Donald Pleasence
Acting
Born October 5, 1919 — Died February 2, 1995
From Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as Donald Pleasance, Don Pleasence, Donald Plesance
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 ...
Filmography
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Dr. Loomis
2026
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
20256.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
20257.8
Driving Lessons
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
20126.0
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
20036.7
Fatal Frames
Professor Robinson
19964.1
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
19955.2
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Safe Haven
The Sailor
19955.3
Guinevere
Merlin
19943.3
Freeze: But is it Art?
Sinister Dentist
1994
The Big Freeze
Soup slurper
19936.7
The Hour of the Pig
Pincheon
19936.2
The Thief and the Cobbler
Phido the Vulture (voice)
19937.1
Femme Fatale
Victor Harty
19938.0
Dien Bien Phu
Howard Simpson
19926.5
Shadows and Fog
Doctor
19916.7
Millions
Ripa
19913.8
Women in Arms
Dreyfuss
19916.8
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Armon Shalik
19915.6
Life of General De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
19909.0
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Jason Rafiel
19896.6
Casablanca Express
Colonel Bats
19893.8
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
19895.3
River of Death
Heinrich Spaatz
19895.0
Ten Little Indians
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
19894.9
Buried Alive
Dr. Schaeffer
19894.3
Paganini Horror
Mr. Pickett
19894.4
The House of Usher
Walter Usher
19894.8
American Rickshaw
Rev. Mortom
19894.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
19885.5
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
19886.2
Nosferatu in Venice
Don Alvise
19885.8
Last Platoon
Colonel B. Abrahams
19884.6
Metropolitan Animals
Prof. Livingstone
19885.5
The Commander
Henry Carlson
19885.6
Hanna's War
Captain Thomas Rosza
19885.2
Phantom of Death
Inspector Datti
19885.6
Prince of Darkness
Priest
19876.8
Django Strikes Again
Ben Gunn
19875.1
Ground Zero
Prosper Gaffney
19876.8
Double Target
Sen. Blaster
19874.6
Basements
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
19876.8
Scoop
Lord Copper
19875.7
Specters
Professor Lasky
19874.2
Warrior Queen
Clodius Flaucus
19873.7
Gila and Rik
Joe Gardenia
1987
Cobra Mission
Father Lenoir
19864.9
To Kill a Stranger
Col. Kostik
19865.3
Deadheat
Aldo Rossi
19866.2
Into the Darkness
David Beckett
19863.2
Nothing Underneath
Commissioner Danesi
19855.7
Black Arrow
Sir Oliver Oates
19856.9
Reel Horror
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
19853.3
Treasure of the Amazon
Klaus von Blantz
19854.5
The Corsican Brothers
The Chancellor
19856.5
Phenomena
Professor John McGregor
19856.8
The Ambassador
Minister Eretz
19855.2
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
19845.2
Terror in the Aisles
Self - Host
19846.2
A Breed Apart
J.P. Whittier
19845.8
Where Is Parsifal?
Mackintosh
19843.9
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
19843.0
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Warley
19834.7
The Falklands Factor
Dr. Samuel Johnson
19837.0
Warrior of the Lost World
Prossor
19832.9
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
19826.5
Alone in the Dark
Leo Bain
19825.9
Computercide
George Dettler
19827.0
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Gilbert Carson
19815.9
Halloween II
Sam Loomis
19816.6
Escape from New York
President of the United States
19817.1
The Monster Club
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
19815.8
Blade on the Feather
John Cavendish
19805.8
Pumaman
Kobras
19802.9
All Quiet on the Western Front
Kantorek
19796.7
Better Late Than Never
Colonel Riddle
19799.0
Jaguar Lives!
General Villanova
19794.2
Dracula
Dr. Jack Seward
19796.4
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Dr. Steiner
19795.5
L'Homme en colère
Albert Rumpelmayer
19795.6
Gold of the Amazon Women
Clarence Blasko
19793.7
Power Play
Blair
19787.2
Halloween
Loomis
19787.6
Last In, First Out
Rothko
19784.5
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
B.D. Brockhurst
19784.3
Night Creature
Axel MacGregor
19783.8
Tomorrow Never Comes
Dr. Todd
19785.7
Blood Relatives
James Doniac
19785.7
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Capt. Vladimir Popov
19786.0
Telefon
Nicolai Dalchimsky
19776.6
Oh, God!
