9.0
9.0
The News-Benders
1968
as J.G.
Donald Pleasence
Also known as: Donald Henry Pleasence
Acting
Born:October 5, 1919
Died:February 2, 1995(aged 75)
Birthplace:Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Ecclesfield School
N/A
CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (191 movies)
8.0
8.0
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
7.9
7.9
The Great Escape
1963
as Blythe 'The Forger'
7.7
7.7
Trial by Combat
1976
as Sir Giles Marley
7.6
7.6
Halloween
1978
as Loomis
7.4
7.4
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Doctor
7.4
7.4
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Crabtree
7.3
7.3
Wake in Fright
1971
as Doc Tydon
7.2
7.2
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Syme
7.2
7.2
The Caretaker
1964
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
7.2
7.2
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Loomis
7.1
7.1
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Prospector
7.1
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
7.1
7.1
Escape from New York
1981
as President of the United States
7.0
7.0
The Inspector
1962
as Wolters
7.0
7.0
The Big Day
1960
as Victor Partridge
7.0
7.0
Power Play
1978
as Blair
7.0
7.0
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
7.0
7.0
The Rainbow Boys
1973
as Ralph Logan
7.0
7.0
The Horsemasters
1961
as Captain Pinski
7.0
7.0
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Everett Sloane
6.8
6.8
Soldier Blue
1970
as Isaac Q. Cumber
6.8
6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Kahlenberge
6.8
6.8
Phenomena
1985
as Professor John McGregor
6.8
6.8
Prince of Darkness
1987
as Priest
6.8
6.8
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Danglars
6.8
6.8
Basements
1987
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
6.7
6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
as George
6.7
6.7
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Doctor
6.7
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Michaels
6.7
6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Kantorek
6.7
6.7
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Barsad
6.6
6.6
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Hurst
6.6
6.6
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Himmler
6.6
6.6
Will Penny
1967
as Preacher Quint
6.6
6.6
Telefon
1977
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
6.6
6.6
Value for Money
1955
as Limpy
6.6
6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6.6
6.6
Halloween II
1981
as Dr. Sam Loomis
6.5
6.5
1984
1956
as R. Parsons
6.5
6.5
Black Arrow
1985
as Sir Oliver Oates
6.5
6.5
Wedding in White
1972
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
6.5
6.5
Heart of a Child
1958
as Spiel
6.5
6.5
Hell Is a City
1960
as Gus Hawkins
6.5
6.5
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Irwin Hoffman
6.5
6.5
Suspect
1960
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
6.5
6.5
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as William Hare
6.5
6.5
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as Jim Underwood
6.5
6.5
Oh, God!
1977
as Doctor Harmon
6.4
6.4
Sons and Lovers
1960
as Mr. Pappleworth
6.4
6.4
THX 1138
1971
as SEN
6.4
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
6.4
6.4
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
6.4
6.4
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Cashier
6.4
6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Lucas Deranian
6.4
6.4
Diên Biên Phu
1992
as Howard Simpson
6.3
6.3
Dracula
1979
as Dr. Jack Seward
6.3
6.3
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Boxley
6.3
6.3
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Mr. Myers
6.3
6.3
Ground Zero
1987
as Prosper Gaffney
6.3
6.3
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Jason Rafiel
6.2
6.2
The Black Windmill
1974
as Cedric Harper
6.2
6.2
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Doctor
6.2
6.2
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Renfrew
6.2
6.2
Kidnapped
1971
as Ebenezer Balfour
6.2
6.2
The Big Freeze
1993
as Soup slurper
6.2
6.2
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Pere Dominic
6.2
6.2
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Hardt
6.2
6.2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
as Dr. Loomis
6.1
6.1
Malachi's Cove
1973
as Malachi
6.1
6.1
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Host
6.1
6.1
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Pincheon
6.0
6.0
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as 'Oracle' Jones
6.0
6.0
The Corsican Brothers
1985
as The Chancellor
6.0
6.0
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
as Albert Dussel
6.0
6.0
The Beachcomber
1954
as Tromp
6.0
6.0
The Black Tent
1956
as Ali
6.0
6.0
Driving Lessons
2012
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Captain
6.0
6.0
Computercide
1982
as George Dettler
6.0
6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
5.9
5.9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Fred Smudge
5.9
5.9
The Pied Piper
1972
as The Baron
5.9
5.9
The Uncanny
1977
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
5.9
5.9
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Don Alvise
5.8
5.8
Dr. Crippen
1963
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
5.8
5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Leo Bain
5.8
5.8
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Vanet
