatoonColonel B. Abrahams | |
| 1988 | Hanna's WarCaptain Thomas Rosza | |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. Absalon | |
| 1987 | Warrior QueenClodius Flaucus | |
| 1987 | Prince of DarknessPriest | |
| 1987 | Django Strikes AgainBen Gunn | |
| 1987 | Double TargetSen. Blaster | |
| 1987 | Ground ZeroProsper Gaffney | |
| 1987 | ScoopLord Copper | |
| 1987 | SpectersProfessor Lasky | |
| 1987 | BasementsMr. Kidd (segment "The Room") | |
| 1987 | Gila and RikJoe Gardenia | |
| 1986 | Cobra MissionFather Lenoir | |
| 1986 | To Kill a StrangerCol. Kostik | |
| 1986 | DeadheatAldo Rossi | |
| 1986 | Into the DarknessDavid Beckett | |
| 1986 | Naso di caneOlindo Cuomo | |
| 1985 | PhenomenaProfessor John McGregor | |
| 1985 | Nothing UnderneathCommissioner Danesi | |
| 1985 | Treasure of the AmazonKlaus von Blantz | |
| 1985 | The AmbassadorMinister Eretz | |
| 1985 | Reel HorrorAxel MacGregor (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | The Corsican BrothersThe Chancellor | |
| 1985 | Black ArrowSir Oliver Oates | |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury TheaterGeorge Hill | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoVictor Harty | |
| 1984 | Terror in the AislesSelf - Host | |
| 1984 | A Breed ApartJ.P. Whittier | |
| 1984 | Arch of TriumphIvon Haake | |
| 1984 | Where Is Parsifal?Mackintosh | |
| 1984 | Frankenstein's Great Aunt TillieVictor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein | |
| 1984 | Master of the GameSalomon Van der Merwe | |
| 1983 | Warrior of the Lost WorldProssor | |
| 1983 | The Devonsville TerrorDr. Warley | |
| 1983 | The Falklands FactorDr. Samuel Johnson | |
| 1982 | Witness for the ProsecutionMr. Myers | |
| 1982 | ComputercideGeorge Dettler | |
| 1982 | Alone in the DarkLeo Bain | |
| 1982 | The Barchester ChroniclesSeptimus Harding | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1981 | Escape from New YorkPresident of the United States | |
| 1981 | Halloween IIDr. Sam Loomis | |
| 1981 | The Monster ClubPickering, Chief of the B-Squad | |
| 1981 | Race for the Yankee ZephyrGilbert Carson | |
| 1980 | PumamanKobras | |
| 1980 | Blade on the FeatherJohn Cavendish | |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western FrontKantorek | |
| 1979 | DraculaDr. Jack Seward | |
| 1979 | Jaguar Lives!General Villanova | |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss WyckoffDr. Steiner | |
| 1979 | Gold of the Amazon WomenClarence Blasko | |
| 1979 | L'Homme en colèreAlbert Rumpelmayer | |
| 1979 | Better Late Than NeverColonel Riddle | |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic AffairMax Dechambre | |
| 1979 | Dick TurpinIgnatius Slake | |
| 1978 | HalloweenLoomis | |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandB.D. Brockhurst | |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never ComesDr. Todd | |
| 1978 | Blood RelativesJames Doniac | |
| 1978 | Night CreatureAxel MacGregor | |
| 1978 | Power PlayBlair | |
| 1978 | The Defection of Simas KudirkaCapt. Vladimir Popov | |
| 1978 | Last In, First OutRothko | |
| 1978 | CentennialSam Purchas | |
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest HomeNarrator (voice) | |
| 1978 | The BastardSolomon Sholto | |
| 1977 | TelefonNicolai Dalchimsky | |
| 1977 | Oh, God!Doctor Harmon | |
| 1977 | The UncannyValentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") | |
| 1977 | Jesus of NazarethMelchior | |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has LandedHimmler | |
| 1976 | I Don't Want to Be BornDr. Finch | |
| 1976 | The Last TycoonBoxley | |
| 1976 | The Devil's MenFather Roche | |
| 1976 | Trial by CombatSir Giles Marley | |
| 1976 | GoldenrodJohn Tyler Jones | |
| 1976 | The Passover PlotPontius Pilate | |
| 1976 | Meriel the Ghost GirlGeorge Livingston | |
| 1976 | Hindle WakesNat Jeffcote | |
| 1976 | The JokeBendel | |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier PresentsNat Jeffcote | |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte-CristoDanglars | |
| 1975 | Escape to Witch MountainLucas Deranian | |
| 1975 | Hearts of the WestA.J. Nietz | |
| 1975 | Journey into FearKuvetli | |
| 1975 | Peep Show | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1974 | Watch Out, We're MadDoctor | |
| 1974 | The MutationsProfessor Nolter | |
| 1974 | The Black WindmillCedric Harper | |
| 1974 | From Beyond the GraveJim Underwood | |
| 1974 | House of the DamnedMartin Zayas | |
| 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnErich Count von Plasma | |
| 1974 | OccupationsChristo Kabak | |
| 1974 | The CafeteriaAaron | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseGeorge Livingston | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseBendel | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseAaron | |
| 1973 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFred Smudge | |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness MadnessProf. R.C. Tremayne | |
| 1973 | Lonely WaterThe Spirit (voice) | |
| 1973 | The Rainbow BoysRalph Logan | |
