5.6Acting
Donald Pleasence
- Born
- 1919-10-05
- Died
- 1995-02-02
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
242 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026 · Movie
Dr. Loomis
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003 · Movie
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
The Making of Fatal Frames
1997 · Movie
self
Fatal Frames
1996 · Movie
Professor Robinson
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995 · Movie
Dr. Loomis
Safe Haven
1995 · Movie
The Sailor
Signs and Wonders
1995 · TV Show
Cornelius Van Damm
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994 · Movie
Sinister Dentist
Guinevere
1994 · Movie
Merlin
The World of Hammer
1994 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Femme Fatale
1993 · Movie
Victor Harty
The Big Freeze
1993 · Movie
Soup slurper
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · Movie
Pincheon
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Movie
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Dien Bien Phu
1992 · Movie
Howard Simpson
Donne armate
1991 · TV Show
Dreyfuss
L'avvoltoio può attendere
1991 · TV Show
Armon Shalik
Millions
1991 · Movie
Ripa
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Movie
Doctor
Life of General De Gaulle
1990 · Movie
Winston Churchill
American Rickshaw
1989 · Movie
Rev. Mortom
Buried Alive
1989 · Movie
Dr. Schaeffer
Casablanca Express
1989 · Movie
Colonel Bats
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Movie
Dr. Sam Loomis
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 · Movie
Jason Rafiel
Paganini Horror
1989 · Movie
Mr. Pickett
River of Death
1989 · Movie
Heinrich Spaatz
Ten Little Indians
1989 · Movie
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
The House of Usher
1989 · Movie
Walter Usher
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988 · Movie
Dr. Loomis
Hanna's War
1988 · Movie
Captain Thomas Rosza
Last Platoon
1988 · Movie
Colonel B. Abrahams
Metropolitan Animals
1988 · Movie
Prof. Livingstone
Nosferatu in Venice
1988 · Movie
Don Alvise
Phantom of Death
1988 · Movie
Inspector Datti
The Commander
1988 · Movie
Henry Carlson
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988 · Movie
Dr. Absalon
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988 · TV Show
Dr. Absalon
Basements
1987 · Movie
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Django Strikes Again
1987 · Movie
Ben Gunn
Double Target
1987 · Movie
Sen. Blaster
Gila and Rik
1987 · Movie
Joe Gardenia
Ground Zero
1987 · Movie
Prosper Gaffney
Prince of Darkness
1987 · Movie
Priest
Scoop
1987 · Movie
Lord Copper
Specters
1987 · Movie
Professor Lasky
Warrior Queen
1987 · Movie
Clodius Flaucus
Cobra Mission
1986 · Movie
Father Lenoir
Deadheat
1986 · Movie
Aldo Rossi
Into the Darkness
1986 · Movie
David Beckett
Naso di cane
1986 · TV Show
Olindo Cuomo
To Kill a Stranger
1986 · Movie
Col. Kostik
Black Arrow
1985 · Movie
Sir Oliver Oates
Nothing Underneath
1985 · Movie
Commissioner Danesi
Phenomena
1985 · Movie
Professor John McGregor
Reel Horror
1985 · Movie
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
Victor Harty · Pincheon
The Ambassador
1985 · Movie
Minister Eretz
The Corsican Brothers
1985 · Movie
The Chancellor
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · TV Show
George Hill
Treasure of the Amazon
1985 · Movie
Klaus von Blantz
A Breed Apart
1984 · Movie
J.P. Whittier
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Movie
Ivon Haake
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984 · Movie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Master of the Game
1984 · TV Show
Salomon Van der Merwe
Terror in the Aisles
1984 · Movie
Self - Host
Where Is Parsifal?