5.8
5.8
The Monster Club
1981
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
5.8
5.8
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Gilbert Carson
5.8
5.8
The Bastard
1978
as Solomon Sholto
5.8
5.8
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Calhoun
5.7
5.7
Manuela
1957
as Evans
5.7
5.7
The Man Inside
1958
as Organ Grinder
5.7
5.7
The Shakedown
1960
as Jessel Brown
5.6
5.6
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kuvetli
5.6
5.6
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas Cromwell
5.6
5.6
Hearts of the West
1975
as A.J. Nietz
5.6
5.6
Blood Relatives
1978
as James Doniac
5.6
5.6
A Breed Apart
1984
as J.P. Whittier
5.6
5.6
Nothing Underneath
1985
as Commissioner Danesi
5.5
5.5
Phantom of Death
1988
as Inspector Datti
5.5
5.5
The Commander
1988
as Henry Carlson
5.4
5.4
Blade on the Feather
1980
as Professor John Cavendish
5.4
5.4
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
5.4
5.4
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Dr. Todd
5.4
5.4
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Albert Rumpelmayer
5.3
5.3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
as Dr. Sam Loomis
5.3
5.3
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Dr. Steiner
5.3
5.3
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mr. Jenkins
5.2
5.2
Scoop
1987
as Lord Copper
5.2
5.2
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
5.2
5.2
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
as Erich Count von Plasma
5.2
5.2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Dr. Sam Loomis
5.1
5.1
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Ben Gunn
5.1
5.1
Mr. Freedom
1969
as Dr. Freedom
5.1
5.1
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
as Dr. Finch
5.1
5.1
To Kill a Stranger
1986
as Col. Kostik
5.0
5.0
The Ambassador
1985
as Minister Eretz
5.0
5.0
Lonely Water
1973
as The Spirit (voice)
5.0
5.0
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Ivon Haake
5.0
5.0
The Mutations
1974
as Professor Nolter
4.9
4.9
River of Death
1989
as Heinrich Spaatz
4.8
4.8
Deadheat
1986
as Aldo Rossi
4.8
4.8
Ten Little Indians
1989
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
4.7
4.7
The House of Usher
1989
as Walter Usher
4.7
4.7
Hanna's War
1988
as Captain Thomas Rosza
4.6
4.6
House of the Damned
1974
as Martin Zayas
4.5
4.5
Cobra Mission
1986
as Father Lenoir
4.5
4.5
The Devonsville Terror
1983
as Dr. Warley
4.5
4.5
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Klaus von Blantz
4.3
4.3
American Rickshaw
1989
as Rev. Mortom
4.3
4.3
Metropolitan Animals
1988
as Prof. Livingstone
4.3
4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as B.D. Brockhurst
4.3
4.3
Paganini Horror
1989
as Mr. Pickett
4.3
4.3
Double Target
1987
as Sen. Blaster
4.2
4.2
A Story of David
1960
as Nabal
4.2
4.2
Specters
1987
as Professor Lasky
4.1
4.1
The Devil's Men
1976
as Father Roche
4.0
4.0
Buried Alive
1989
as Dr. Schaeffer
4.0
4.0
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as General Villanova
3.9
3.9
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
as The Art Collector
3.9
3.9
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Graham Coates
3.8
3.8
The Passover Plot
1976
as Pontius Pilate
3.7
3.7
Fatal Frames
1996
as Professor Robinson
3.6
3.6
Matchless
1967
as Gregori Andreanu
3.5
3.5
Women in Arms
1991
as Dreyfuss
3.5
3.5
Safe Haven
1995
as The Sailor
3.5
3.5
Warrior Queen
1987
as Clodius Flaucus
3.5
3.5
The Jerusalem File
1972
as Major Samuels
3.4
3.4
Millions
1991
as Ripa
3.4
3.4
Last In, First Out
1978
as Rothko
3.3
3.3
Last Platoon
1988
as Colonel B. Abrahams
3.2
3.2
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Clarence Blasko
3.0
3.0
Casablanca Express
1989
as Colonel Bats
3.0
3.0
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Mackintosh
2.8
2.8
Night Creature
1978
as Axel MacGregor
2.8
2.8
Pumaman
1980
as Kobras
2.7
2.7
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
2.7
2.7
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
as Prossor
2.4
2.4
Reel Horror
1985
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
2.3
2.3
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
1.8
1.8
Into the Darkness
1986
as David Beckett
1.5
1.5
Guinevere
1994
as Merlin
The Cupboard
1960
as Fred Watson
Gila and Rik
1987
as Joe Gardenia
Sleep is Lovely
1968
as Clive
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
as George Livingston
Naso di cane
1986
as Olindo Cuomo
Last to Go
1969
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
as Voices
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
as Winston Churchill
Occupations
1974
as Christo Kabak
Femme Fatale
1993
as Victor Harty
The Dybbuk
1952
as Second batlon
The Wind of Change
1961
as Pop
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
as US President
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
as Sinister Dentist
Toff and Fingers
1960
as Self/Host
Call Me Daddy
1967
as Ben Hoffman
The Cafeteria
1974
as Aaron
The Joke
1976
as Bendel
Goldenrod
1976
as John Tyler Jones
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Caterpillar
The Traitor
1959
as Grantley Caypor
The Fox Trot
1971
as Tom
Skin Deep
1971
as Gerry Muddiman
Creature of Comfort
1968
as James Thorne
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Colonel Riddle
The Telltale Heart
1958
Writer
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review!