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Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

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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Dracula Unearthed

2022

as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)

Halloween: The Inside Story

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

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

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

In and Out of Fashion

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Fatal Frames

1996

as Professor Robinson

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Signs and Wonders

1995

as Cornelius Van Damm

Safe Haven

1995

as The Sailor

Guinevere

1994

as Merlin

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

as Sinister Dentist

The Big Freeze

1993

as Soup slurper

The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Pincheon

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

Femme Fatale

1993

as Victor Harty

Diên Biên Phu

1992

as Howard Simpson

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Doctor

Millions

1991

as Ripa

Women in Arms

1991

as Dreyfuss

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991

as The Art Collector

Moi, général de Gaulle

1990

as Winston Churchill

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989

as Jason Rafiel

Casablanca Express

1989

as Colonel Bats

Ten Little Indians

1989

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

as Dr. Sam Loomis

River of Death

1989

as Heinrich Spaatz

Buried Alive

1989

as Dr. Schaeffer

Paganini Horror

1989

as Mr. Pickett

The House of Usher

1989

as Walter Usher

American Rickshaw

1989

as Rev. Mortom

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

as Dr. Absalon

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

as Dr. Absalon

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988

as Dr. Loomis

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

as Don Alvise

Last Platoon

1988

as Colonel B. Abrahams

Animali metropolitani

1988

as Prof. Livingstone

The Commander

1988

as Henry Carlson

Hanna's War

1988

as Captain Thomas Rosza

Phantom of Death

1988

as Inspector Datti

Prince of Darkness

1987

as Father Loomis

Django Strikes Again

1987

as Ben Gunn

Ground Zero

1987

as Prosper Gaffney

Double Target

1987

as Sen. Blaster

Basements

1987

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Scoop

1987

as Lord Copper

Specters

1987

as Professor Lasky

Warrior Queen

1987

as Clodius Flaucus

Gila and Rik

1987

as Joe Gardenia

Naso di cane

1986

as Olindo Cuomo

Cobra Mission

1986

as Father Lenoir

To Kill a Stranger

1986

as Col. Kostik

Deadheat

1986

as Aldo Rossi

Into the Darkness

1986

as David Beckett

Nothing Underneath

1985

as Commissioner Danesi

Black Arrow

1985

as Sir Oliver Oates

Reel Horror

1985

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

as Klaus von Blantz

Arch of Triumph

1985

as Ivon Haake

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

as George Hill

The Corsican Brothers

1985

as The Chancellor

Phenomena

1985

as Professor John McGregor

The Ambassador

1985

as Minister Eretz

Dario Argento's World of Horror

1985

as Self (Archive)

Miss Marple

1984

as Jason Rafiel

Terror in the Aisles

1984

as Self - Host

A Breed Apart

1984

as J.P. Whittier

Master of the Game

1984

as Salomon Van der Merwe

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

as Mackintosh

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

The Devonsville Terror

1983

as Dr. Warley

The Falklands Factor

1983

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Warrior of the Lost World

1983

as Prossor

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Mr. Myers

Alone in the Dark

1982

as Leo Bain

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

as Septimus Harding

Computercide

1982

as George Dettler

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981

as Gilbert Carson

Halloween II

1981

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Escape from New York

1981

as President of the United States

The Monster Club

1981

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Blade on the Feather

1980

as Professor John Cavendish

Pumaman

1980

as Kobras

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

as Max Dechambre

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

as Kantorek

Better Late Than Never

1979

as Colonel Riddle

Jaguar Lives!

1979

as General Villanova

Dracula

1979

as Dr. Jack Seward

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

as Dr. Steiner

The Angry Man

1979

as Albert Rumpelmayer

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

as Clarence Blasko

Mrs. Columbo

1979

Dick Turpin

1979

Power Play

1978

as Blair

Halloween

1978

as Loomis

Centennial

1978

as Sam Purchas

Last In, First Out

1978

as Rothko

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

as B.D. Brockhurst

Night Creature

1978

as Axel MacGregor

The Bastard

1978

as Solomon Sholto

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

as Dr. Todd

Blood Relatives

1978

as James Doniac

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978

as Narrator (voice)

Telefon

1977

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Oh, God!

