Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

  • Birthday: 1919-10-05
  • Deathday: 1995-02-02
  • Place of birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Donald Pleasance

Biography

Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Pleasence, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

THX 1138

1971

As SEN

You Only Live Twice

1967

As Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Halloween

1978

As Dr. Sam Loomis

Escape from New York

1981

As President of the United States

Will Penny

1967

As Preacher Quint

1984

1956

As R. Parsons

Fantastic Voyage

1966

As Dr. Michaels

Eye of the Devil

1966

As Pere Dominic

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

As Fred Smudge

Death Line

1972

As Inspector Calhoun

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

As Danglars

A Tale of Two Cities

1958

As Barsad

Cul-de-sac

1966

As George

Halloween II

1981

As Dr. Sam Loomis

Warrior Queen

1987

As Clodius Flaucus

The Great Escape

1963

As Blythe 'The Forger'

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

As Himmler

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

As Mr. Myers

Telefon

1977

As Nicolai Dalchimsky

Buried Alive

1989

As Dr. Schaeffer

The Mutations

1974

As Professor Nolter

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

As 'Oracle' Jones

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974

As Doctor

Pumaman

1980

As Kobras

Oh, God!

1977

As Doctor Harmon

Kidnapped

1971

As Ebenezer Balfour

The Black Windmill

1974

As Cedric Harper

Prince of Darkness

1987

As Vater Loomis

Wake in Fright

1971

As Doc Tydon

Dracula

1979

As Dr. Jack Seward

Mr. Freedom

1969

As Dr. Freedom

Circus of Horrors

1960

As Vanet

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

As Don Alvise

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976

As Dr. Finch

Fatal Frames

1996

As Professor Robinson

Hell Is a City

1960

As Gus Hawkins

Phenomena

1985

As Professor John McGregor

Phantom of Death

1988

As Inspector Datti

Soldier Blue

1970

As Isaac Q. Cumber

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

As Prof. R.C. Tremayne

The Night of the Generals

1967

As General Kahlenberge

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

As Lucas Deranian

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

As Irwin Hoffman

The Last Tycoon

1976

As Boxley

The Devil's Men

1976

As Father Roche

Nothing Underneath

1985

As Commissioner Danesi

River of Death

1989

As Heinrich Spaatz

The Man in the Sky

1957

As Crabtree

The Monster Club

1981

As Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

The House of Usher

1989

As Walter Usher

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

As Dr. Todd

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

As Doctor

Blood Relatives

1978

As James Doniac

Terror in the Aisles

1984

As Self - Host

From Beyond the Grave

1974

As Jim Underwood

Cobra Mission

1986

As Father Lenoir

The Shakedown

1960

As Jessel Brown

Look Back in Anger

1959

As Hurst

Shadows and Fog

1991

As Doctor

What a Carve Up!

1961

As Everett Sloane

The Hands of Orlac

1960

As Graham Coates

The Hour of the Pig

1993

As Pincheon

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

As William Hare

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

As Thomas Cromwell

Sons and Lovers

1960

As Mr. Pappleworth

Diên Biên Phu

1992

As Howard Simpson

Hearts of the West

1975

As A.J. Nietz

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

As Klaus von Blantz

Casablanca Express

1989

As Colonel Bats

The Uncanny

1977

As Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")

The Wind of Change

1961

As Pop

Jaguar Lives!

