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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-05 (105 years old)

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Donald Pleasence

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2022

Dracula Unearthed as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)

2012

Driving Lessons as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2010

Halloween: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)

2003

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

2002

Best Ever Bond as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998

In and Out of Fashion as Self (archive footage)

1996

Fatal Frames as Professor Robinson

1995

Safe Haven as The Sailor
Signs and Wonders as Cornelius Van Damm

1994

Guinevere as Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art? as Sinister Dentist

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler as Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Big Freeze as Soup slurper
Femme Fatale as Victor Harty

1992

Diên Biên Phu as Howard Simpson

1991

Shadows and Fog as Doctor
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird as The Art Collector
Women in Arms as Dreyfuss
Millions as Ripa

1990

Moi, général de Gaulle as Winston Churchill

1989

Buried Alive as Dr. Schaeffer
River of Death as Heinrich Spaatz
The House of Usher as Walter Usher
Casablanca Express as Colonel Bats
Ten Little Indians as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
American Rickshaw as Rev. Mortom
Paganini Horror as Mr. Pickett

1988

Nosferatu in Venice as Don Alvise
Phantom of Death as Inspector Datti
The Commander as Henry Carlson
Animali metropolitani as Prof. Livingstone
Last Platoon as Colonel B. Abrahams
Hanna's War as Captain Thomas Rosza

1987

Warrior Queen as Clodius Flaucus
Prince of Darkness as Father Loomis
Double Target as Sen. Blaster
Ground Zero as Prosper Gaffney
Scoop as Lord Copper
Specters as Professor Lasky
Basements as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Gila and Rik as Joe Gardenia

1986

Cobra Mission as Father Lenoir
To Kill a Stranger as Col. Kostik
Deadheat as Aldo Rossi
Into the Darkness as David Beckett
Naso di cane as Olindo Cuomo

1985

Phenomena as Professor John McGregor
Nothing Underneath as Commissioner Danesi
Treasure of the Amazon as Klaus von Blantz
The Ambassador as Minister Eretz
Reel Horror as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Corsican Brothers as The Chancellor
Black Arrow as Sir Oliver Oates

1984

Terror in the Aisles as Self - Host
A Breed Apart as J.P. Whittier
Arch of Triumph as Ivon Haake
Where Is Parsifal? as Mackintosh
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Master of the Game as Salomon Van der Merwe
Miss Marple as Jason Rafiel

1983

The Falklands Factor as Dr. Samuel Johnson

1982

Computercide as George Dettler
Alone in the Dark as Leo Bain
The Barchester Chronicles as Septimus Harding
Wogan as Self

1981

Escape from New York as President of the United States
Halloween II as Dr. Sam Loomis
The Monster Club as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Race for the Yankee Zephyr as Gilbert Carson

1980

Pumaman as Kobras
Blade on the Feather as Professor John Cavendish

1979

Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward
Jaguar Lives! as General Villanova
Gold of the Amazon Women as Clarence Blasko
The Angry Man as Albert Rumpelmayer
Better Late Than Never as Colonel Riddle

1978

Halloween as Loomis
Blood Relatives as James Doniac
Night Creature as Axel MacGregor
Power Play as Blair
The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Capt. Vladimir Popov
The Bastard as Solomon Sholto
Centennial as Sam Purchas

1977

Telefon as Nicolai Dalchimsky
Oh, God! as Doctor Harmon
The Uncanny as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
Jesus of Nazareth as Melchior

1976

The Last Tycoon as Boxley
The Devil's Men as Father Roche
Trial by Combat as Sir Giles Marley
Goldenrod as John Tyler Jones
The Passover Plot as Pontius Pilate
Meriel the Ghost Girl as George Livingston
Hindle Wakes as Nat Jeffcote
The Joke as Bendel

1975

Escape to Witch Mountain as Lucas Deranian
Hearts of the West as A.J. Nietz
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1974

The Mutations as Professor Nolter
The Black Windmill as Cedric Harper
From Beyond the Grave as Jim Underwood
House of the Damned as Martin Zayas
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Erich Count von Plasma
Occupations as Christo Kabak
The Cafeteria as Aaron
Playhouse as George Livingston

1973

Tales That Witness Madness as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Lonely Water as The Spirit (voice)
The Rainbow Boys as Ralph Logan
Malachi's Cove as Malachi

1972

Death Line as Inspector Calhoun
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Thomas Cromwell
The Pied Piper as The Baron
The Jerusalem File as Major Samuels
Wedding in White as Jim Dougall, Sr.

1971

THX 1138 as SEN
Kidnapped as Ebenezer Balfour
Wake in Fright as Doc Tydon
Skin Deep as Gerry Muddiman
Columbo as Adrian Carsini

1970

Soldier Blue as Isaac Q. Cumber
Play for Today as Samuel Johnson
Play for Today as Gerry Muddiman

1969

Mr. Freedom as Dr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Prospector
Arthur? Arthur! as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

1968

Creature of Comfort as James Thorne
Hawaii Five-O as Hans Vogler

1967

You Only Live Twice as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Will Penny as Preacher Quint
The Night of the Generals as General Kahlenberge
Matchless as Gregori Andreanu
Call Me Daddy as Ben Hoffman
The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussel

1966

Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Michaels
Eye of the Devil as Pere Dominic
Cul-de-sac as George

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Hallelujah Trail as 'Oracle' Jones

1964

The Caretaker as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1963

The Great Escape as Blythe 'The Forger'
Dr. Crippen as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The Fugitive as Max Pfeiffer
The Outer Limits as Harold J. Finley

1962

The Inspector as Wolters

1961

What a Carve Up! as Everett Sloane
Spare the Rod as Mr. Jenkins
The Horsemasters as Captain Pinski
The Defenders as Dr. Byron Saul

1960

Hell Is a City as Gus Hawkins
The Battle of the Sexes as Irwin Hoffman
The Shakedown as Jessel Brown
The Hands of Orlac as Graham Coates
The Flesh and the Fiends as William Hare
Sons and Lovers as Mr. Pappleworth
Suspect as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Cupboard as Fred Watson
Toff and Fingers as Self/Host
The Big Day as Victor Partridge

1959

The Traitor as Grantley Caypor
The Twilight Zone as Ellis Fowler
Interpol Calling as Karl Haussman
One Step Beyond as Harvey Laurence

1958

The Man Inside as Organ Grinder
The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Hardt

1957

The Man in the Sky as Crabtree
Barnacle Bill as Cashier
Manuela as Evans

1956

1984 as R. Parsons
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
Armchair Theatre as President of the USA

1955

1954

Orders Are Orders as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1952

The Dybbuk as Second batlon

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Chancellor

1950

Writing

1958