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.
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Known For
Halloween
(1978)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Oh, God!
(1977)
Doctor Harmon
You Only Live Twice
(1967)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Escape from New York
(1981)
President of the United States
Halloween II
(1981)
Dr. Sam Loomis
The Great Escape
(1963)
Blythe 'The Forger'
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
The Dark Hermit - Satan
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
(1995)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Prince of Darkness
(1987)
Vater Loomis
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
(1988)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
(1989)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Will Penny
(1967)
Preacher Quint
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1979)
Kantorek
The Eagle Has Landed
(1976)
Himmler
Phenomena
(1985)
Professor John McGregor
THX 1138
(1971)
SEN
Full Filmography
Acting
The Dybbuk
(1952)
Second batlon
Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1954)
Syme
Orders Are Orders
(1954)
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber
(1954)
Tromp
Value for Money
(1955)
Limpy
Round the World in 80 Days
(1955)
Voices
The Black Tent
(1956)
Ali
1984
(1956)
R. Parsons
The Man in the Sky
(1957)
Crabtree
Barnacle Bill
(1957)
Cashier
Manuela
(1957)
Evans
The Man Inside
(1958)
Organ Grinder
A Tale of Two Cities
(1958)
Barsad
Heart of a Child
(1958)
Spiel
The Greatest Man in the World
(1958)
US President
The Wind Cannot Read
(1958)
Doctor
The Two-Headed Spy
(1958)
Gen. Hardt
Killers of Kilimanjaro
(1959)
Captain
Look Back in Anger
(1959)
Hurst
The Traitor
(1959)
Grantley Caypor
A Story of David
(1960)
Nabal
The Cupboard
(1960)
Fred Watson
Sons and Lovers
(1960)
Mr. Pappleworth
The Battle of the Sexes
(1960)
Irwin Hoffman
The Hands of Orlac
(1960)
Graham Coates
The Flesh and the Fiends
(1960)
William Hare
The Shakedown
(1960)
Jessel Brown
Alice Through the Looking Box
(1960)
Caterpillar
Toff and Fingers
(1960)
Self/Host
The Big Day
(1960)
Victor Partridge
Hell Is a City
(1960)
Gus Hawkins
Circus of Horrors
(1960)
Vanet
Suspect
(1960)
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Horsemasters
(1961)
Captain Pinski
What a Carve Up!
(1961)
Everett Sloane
Spare the Rod
(1961)
Mr. Jenkins
The Wind of Change
(1961)
Pop
No Love for Johnnie
(1961)
Renfrew
The Inspector
(1962)
Wolters
The Great Escape
(1963)
Blythe 'The Forger'
Dr. Crippen
(1963)
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The Caretaker
(1964)
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Hallelujah Trail
(1965)
'Oracle' Jones
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
The Dark Hermit - Satan
Cul-de-sac
(1966)
George
Fantastic Voyage
(1966)
Dr. Michaels
Eye of the Devil
(1966)
Pere Dominic
Matchless
(1967)
Gregori Andreanu
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1967)
Albert Dussel
Will Penny
(1967)
Preacher Quint
You Only Live Twice
(1967)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Night of the Generals
(1967)
General Kahlenberge
Call Me Daddy
(1967)
Ben Hoffman
Creature of Comfort
(1968)
James Thorne
The News-Benders
(1968)
J.G.
Sleep is Lovely
(1968)
Clive
Mr. Freedom
(1969)
Dr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot
(1969)
The Prospector
Last to Go
(1969)
Arthur? Arthur!
(1969)
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Soldier Blue
(1970)
Isaac Q. Cumber
Wake in Fright
(1971)
Doc Tydon
Kidnapped
(1971)
Ebenezer Balfour
The Fox Trot
(1971)
Tom
THX 1138
(1971)
SEN
Skin Deep
(1971)
Gerry Muddiman
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
(1972)
Thomas Cromwell
Innocent Bystanders
(1972)
Loomis
The Jerusalem File
(1972)
Death Line
(1972)
Inspector Calhoun
Wedding in White
(1972)
Jim Dougall, Sr.
The Pied Piper
(1972)
The Baron
Malachi's Cove
(1973)
Malachi
Tales That Witness Madness
(1973)
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
The Rainbow Boys
(1973)
Ralph Logan
Lonely Water
(1973)
The Spirit (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1973)
Fred Smudge
From Beyond the Grave
(1974)
Jim Underwood
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
(1974)
Erich Count von Plasma
The Black Windmill
(1974)
Cedric Harper
Watch Out, We're Mad
(1974)
Doctor
House of the Damned
(1974)
Martin Zayas
Occupations
(1974)
Christo Kabak
The Mutations
(1974)
Professor Nolter
Escape to Witch Mountain
(1975)
Lucas Deranian
Journey into Fear
(1975)
Kuvetli
Hearts of the West
(1975)
A.J. Nietz
The Count of Monte-Cristo
(1975)
Danglars
The Last Tycoon
(1976)
Boxley
The Devil's Men
(1976)
Father Roche
I Don't Want to Be Born
(1976)
Dr. Finch
Meriel the Ghost Girl
(1976)
George Livingston
The Eagle Has Landed
(1976)
Himmler
Goldenrod
(1976)
John Tyler Jones
The Passover Plot
(1976)
Pontius Pilate
Trial by Combat
(1976)
Sir Giles Marley
Hindle Wakes
(1976)
Nat Jeffcote
Oh, God!
