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