1977

as Doctor Harmon

The Uncanny

1977

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

Jesus Of Nazareth

1977

as Melchior

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as Melchior

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

as Himmler

Hindle Wakes

1976

as Nat Jeffcote

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

as Nat Jeffcote

The Last Tycoon

1976

as Boxley

The Passover Plot

1976

as Pontius Pilate

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

as George Livingston

Goldenrod

1976

as John Tyler Jones

The Devil's Men

1976

as Father Roche

The Joke

1976

as Bendel

Trial by Combat

1976

as Sir Giles Marley

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976

as Dr. Finch

Peep Show

1975

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

as Danglars

Hearts of the West

1975

as A.J. Nietz

Journey into Fear

1975

as Kuvetli

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

as Lucas Deranian

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

as Erich Count von Plasma

House of the Damned

1974

as Martin Zayas

The Cafeteria

1974

as Aaron

The Mutations

1974

as Professor Nolter

The Black Windmill

1974

as Cedric Harper

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974

as Doctor

Playhouse

1974

Playhouse

1974

as George Livingston

From Beyond the Grave

1974

as Jim Underwood

Occupations

1974

as Christo Kabak

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Malachi's Cove

1973

as Malachi

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

as Cawser

Lonely Water

1973

as The Spirit (voice)

The Rainbow Boys

1973

as Ralph Logan

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

as Fred Smudge

The Pied Piper

1972

as The Baron

Wedding in White

1972

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

Death Line

1972

as Inspector Calhoun

Innocent Bystanders

1972

as Loomis

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

as Thomas Cromwell

The Jerusalem File

1972

Kidnapped

1971

as Ebenezer Balfour

Skin Deep

1971

as Gerry Muddiman

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Carnacki

Columbo

1971

as Adrian Carsini

Wake in Fright

1971

as Doc Tydon

The Fox Trot

1971

as Tom

THX 1138

1971

as SEN

Play for Today

1970

as Samuel Johnson

Play for Today

1970

as Gerry Muddiman

Soldier Blue

1970

as Isaac Q. Cumber

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

as The Prospector

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Mr. Freedom

1969

as Dr. Freedom

Last to Go

1969

Hawaii Five-O

1968

as Hans Vogler

Sleep is Lovely

1968

as Clive

The News-Benders

1968

as J.G.

Creature of Comfort

1968

as James Thorne

Will Penny

1967

as Preacher Quint

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

as Albert Dussel

Matchless

1967

as Gregori Andreanu

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Call Me Daddy

1967

as Ben Hoffman

NBC Experiment in Television

1967

as (voice)

The Night of the Generals

1967

as General Kahlenberge

Eye of the Devil

1966

as Pere Dominic

Fantastic Voyage

1966

as Dr. Michaels

Cul-de-sac

1966

as George

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

as 'Oracle' Jones

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

The Caretaker

1964

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Espionage

1963

The Fugitive

1963

as Max Pfeiffer

The Outer Limits

1963

as Harold J. Finley

Dr. Crippen

1963

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

The Great Escape

1963

as Blythe 'The Forger'

The Inspector

1962

as Wolters

The Horsemasters

1961

as Captain Pinski

The Defenders

1961

as Dr. Byron Saul

What a Carve Up!

1961

as Everett Sloane

Spare the Rod

1961

as Mr. Jenkins

The Wind of Change

1961

as Pop

No Love for Johnnie

1961

as Renfrew

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960

as Caterpillar

The Cupboard

1960

as Fred Watson

The Hands of Orlac

1960

as Graham Coates

A Story of David

1960

as Nabal

Suspect

1960

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Danger Man

1960

Sons and Lovers

1960

as Mr. Pappleworth

Toff and Fingers

1960

as Self/Host

The Big Day

1960

as Victor Partridge

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Host

Hell Is a City

1960

as Gus Hawkins

Circus of Horrors

1960

as Vanet

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

as Irwin Hoffman

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

as William Hare

The Shakedown

1960

as Jessel Brown

The Twilight Zone

1959

as Ellis Fowler

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959

as Captain

Look Back in Anger

1959

as Hurst

Interpol Calling

1959

as Karl Haussman

The Traitor

1959

as Grantley Caypor

One Step Beyond

1959

as Harvey Laurence

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

as Gen. Hardt

The Greatest Man in the World

1958

as US President

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

The Man Inside

1958

as Organ Grinder

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

as Doctor

Heart of a Child

1958

as Spiel

A Tale of Two Cities

1958

as Barsad

Barnacle Bill

1957

as Cashier

Manuela

1957

as Evans

The Man in the Sky

1957

as Crabtree

Armchair Theatre

1956

as President of the USA

The Black Tent

1956

as Ali

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Nominee

1984

1956

as R. Parsons

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Prince John

Value for Money

1955

as Limpy

Round the World in 80 Days

1955

as Voices

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

as Syme

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Captain Pinski

Orders Are Orders

1954

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

The Beachcomber

1954

as Tromp

The Dybbuk

1952

as Second batlon

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Kantorek

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Myers

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as The Chancellor

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

as Syme