Donald Pleasence

Personal Info

Birthday

October 5, 1919

Day of Death

1995-02-02

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Pleasance

Don Pleasence

Donald Plesance

Donald Henry Pleasence

Дональд Генри Плезенс

Дональд Плезенс

دانلد پلزنس

Donald Pleasence

Biography

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

Columbo

The Fugitive

The Twilight Zone

Hawaii Five-O

Play for Today

The Defenders

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Outer Limits

Filmography

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