1984 · Movie
Mackintosh
The Devonsville Terror
1983 · Movie
Dr. Warley
The Falklands Factor
1983 · Movie
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Warrior of the Lost World
1983 · Movie
Prossor
Alone in the Dark
1982 · Movie
Leo Bain
Computercide
1982 · Movie
George Dettler
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · TV Show
Septimus Harding
Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · Movie
Mr. Myers
Wogan
1982 · TV Show
Self
Escape from New York
1981 · Movie
President of the United States
Halloween II
1981 · Movie
Dr Samuel Loomis
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981 · Movie
Gilbert Carson
The Monster Club
1981 · Movie
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Blade on the Feather
1980 · Movie
John Cavendish
Pumaman
1980 · Movie
Kobras
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · Movie
Kantorek
Better Late Than Never
1979 · Movie
Colonel Riddle
Dick Turpin
1979 · TV Show
Ignatius Slake
Dracula
1979 · Movie
Dr. Jack Seward
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979 · Movie
Clarence Blasko
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · Movie
Dr. Steiner
Jaguar Lives!
1979 · Movie
General Villanova
L'Homme en colère
1979 · Movie
Albert Rumpelmayer
Mrs. Columbo
1979 · TV Show
Cast
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · TV Show
Max Dechambre
Blood Relatives
1978 · Movie
James Doniac
Centennial
1978 · TV Show
Sam Purchas
Halloween
1978 · Movie
Loomis
Last In, First Out
1978 · Movie
Rothko
Night Creature
1978 · Movie
Axel MacGregor
Power Play
1978 · Movie
Blair
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Movie
B.D. Brockhurst
The Bastard
1978 · TV Show
Solomon Sholto
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978 · Movie
Capt. Vladimir Popov
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978 · Movie
Dr. Todd
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · TV Show
Melchior
Oh, God!
1977 · Movie
Doctor Harmon
Telefon
1977 · Movie
Nicolai Dalchimsky
The Uncanny
1977 · Movie
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Goldenrod
1976 · Movie
John Tyler Jones
Hindle Wakes
1976 · Movie
Nat Jeffcote
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976 · Movie
Dr. Finch
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · TV Show
Nat Jeffcote
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976 · Movie
George Livingston
The Devil's Men
1976 · Movie
Father Roche
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie
Himmler
The Joke
1976 · Movie
Bendel
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Movie
Boxley
The Passover Plot
1976 · Movie
Pontius Pilate
Trial by Combat
1976 · Movie
Sir Giles Marley
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · Movie
Lucas Deranian
Hearts of the West
1975 · Movie
A.J. Nietz
Journey into Fear
1975 · Movie
Kuvetli
Peep Show
1975 · TV Show
Cast
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host
Shades of Greene
1975 · TV Show
Puckler
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975 · Movie
Danglars
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · Movie
Erich Count von Plasma
From Beyond the Grave
1974 · Movie
Jim Underwood
House of the Damned
1974 · Movie
Martin Zayas
Occupations
1974 · Movie
Christo Kabak
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
George Livingston · Bendel · Aaron
The Black Windmill
1974 · Movie
Cedric Harper
The Cafeteria
1974 · Movie
Aaron
The Mutations
1974 · Movie
Professor Nolter
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974 · Movie
Doctor
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973 · Movie
Fred Smudge
Malachi's Cove
1973 · Movie
Malachi
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · TV Show
Cawser
Tales That Witness Madness
1973 · Movie
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
The Rainbow Boys
1973 · Movie
Ralph Logan
Death Line
1972 · Movie
Inspector Calhoun
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Movie
Thomas Cromwell
Innocent Bystanders
1972 · Movie
Loomis
The Jerusalem File
1972 · Movie
Major Samuels
The Man Outside
1972 · TV Show
Victor Cobb
The Pied Piper
1972 · Movie
The Baron
Wedding in White
1972 · Movie
Jim Dougall, Sr.
Columbo
1971 · TV Show
Adrian Carsini
Kidnapped
1971 · Movie
Ebenezer Balfour
Skin Deep
1971 · Movie
Gerry Muddiman
The Fox Trot
1971 · Movie
Tom
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV Show
Carnacki
THX 1138
1971 · Movie
SEN
Wake in Fright
1971 · Movie
Doc Tydon
Confession
1970 · TV Show
Sergeant Hurby
Play for Today
1970 · TV Show
Samuel Johnson · Gerry Muddiman
Soldier Blue
1970 · Movie
Isaac Q. Cumber
Arthur? Arthur!