1979

As General Villanova

Django Strikes Again

1987

As Ben Gunn

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981

As Gilbert Carson

A Breed Apart

1984

As J.P. Whittier

Trial by Combat

1976

As Sir Giles Marley

Innocent Bystanders

1972

As Loomis

Orders Are Orders

1954

As Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

The Devonsville Terror

1983

As Dr. Warley

Night Creature

1978

As Axel MacGregor

Ten Little Indians

1989

As Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

The Caretaker

1964

As Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Double Target

1987

As Sen. Blaster

Dr. Crippen

1963

As Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Ground Zero

1987

As Prosper Gaffney

Arch of Triumph

1985

As Ivon Haake

The Passover Plot

1976

As Pontius Pilate

Power Play

1978

As Blair

Scoop

1987

As Lord Copper

The Commander

1988

As Henry Carlson

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

As Dr. Steiner

Guinevere

1994

As Merlin

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

As Clarence Blasko

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

As The Prospector

Matchless

1967

As Gregori Andreanu

Journey into Fear

1975

As Kuvetli

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

As Mackintosh

The Inspector

1962

As Wolters

The Ambassador

1985

As Minister Eretz

No Love for Johnnie

1961

As Renfrew

The Pied Piper

1972

As The Baron

Reel Horror

1985

As Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

The Angry Man

1979

As Albert Rumpelmayer

Specters

1987

As Professor Lasky

American Rickshaw

1989

As Rev. Mortom

To Kill a Stranger

1986

As Col. Kostik

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

As George Livingston

Spare the Rod

1961

As Mr. Jenkins

The Rainbow Boys

1973

As Ralph Logan

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

As Capt. Vladimir Popov

Suspect

1960

As Parsons, alias Bill Brown

House of the Damned

1974

As Martin Zayas

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

As The Dark Hermit - Satan

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

As Erich Count von Plasma

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991

As The Art Collector

The Big Freeze

1993

As Soup slurper

Creature of Comfort

1968

As James Thorne

Last In, First Out

1978

As Rothko

Wedding in White

1972

As Jim Dougall, Sr.

The Bastard

1978

As Solomon Sholto

Last Platoon

1988

As Colonel B. Abrahams

In and Out of Fashion

1998

As Self (archive footage)

Paganini Horror

1989

As Mr. Pickett

Manuela

1957

As Evans

Hanna's War

1988

As Captain Thomas Rosza

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960

As Caterpillar

The Big Day

1960

As Victor Partridge

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959

As Captain

Animali metropolitani

1987

As Prof. Livingstone

Millions

1991

As Ripa

Dario Argento's World of Horror

1985

As Himself (Archive)

Basements

1987

As Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Blade on the Feather

1980

As Professor John Cavendish

A Story of David

1960

As Nabal

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984

As Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

As Phido the Vulture (voice)

Black Arrow

1985

As Sir Oliver Oates

The Horsemasters

1961

As Captain Pinski

The Black Tent

1956

As Ali

Hindle Wakes

1976

As Nat Jeffcote

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

As Albert Dussel

Into the Darkness

1986

As David Beckett

The Beachcomber

1954

As Tromp

The Fox Trot

1971

As Tom

Skin Deep

1971

As Gerry Muddiman

The Man Inside

1958

As Organ Grinder

Safe Haven

1995

As The Sailor

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

As Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Better Late Than Never

1979

As Colonel Riddle

Gila and Rik

1987

As Joe Gardenia

Sleep is Lovely

1968

As Clive

Heart of a Child

1958

As Spiel

Malachi's Cove

1973

As Malachi

Naso di cane

1986

As Olindo Cuomo

Alone in the Dark

1982

As Leo Bain

The News-Benders

1968

As J.G.

The Falklands Factor

1983

As Dr. Samuel Johnson

Halloween: The Inside Story

2010

As Self (archive footage)

Value for Money

1955

As Limpy

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

As Gen. Hardt

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

As Self (archive footage)

Last to Go

1969

As

Goldenrod

1976

As John Tyler Jones

Deadheat

1986

As Aldo Rossi

The Corsican Brothers

1985

As The Chancellor

Computercide

1982

As George Dettler

Occupations

1974

As Christo Kabak

Femme Fatale

1993

As Victor Harty

The Cupboard

1960

As Fred Watson

Best Ever Bond

2002

As Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Dybbuk

1952

As Second batlon

The Traitor

1959

As Grantley Caypor

Lonely Water

1973

As The Spirit (voice)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

As Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

The Greatest Man in the World

1958

As US President

Dracula Unearthed

2022

As Dr. Jack Seward (Archive Footage)

Barnacle Bill

1957

As Cashier

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

As Sinister Dentist

Women in Arms

1991

As Dreyfuss

Toff and Fingers

1960

As Self/Host

Call Me Daddy

1967

As Ben Hoffman

Production

The Telltale Heart

1958

As Writer

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