Donald Pleasence
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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
Credits
Halloween (1978)
as Loomis
You Only Live Twice (1967)
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Escape from New York (1981)
as President of the United States
The Great Escape (1963)
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Halloween II (1981)
as Sam Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
as Dr. Loomis
Warrior Queen (1987)
as Clodius Flaucus
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Phenomena (1985)
as Professor John McGregor
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
as Dr. Loomis
Soldier Blue (1970)
as Isaac Q. Cumber
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Danglars
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
as Kantorek
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Himmler
Prince of Darkness (1987)
as Priest
THX 1138 (1971)
as SEN
Will Penny (1967)
as Preacher Quint
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
as Thomas Cromwell
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
as Doctor
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Michaels
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Doctor
Wake in Fright (1971)
as Doc Tydon
Buried Alive (1989)
as Dr. Schaeffer
Cul-de-sac (1966)
as George
Hanna's War (1988)
as Captain Thomas Rosza
Dracula (1979)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Leo Bain
Telefon (1977)
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
1984 (1956)
as R. Parsons
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as General Kahlenberge
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
as Lucas Deranian
The Pied Piper (1972)
as The Baron
Death Line (1972)
as Inspector Calhoun
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
as Dr. Steiner
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
as Jason Rafiel
The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Boxley
Black Arrow (1985)
as Sir Oliver Oates
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Uncanny (1977)
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
L'Homme en colère (1979)
as Albert Rumpelmayer
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
as Mr. Myers
The Monster Club (1981)
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Oh, God! (1977)
as Doctor Harmon
Diên Biên Phu (1992)
as Howard Simpson
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Don Alvise
River of Death (1989)
as Heinrich Spaatz
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as 'Oracle' Jones
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Pincheon
Kidnapped (1971)
as Ebenezer Balfour
Nothing Underneath (1985)
as Commissioner Danesi
Arch of Triumph (1984)
as Ivon Haake
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as General Villanova
Power Play (1978)
as Blair
A Story of David (1960)
as Nabal
A Breed Apart (1984)
as J.P. Whittier
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
as Irwin Hoffman
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Pere Dominic
Ten Little Indians (1989)
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
The Black Windmill (1974)
as Cedric Harper
Guinevere (1994)
as Merlin
Manuela (1957)
as Evans
Ground Zero (1987)
as Prosper Gaffney
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
as Klaus von Blantz
Pumaman (1980)
as Kobras
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as B.D. Brockhurst
Mr. Freedom (1969)
as Dr. Freedom
Django Strikes Again (1987)
as Ben Gunn
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
as Dr. Absalon
Femme Fatale (1993)
as Victor Harty
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
as Graham Coates
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Mr. Pappleworth
Reel Horror (1985)
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
as Gilbert Carson
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
as Jim Underwood
The Man Inside (1958)
as Organ Grinder
Barnacle Bill (1957)
as Cashier
The Horsemasters (1961)
as Captain Pinski
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Barsad
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Syme
Look Back in Anger (1959)
as Hurst
Hearts of the West (1975)
as A.J. Nietz
The Devil's Men (1976)
as Father Roche
Paganini Horror (1989)
as Mr. Pickett
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
as Dr. Finch
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Gus Hawkins
Circus of Horrors (1960)
as Vanet
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
as William Hare
Suspect (1960)
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Ambassador (1985)
as Minister Eretz
The Corsican Brothers (1985)
as The Chancellor
Basements (1987)
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
The Caretaker (1964)
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
as Gen. Hardt
Casablanca Express (1989)
as Colonel Bats
The House of Usher (1989)
as Walter Usher
Hindle Wakes (1976)
as Nat Jeffcote
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
as Dr. Todd
Scoop (1987)
as Lord Copper
Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
as Prossor
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Sir Giles Marley
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Kuvetli
Double Target (1987)
as Sen. Blaster
The Inspector (1962)
as Wolters
Blood Relatives (1978)
as James Doniac
Computercide (1982)
as George Dettler
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Prospector
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
Millions (1991)
as Ripa
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
as Loomis
Dr. Crippen (1963)
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
What a Carve Up! (1961)
as Everett Sloane
The Joke (1976)
as Bendel
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
The Black Tent (1956)
as Ali
Better Late Than Never (1979)
as Colonel Riddle
Phantom of Death (1988)
as Inspector Datti
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1991)
as Armon Shalik
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Crabtree
Skin Deep (1971)
as Gerry Muddiman
The Fox Trot (1971)
as Tom
Orders Are Orders (1954)
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
as Clarence Blasko
Specters (1987)
as Professor Lasky
Cobra Mission (1986)
as Father Lenoir
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Renfrew
The Commander (1988)
as Henry Carlson
The Passover Plot (1976)
as Pontius Pilate
Goldenrod (1976)
as John Tyler Jones
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self - Host
Driving Lessons (2012)
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
To Kill a Stranger (1986)
as Col. Kostik
Last Platoon (1988)
as Colonel B. Abrahams
Women in Arms (1991)
as Dreyfuss
The Jerusalem File (1972)
as Major Samuels
The Mutations (1974)
as Professor Nolter
The Traitor (1959)
as Grantley Caypor
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
as Fred Smudge
Value for Money (1955)
as Limpy
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
as Mackintosh
American Rickshaw (1989)
as Rev. Mortom
The Shakedown (1960)
as Jessel Brown
The Falklands Factor (1983)
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Erich Count von Plasma
Heart of a Child (1958)
as Spiel
Spare the Rod (1961)
as Mr. Jenkins
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Gila and Rik (1987)
as Joe Gardenia
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Tromp
Metropolitan Animals (1988)
as Prof. Livingstone
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
The Dybbuk (1952)
as Second batlon
The Big Freeze (1993)
as Soup slurper
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
as Captain
Matchless (1967)
as Gregori Andreanu
Wedding in White (1972)
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
Call Me Daddy (1967)
as Ben Hoffman
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
as Albert Dussel
The Wind of Change (1961)
as Pop
Fatal Frames (1996)
as Professor Robinson
House of the Damned (1974)
as Martin Zayas
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
as Sinister Dentist
Blade on the Feather (1980)
as John Cavendish
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Rothko
Life of General De Gaulle (1990)
as Winston Churchill
Malachi's Cove (1973)
as Malachi
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
as Dr. Warley
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
as Caterpillar
The Rainbow Boys (1973)
as Ralph Logan
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Foreign Minister
Sleep is Lovely (1968)
as Clive
The Cupboard (1960)
as Fred Watson
The Big Day (1960)
as Victor Partridge
Occupations (1974)
as Christo Kabak
Last to Go (1969)
Actor
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
as Doctor
Safe Haven (1995)
as The Sailor
Into the Darkness (1986)
as David Beckett
The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
as US President
Night Creature (1978)
as Axel MacGregor
The Cafeteria (1974)
as Aaron
Creature of Comfort (1968)
as James Thorne
Toff and Fingers (1960)
as Self/Host
Meriel the Ghost Girl (1976)
as George Livingston
The News-Benders (1968)
as J.G.
Deadheat (1986)
as Aldo Rossi
The Dr. Loomis Tapes (2026)
as Dr. Loomis
Lonely Water (1973)
as The Spirit (voice)
Round the World in 80 Days (1955)
as Voices