| 1973 | Malachi's CoveMalachi | |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCawser | |
| 1972 | Death LineInspector Calhoun | |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six WivesThomas Cromwell | |
| 1972 | Innocent BystandersLoomis | |
| 1972 | The Pied PiperThe Baron | |
| 1972 | The Jerusalem FileMajor Samuels | |
| 1972 | Wedding in WhiteJim Dougall, Sr. | |
| 1971 | THX 1138SEN | |
| 1971 | KidnappedEbenezer Balfour | |
| 1971 | Wake in FrightDoc Tydon | |
| 1971 | Skin DeepGerry Muddiman | |
| 1971 | The Fox TrotTom | |
| 1971 | ColumboAdrian Carsini | |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesCarnacki | |
| 1970 | Soldier BlueIsaac Q. Cumber | |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySamuel Johnson | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayGerry Muddiman | |
| 1969 | Last to Go | |
| 1969 | Mr. FreedomDr. Freedom | |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of ChaillotThe Prospector | |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur!Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon | |
| 1968 | Creature of ComfortJames Thorne | |
| 1968 | Sleep is LovelyClive | |
| 1968 | The News-BendersJ.G. | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-OHans Vogler | |
| 1967 | You Only Live TwiceErnst Stavro Blofeld | |
| 1967 | Will PennyPreacher Quint | |
| 1967 | The Night of the GeneralsGeneral Kahlenberge | |
| 1967 | MatchlessGregori Andreanu | |
| 1967 | Call Me DaddyBen Hoffman | |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne FrankAlbert Dussel | |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television(voice) | |
| 1966 | Fantastic VoyageDr. Michaels | |
| 1966 | Eye of the DevilPere Dominic | |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sacGeorge | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever ToldThe Dark Hermit - Satan | |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail'Oracle' Jones | |
| 1964 | The CaretakerMac Davies / Bernard Jenkins | |
| 1963 | The Great EscapeBlythe 'The Forger' | |
| 1963 | Dr. CrippenDr. Hawley Harvey Crippen | |
| 1963 | Espionage | |
| 1963 | The FugitiveMax Pfeiffer | |
| 1963 | The Outer LimitsHarold J. Finley | |
| 1962 | The InspectorWolters | |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up!Everett Sloane | |
| 1961 | The Wind of ChangePop | |
| 1961 | No Love for JohnnieRenfrew | |
| 1961 | Spare the RodMr. Jenkins | |
| 1961 | The HorsemastersCaptain Pinski | |
| 1961 | The DefendersDr. Byron Saul | |
| 1960 | Circus of HorrorsVanet | |
| 1960 | Hell Is a CityGus Hawkins | |
| 1960 | The Battle of the SexesIrwin Hoffman | |
| 1960 | The ShakedownJessel Brown | |
| 1960 | The Hands of OrlacGraham Coates | |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the FiendsWilliam Hare | |
| 1960 | Sons and LoversMr. Pappleworth | |
| 1960 | SuspectParsons, alias Bill Brown | |
| 1960 | The CupboardFred Watson | |
| 1960 | Toff and FingersSelf/Host | |
| 1960 | Alice Through the Looking BoxCaterpillar | |
| 1960 | The Big DayVictor Partridge | |
| 1960 | A Story of DavidNabal | |
| 1960 | Danger Man | |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery TheatreHost | |
| 1959 | Look Back in AngerHurst | |
| 1959 | The TraitorGrantley Caypor | |
| 1959 | Killers of KilimanjaroCaptain | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneEllis Fowler | |
| 1959 | Interpol CallingKarl Haussman | |
| 1959 | One Step BeyondHarvey Laurence | |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two CitiesBarsad | |
| 1958 | The Wind Cannot ReadDoctor | |
| 1958 | The Greatest Man in the WorldUS President | |
| 1958 | The Man InsideOrgan Grinder | |
| 1958 | Heart of a ChildSpiel | |
| 1958 | The Two-Headed SpyGen. Hardt | |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | |
| 1957 | The Man in the SkyCrabtree | |
| 1957 | Barnacle BillCashier | |
| 1957 | ManuelaEvans | |
| 1956 | 1984R. Parsons | |
| 1956 | The Black TentAli | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatrePresident of the USA | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreFred Watson | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreBen Hoffman | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1955 | Round the World in 80 DaysVoices | |
| 1955 | Value for MoneyLimpy | |
| 1955 | The Moment of TruthThe Foreign Minister | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin HoodPrince John | |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-FourSyme | |
| 1954 | Orders Are OrdersCpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) | |
| 1954 | The BeachcomberTromp | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyCaptain Pinski | |
| 1952 | The DybbukSecond batlon | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameKantorek | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameMyers | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameThe Chancellor | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreSyme | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night TheatreCorporal |
| 1958 | The Telltale HeartWriter |