1969 · Movie
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · TV Show
Hans Vogler
Last to Go
1969 · Movie
Cast
Mr. Freedom
1969 · Movie
Dr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 · Movie
The Prospector
Creature of Comfort
1968 · Movie
James Thorne
Sleep is Lovely
1968 · Movie
Clive
The News-Benders
1968 · Movie
J.G.
Call Me Daddy
1967 · Movie
Ben Hoffman
Matchless
1967 · Movie
Gregori Andreanu
NBC Experiment in Television
1967 · TV Show
(voice)
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Movie
Albert Dussel
The Night of the Generals
1967 · Movie
General Kahlenberge
Will Penny
1967 · Movie
Preacher Quint
You Only Live Twice
1967 · Movie
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Cul-de-sac
1966 · Movie
George
Eye of the Devil
1966 · Movie
Pere Dominic
Fantastic Voyage
1966 · Movie
Dr. Michaels
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie
The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Movie
'Oracle' Jones
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
Richard Pratt · J.G.
The Caretaker
1964 · Movie
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV Show
The Head Waiter
Dr. Crippen
1963 · Movie
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
Espionage
1963 · TV Show
Escalon
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
Max Pfeiffer
The Great Escape
1963 · Movie
Blythe 'The Forger'
The Outer Limits
1963 · TV Show
Harold J. Finley
The Inspector
1962 · Movie
Wolters
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Movie
Renfrew
Spare the Rod
1961 · Movie
Mr. Jenkins
The Defenders
1961 · TV Show
Dr. Byron Saul
The Horsemasters
1961 · Movie
Captain Pinski
The Wind of Change
1961 · Movie
Pop
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Movie
Everett Sloane
A Story of David
1960 · Movie
Nabal
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960 · Movie
Caterpillar
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · TV Show
Host
Circus of Horrors
1960 · Movie
Vanet
Danger Man
1960 · TV Show
Nikolides · Captain Aldrich
Hell Is a City
1960 · Movie
Gus Hawkins
Sons and Lovers
1960 · Movie
Mr. Pappleworth
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · TV Show
Admiral Vespery
Suspect
1960 · Movie
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Battle of the Sexes
1960 · Movie
Irwin Hoffman
The Big Day
1960 · Movie
Victor Partridge
The Cupboard
1960 · Movie
Fred Watson
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Movie
William Hare
The Hands of Orlac
1960 · Movie
Graham Coates
The Shakedown
1960 · Movie
Jessel Brown
Toff and Fingers
1960 · Movie
Self/Host
Interpol Calling
1959 · TV Show
Karl Haussman
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 · Movie
Captain
Look Back in Anger
1959 · Movie
Hurst
One Step Beyond
1959 · TV Show
Harvey Laurence
The Traitor
1959 · Movie
Grantley Caypor
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
Ellis Fowler
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Movie
Barsad
Heart of a Child
1958 · Movie
Spiel
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · TV Show
Cast
The Greatest Man in the World
1958 · Movie
US President
The Man Inside
1958 · Movie
Organ Grinder
The Telltale Heart
1958 · Movie
Writer
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 · Movie
Gen. Hardt
The Wind Cannot Read
1958 · Movie
Doctor
Barnacle Bill
1957 · Movie
Cashier
Manuela
1957 · Movie
Evans
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Movie
Crabtree
1984
1956 · Movie
R. Parsons
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV Show
President of the USA · Cast · Fred Watson · Ben Hoffman
The Black Tent
1956 · Movie
Ali
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Nominee
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · TV Show
Supt. Smith
Round the World in 80 Days
1955 · Movie
Voices
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · TV Show
Prince John
The Moment of Truth
1955 · Movie
The Foreign Minister
Value for Money
1955 · Movie
Limpy
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954 · Movie
Syme
Orders Are Orders
1954 · Movie
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber
1954 · Movie
Tromp
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
Captain Pinski · Lucas Deranian
The Dybbuk
1952 · Movie
Second batlon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Kantorek · Myers · The Chancellor
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · TV Show
Syme · Corporal
New Line: Independent Legacies
Date unknown · Movie
Self (archive footage)