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
THX 1138 (1971)
as SEN
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
as Dr. Loomis
Halloween II (1981)
as Dr Samuel Loomis
The Great Escape (1963)
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
as Dr. Loomis
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
as Dr. Sam Loomis
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Himmler
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
as Doctor
Guinevere (1994)
as Merlin
Prince of Darkness (1987)
as Priest
Scoop (1987)
as Lord Copper
Buried Alive (1989)
as Dr. Schaeffer
Death Line (1972)
as Inspector Calhoun
Femme Fatale (1993)
as Victor Harty
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
as Lucas Deranian
Phenomena (1985)
as Professor John McGregor
The Joke (1976)
as Bendel
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as General Kahlenberge
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Don Alvise
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
as Loomis
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
as Kantorek
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
as Jim Underwood
Dracula (1979)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Telefon (1977)
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Pere Dominic
Manuela (1957)
as Evans
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Michaels
Wake in Fright (1971)
as Doc Tydon
Basements (1987)
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Soldier Blue (1970)
as Isaac Q. Cumber
The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Boxley
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Danglars
Computercide (1982)
as George Dettler
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Leo Bain
Goldenrod (1976)
as John Tyler Jones
Fatal Frames (1996)
as Professor Robinson
Dien Bien Phu (1992)
as Howard Simpson
The Making of Fatal Frames (1997)
as self
Blade on the Feather (1980)
as John Cavendish
Pumaman (1980)
as Kobras
Hindle Wakes (1976)
as Nat Jeffcote
The Monster Club (1981)
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
River of Death (1989)
as Heinrich Spaatz
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
as William Hare
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Doctor
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
as Irwin Hoffman
Cul-de-sac (1966)
as George
The Horsemasters (1961)
as Captain Pinski
Occupations (1974)
as Christo Kabak
The House of Usher (1989)
as Walter Usher
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as B.D. Brockhurst
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Pincheon
Gila and Rik (1987)
as Joe Gardenia
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self - Host
Kidnapped (1971)
as Ebenezer Balfour
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
as Gilbert Carson
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Barsad
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as 'Oracle' Jones
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
as Klaus von Blantz
The Black Windmill (1974)
as Cedric Harper
Will Penny (1967)
as Preacher Quint
Oh, God! (1977)
as Doctor Harmon
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
as Mr. Myers
Django Strikes Again (1987)
as Ben Gunn
1984 (1956)
as R. Parsons
To Kill a Stranger (1986)
as Col. Kostik
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
as Jason Rafiel
Look Back in Anger (1959)
as Hurst
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Ten Little Indians (1989)
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
as Dr. Absalon
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
as Vanet
Into the Darkness (1986)
as David Beckett
Warrior Queen (1987)
as Clodius Flaucus
Nothing Underneath (1985)
as Commissioner Danesi
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
as Dr. Steiner
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Foreign Minister
The Uncanny (1977)
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Prospector
Power Play (1978)
as Blair
Arch of Triumph (1984)
as Ivon Haake
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
as Graham Coates
Sleep is Lovely (1968)
as Clive
What a Carve Up! (1961)
as Everett Sloane
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Gus Hawkins
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
as Thomas Cromwell
Deadheat (1986)
as Aldo Rossi
The Pied Piper (1972)
as The Baron
Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
as Prossor
Phantom of Death (1988)
as Inspector Datti
The Big Freeze (1993)
as Soup slurper
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Renfrew
Cobra Mission (1986)
as Father Lenoir
Hearts of the West (1975)
as A.J. Nietz
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as General Villanova
Hanna's War (1988)
as Captain Thomas Rosza
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
The Devil's Men (1976)
as Father Roche
Blood Relatives (1978)
as James Doniac
Life of General De Gaulle (1990)
as Winston Churchill
A Breed Apart (1984)
as J.P. Whittier
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Crabtree
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
as Sinister Dentist
Barnacle Bill (1957)
as Cashier
Jig-Saw (1979)
as Albert Rumpelmayer
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
as Gen. Hardt
The Mutations (1974)
as Professor Nolter
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
as Albert Dussel
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
Casablanca Express (1989)
as Colonel Bats
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
as Clarence Blasko
American Rickshaw (1989)
as Rev. Mortom
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
as Doctor
The Ambassador (1985)
as Minister Eretz
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
as Dr. Warley
Mr. Freedom (1969)
as Dr. Freedom
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
as Captain
House of the Damned (1974)
as Martin Zayas
Specters (1987)
as Professor Lasky
The Shakedown (1960)
as Jessel Brown
Paganini Horror (1989)
as Mr. Pickett
Millions (1991)
as Ripa
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Mr. Pappleworth
Black Arrow (1985)
as Sir Oliver Oates
A Story of David (1960)
as Nabal
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Erich Count von Plasma
Last Platoon (1988)
as Colonel B. Abrahams
Meriel the Ghost Girl (1976)
as George Livingston
Better Late Than Never (1979)
as Colonel Riddle
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
as Dr. Finch
The Dybbuk (1952)
as Second batlon
Heart of a Child (1958)
as Spiel
The Commander (1988)
as Henry Carlson
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Sir Giles Marley
Suspect (1960)
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Wedding in White (1972)
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
Reel Horror (1985)
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Call Me Daddy (1967)
as Ben Hoffman
The Man Inside (1958)
as Organ Grinder
The Passover Plot (1976)
as Pontius Pilate
Metropolitan Animals (1988)
as Prof. Livingstone
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Kuvetli
The Black Tent (1956)
as Ali
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
as Dr. Todd
The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
as US President
Double Target (1987)
as Sen. Blaster
Orders Are Orders (1954)
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Syme
Ground Zero (1987)
as Prosper Gaffney
The Falklands Factor (1983)
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Rothko
The Caretaker (1964)
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
as Fred Smudge
Night Creature (1978)
as Axel MacGregor
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
as Caterpillar
Malachi's Cove (1973)
as Malachi
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Tromp
Dr. Crippen (1963)
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
Matchless (1967)
as Gregori Andreanu
Value for Money (1955)
as Limpy
The Rainbow Boys (1973)
as Ralph Logan
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
as Mackintosh
The Cupboard (1960)
as Fred Watson
The Jerusalem File (1972)
as Major Samuels
The News-Benders (1968)
as J.G.
The Inspector (1962)
as Wolters
Toff and Fingers (1960)
as Self/Host
The Cafeteria (1974)
as Aaron
Round the World in 80 Days (1955)
as Voices
The Wind of Change (1961)
as Pop
The Corsican Brothers (1985)
as The Chancellor
Creature of Comfort (1968)
as James Thorne
Spare the Rod (1961)
as Mr. Jenkins
The Big Day (1960)
as Victor Partridge
Skin Deep (1971)
as Gerry Muddiman
The Dr. Loomis Tapes (2026)
as Dr. Loomis
Safe Haven (1995)
as The Sailor
The Fox Trot (1971)
as Tom
The Traitor (1959)
as Grantley Caypor
Last to Go (1969)
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