Donald Pleasence
- Acting
- October 5, 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- February 2, 1995
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
Filmography
- The Dr. Loomis Tapes · Dr. Loomis
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest · Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
- The Making of Fatal Frames · Self
- Fatal Frames · Professor Robinson
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers · Dr. Loomis
- Signs and Wonders · Cornelius Van Damm
- Safe Haven · The Sailor
- The World of Hammer · Self
- Guinevere · Merlin
- Freeze: But is it Art? · Sinister Dentist
- The Big Freeze · Soup slurper
- The Hour of the Pig · Pincheon
- The Thief and the Cobbler · Phido the Vulture (Voice)
- Femme Fatale · Victor Harty
- Dien Bien Phu · Howard Simpson
- Shadows and Fog · Doctor
- Millions · Ripa
- Donne armate · Dreyfuss
- L'avvoltoio può attendere · Armon Shalik
- Life of General De Gaulle · Winston Churchill
- Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery · Jason Rafiel
- Casablanca Express · Colonel Bats
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers · Dr. Sam Loomis
- River of Death · Heinrich Spaatz
- Ten Little Indians · Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
- Buried Alive · Dr. Schaeffer
- Paganini Horror · Mr. Pickett
- The House of Usher · Walter Usher
- American Rickshaw · Rev. Mortom
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story · Dr. Absalon
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story · Dr. Absalon
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers · Dr. Loomis
- Nosferatu in Venice · Don Alvise
- Last Platoon · Colonel B. Abrahams
- Metropolitan Animals · Prof. Livingstone
- The Commander · Henry Carlson
- Hanna's War · Captain Thomas Rosza
- Phantom of Death · Inspector Datti
- Prince of Darkness · Priest
- Django Strikes Again · Ben Gunn
- Ground Zero · Prosper Gaffney
- Double Target · Sen. Blaster
- Basements · Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
- Scoop · Lord Copper
- Specters · Professor Lasky
- Warrior Queen · Clodius Flaucus
- Gila and Rik · Joe Gardenia
- Naso di cane · Olindo Cuomo
- Cobra Mission · Father Lenoir
- To Kill a Stranger · Col. Kostik
- Deadheat · Aldo Rossi
- Into the Darkness · David Beckett
- Nothing Underneath · Commissioner Danesi
- Black Arrow · Sir Oliver Oates
- Reel Horror · Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
- Treasure of the Amazon · Klaus von Blantz
- The Ray Bradbury Theater · George Hill
- The Corsican Brothers · The Chancellor
- Phenomena · Professor John McGregor
- The Ambassador · Minister Eretz
- Screen Two · Victor Harty, Pincheon
- Arch of Triumph · Ivon Haake
- Terror in the Aisles · Self
- A Breed Apart · J.P. Whittier
- Master of the Game · Salomon Van der Merwe
- Where Is Parsifal? · Mackintosh
- Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie · Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
- The Devonsville Terror · Dr. Warley
- The Falklands Factor · Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Warrior of the Lost World · Prossor
- Witness for the Prosecution · Mr. Myers
- Alone in the Dark · Leo Bain
- The Barchester Chronicles · Septimus Harding
- Computercide · George Dettler
- Wogan · Self
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr · Gilbert Carson
- Halloween II · Dr Samuel Loomis
- Escape from New York · President of the United States