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