(1977)
Doctor Harmon
Telefon
(1977)
Nicolai Dalchimsky
The Uncanny
(1977)
Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")
Blood Relatives
(1978)
James Doniac
Tomorrow Never Comes
(1978)
Dr. Todd
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1978)
B.D. Brockhurst
The Bastard
(1978)
Solomon Sholto
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
(1978)
Capt. Vladimir Popov
Night Creature
(1978)
Axel MacGregor
Power Play
(1978)
Blair
Last In, First Out
(1978)
Rothko
Halloween
(1978)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Gold of the Amazon Women
(1979)
Clarence Blasko
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
(1979)
Dr. Steiner
Better Late Than Never
(1979)
Colonel Riddle
Jaguar Lives!
(1979)
General Villanova
Dracula
(1979)
Dr. Jack Seward
The Angry Man
(1979)
Albert Rumpelmayer
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1979)
Kantorek
Blade on the Feather
(1980)
Professor John Cavendish
Pumaman
(1980)
Kobras
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
(1981)
Gilbert Carson
The Monster Club
(1981)
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Halloween II
(1981)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Escape from New York
(1981)
President of the United States
Alone in the Dark
(1982)
Leo Bain
Witness for the Prosecution
(1982)
Mr. Myers
Computercide
(1982)
George Dettler
The Devonsville Terror
(1983)
Dr. Warley
Warrior of the Lost World
(1983)
Prossor
The Falklands Factor
(1983)
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Where Is Parsifal?
(1984)
Mackintosh
A Breed Apart
(1984)
J.P. Whittier
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Self - Host
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
(1984)
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
The Ambassador
(1985)
Minister Eretz
Arch of Triumph
(1985)
Ivon Haake
Dario Argento's World of Horror
(1985)
Self (Archive)
Treasure of the Amazon
(1985)
Klaus von Blantz
Nothing Underneath
(1985)
Commissioner Danesi
Phenomena
(1985)
Professor John McGregor
Reel Horror
(1985)
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Corsican Brothers
(1985)
The Chancellor
Black Arrow
(1985)
Sir Oliver Oates
Naso di cane
(1986)
Olindo Cuomo
Cobra Mission
(1986)
Father Lenoir
Into the Darkness
(1986)
David Beckett
Deadheat
(1986)
Aldo Rossi
To Kill a Stranger
(1986)
Col. Kostik
Scoop
(1987)
Lord Copper
Double Target
(1987)
Sen. Blaster
Django Strikes Again
(1987)
Ben Gunn
Ground Zero
(1987)
Prosper Gaffney
Prince of Darkness
(1987)
Vater Loomis
Warrior Queen
(1987)
Clodius Flaucus
Basements
(1987)
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Animali metropolitani
(1987)
Prof. Livingstone
Gila and Rik
(1987)
Joe Gardenia
Specters
(1987)
Professor Lasky
The Commander
(1988)
Henry Carlson
Phantom of Death
(1988)
Inspector Datti
Nosferatu in Venice
(1988)
Don Alvise
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
(1988)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Last Platoon
(1988)
Colonel B. Abrahams
Hanna's War
(1988)
Captain Thomas Rosza
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
(1988)
Dr. Absalon
Ten Little Indians
(1989)
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Casablanca Express
(1989)
Colonel Bats
River of Death
(1989)
Heinrich Spaatz
The House of Usher
(1989)
Walter Usher
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
(1989)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Buried Alive
(1989)
Dr. Schaeffer
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
(1989)
Jason Rafiel
Paganini Horror
(1989)
Mr. Pickett
American Rickshaw
(1989)
Rev. Mortom
Moi, général de Gaulle
(1990)
Winston Churchill
Shadows and Fog
(1991)
Doctor
Millions
(1991)
Ripa
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
(1991)
The Art Collector
Women in Arms
(1991)
Dreyfuss
Diên Biên Phu
(1992)
Howard Simpson
The Thief and the Cobbler
(1993)
Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Big Freeze
(1993)
Soup slurper
The Hour of the Pig
(1993)
Pincheon
Femme Fatale
(1993)
Victor Harty
Freeze: But is it Art?
(1994)
Sinister Dentist
Guinevere
(1994)
Merlin
Safe Haven
(1995)
The Sailor
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
(1995)
Dr. Sam Loomis
Fatal Frames
(1996)
Professor Robinson
In and Out of Fashion
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
(2003)
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Dracula Unearthed
(2022)
Dr. Jack Seward (Archive Footage)
Writing