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
The Great Escape (1963)
as Blythe 'The Forger'
You Only Live Twice (1967)
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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
Prince of Darkness (1987)
as Priest
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Himmler
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Soldier Blue (1970)
as Isaac Q. Cumber
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
as Lucas Deranian
Warrior Queen (1987)
as Clodius Flaucus
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Danglars
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Leo Bain
Phenomena (1985)
as Professor John McGregor
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as General Kahlenberge
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
as Doctor
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
as Kantorek
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Doctor
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Michaels
THX 1138 (1971)
as SEN
Buried Alive (1989)
as Dr. Schaeffer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as B.D. Brockhurst
The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Boxley
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
as Dr. Absalon
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
as Jason Rafiel
Death Line (1972)
as Inspector Calhoun
Blood Relatives (1978)
as James Doniac
Hearts of the West (1975)
as A.J. Nietz
Wake in Fright (1971)
as Doc Tydon
Telefon (1977)
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
The Monster Club (1981)
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Will Penny (1967)
as Preacher Quint
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as 'Oracle' Jones
Dracula (1979)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self - Host
River of Death (1989)
as Heinrich Spaatz
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
as Mr. Myers
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Pincheon
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
as Loomis
The Horsemasters (1961)
as Captain Pinski
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
as Jim Underwood
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
as Dr. Steiner
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Pere Dominic
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
as Thomas Cromwell
1984 (1956)
as R. Parsons
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
Cul-de-sac (1966)
as George
Django Strikes Again (1987)
as Ben Gunn
Look Back in Anger (1959)
as Hurst
A Breed Apart (1984)
as J.P. Whittier
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
as Klaus von Blantz
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
as Gilbert Carson
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Prospector
Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
as Prossor
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Barsad
The House of Usher (1989)
as Walter Usher
Oh, God! (1977)
as Doctor Harmon
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
as William Hare
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
as Gen. Hardt
Hindle Wakes (1976)
as Nat Jeffcote
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
as Dr. Finch
Halloween 6: Producer's Cut (2013)
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Circus of Horrors (1960)
as Vanet
Guinevere (1994)
as Merlin
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
as Irwin Hoffman
What a Carve Up! (1961)
as Everett Sloane
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
as Graham Coates
The Black Windmill (1974)
as Cedric Harper
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Gus Hawkins
Arch of Triumph (1984)
as Ivon Haake
Manuela (1957)
as Evans
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Nothing Underneath (1985)
as Commissioner Danesi
Pumaman (1980)
as Kobras
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Don Alvise
Fatal Frames (1996)
as Professor Robinson
Hanna's War (1988)
as Captain Thomas Rosza
The Joke (1976)
as Bendel
Better Late Than Never (1979)
as Colonel Riddle
L'Homme en colère (1979)
as Albert Rumpelmayer
Phantom of Death (1988)
as Inspector Datti
The Uncanny (1977)
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Ambassador (1985)
as Minister Eretz
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Dien Bien Phu (1992)
as Howard Simpson
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Renfrew
The Devil's Men (1976)
as Father Roche
Kidnapped (1971)
as Ebenezer Balfour
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
as Albert Dussel
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Erich Count von Plasma
Blade on the Feather (1980)
as John Cavendish
Computercide (1982)
as George Dettler
Heart of a Child (1958)
as Spiel
Femme Fatale (1993)
as Victor Harty
Goldenrod (1976)
as John Tyler Jones
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Crabtree
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Kuvetli
The Pied Piper (1972)
as The Baron
To Kill a Stranger (1986)
as Col. Kostik
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Rothko
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
as Doctor
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Foreign Minister
Basements (1987)
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Mr. Freedom (1969)
as Dr. Freedom
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
Ten Little Indians (1989)
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Power Play (1978)
as Blair
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
as Fred Smudge
Occupations (1974)
as Christo Kabak
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
as Clarence Blasko
American Rickshaw (1989)
as Rev. Mortom
House of the Damned (1974)
as Martin Zayas
The Dybbuk (1952)
as Second batlon
Life of General De Gaulle (1990)
as Winston Churchill
Scoop (1987)
as Lord Copper
The Mutations (1974)
as Professor Nolter
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Sir Giles Marley
A Story of David (1960)
as Nabal
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as General Villanova
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Black Arrow (1985)
as Sir Oliver Oates
The Black Tent (1956)
as Ali
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
as Captain
The Caretaker (1964)
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
as Caterpillar
Meriel the Ghost Girl (1976)
as George Livingston
The Wind of Change (1961)
as Pop
Last Platoon (1988)
as Colonel B. Abrahams
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Reel Horror (1985)
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Commander (1988)
as Henry Carlson
Barnacle Bill (1957)
as Cashier
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Syme
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Mr. Pappleworth
Casablanca Express (1989)
as Colonel Bats
Value for Money (1955)
as Limpy
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
as Mackintosh
Paganini Horror (1989)
as Mr. Pickett
The Man Inside (1958)
as Organ Grinder
Deadheat (1986)
as Aldo Rossi
Cobra Mission (1986)
as Father Lenoir
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
as Dr. Warley
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
as Sinister Dentist
Millions (1991)
as Ripa
Ground Zero (1987)
as Prosper Gaffney
The Big Freeze (1993)
as Soup slurper
Spare the Rod (1961)
as Mr. Jenkins
Sleep is Lovely (1968)
as Clive
Gila and Rik (1987)
as Joe Gardenia
The Corsican Brothers (1985)
as The Chancellor
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
as Dr. Todd
The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
as US President
Specters (1987)
as Professor Lasky
Double Target (1987)
as Sen. Blaster
The Inspector (1962)
as Wolters
Malachi's Cove (1973)
as Malachi
Into the Darkness (1986)
as David Beckett
Orders Are Orders (1954)
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Wedding in White (1972)
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
Suspect (1960)
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Falklands Factor (1983)
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Metropolitan Animals (1988)
as Prof. Livingstone
Night Creature (1978)
as Axel MacGregor
The Passover Plot (1976)
as Pontius Pilate
The Jerusalem File (1972)
as Major Samuels
Call Me Daddy (1967)
as Ben Hoffman
The Shakedown (1960)
as Jessel Brown
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Tromp
Matchless (1967)
as Gregori Andreanu
Dr. Crippen (1963)
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The News-Benders (1968)
as J.G.
Skin Deep (1971)
as Gerry Muddiman
The Cafeteria (1974)
as Aaron
The Fox Trot (1971)
as Tom
Creature of Comfort (1968)
as James Thorne
The Dr. Loomis Tapes (2026)
as Dr. Loomis
Round the World in 80 Days (1955)
as Voices
The Cupboard (1960)
as Fred Watson
Safe Haven (1995)
as The Sailor
The Big Day (1960)
as Victor Partridge
Last to Go (1969)
Actor
The Traitor (1959)
as Grantley Caypor
Toff and Fingers (1960)
as Self/Host
The Rainbow Boys (1973)
as Ralph Logan
The Making of Fatal Frames (1997)
as self