Doctor Harmon
19776.4
The Uncanny
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
19775.9
The Eagle Has Landed
Himmler
19766.6
Hindle Wakes
Nat Jeffcote
19768.5
The Last Tycoon
Boxley
19766.3
The Passover Plot
Pontius Pilate
19764.7
Meriel the Ghost Girl
George Livingston
19768.0
Goldenrod
John Tyler Jones
19769.0
The Devil's Men
Father Roche
19764.1
The Joke
Bendel
1976
Trial by Combat
Sir Giles Marley
19767.8
I Don't Want to Be Born
Dr. Finch
19765.1
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Danglars
19756.9
Hearts of the West
A.J. Nietz
19755.6
Journey into Fear
Kuvetli
19756.0
Escape to Witch Mountain
Lucas Deranian
19756.4
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Erich Count von Plasma
19745.4
House of the Damned
Martin Zayas
19745.1
Occupations
Christo Kabak
1974
The Cafeteria
Aaron
1974
The Mutations
Professor Nolter
19744.9
The Black Windmill
Cedric Harper
19746.3
Watch Out, We're Mad
Doctor
19747.5
From Beyond the Grave
Jim Underwood
19746.5
Tales That Witness Madness
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
19735.5
Malachi's Cove
Malachi
19736.6
Lonely Water
The Spirit (voice)
19735.7
The Rainbow Boys
Ralph Logan
19737.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Smudge
19736.3
The Pied Piper
The Baron
19726.0
Wedding in White
Jim Dougall, Sr.
19726.8
Death Line
Inspector Calhoun
19725.8
Innocent Bystanders
Loomis
19727.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas Cromwell
19725.8
The Jerusalem File
Major Samuels
19724.0
Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
19716.3
Skin Deep
Gerry Muddiman
19717.0
Wake in Fright
Doc Tydon
19717.3
The Fox Trot
Tom
19719.0
THX 1138
SEN
19716.4
Soldier Blue
Isaac Q. Cumber
19706.8
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Prospector
19697.3
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
19693.8
Mr. Freedom
Dr. Freedom
19695.2
Last to Go
19696.0
Sleep is Lovely
Clive
19689.0
The News-Benders
J.G.
19689.5
Creature of Comfort
James Thorne
196810.0
Will Penny
Preacher Quint
19676.7
The Diary of Anne Frank
Albert Dussel
19678.0
Matchless
Gregori Andreanu
19674.3
You Only Live Twice
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
19676.6
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Call Me Daddy
Ben Hoffman
1967
The Night of the Generals
General Kahlenberge
19676.8
Eye of the Devil
Pere Dominic
19666.1
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Michaels
19666.7
Cul-de-sac
George
19666.7
The Hallelujah Trail
'Oracle' Jones
19656.1
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Dark Hermit - Satan
19656.4
The Caretaker
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
19647.4
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
19636.0
The Great Escape
Blythe 'The Forger'
19637.9
The Inspector
Wolters
19627.1
The Horsemasters
Captain Pinski
19617.0
What a Carve Up!
Everett Sloane
19617.0
Spare the Rod
Mr. Jenkins
19616.2
The Wind of Change
Pop
196110.0
No Love for Johnnie
Renfrew
19616.7
Alice Through the Looking Box
Caterpillar
1960
The Cupboard
Fred Watson
196010.0
The Hands of Orlac
Graham Coates
19604.4
A Story of David
Nabal
19605.4
Suspect
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
19606.9
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Toff and Fingers
Self/Host
1960
The Big Day
Victor Partridge
19607.5
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Pappleworth
19606.5
Hell Is a City
Gus Hawkins
19606.6
Circus of Horrors
Vanet
19605.8
The Battle of the Sexes
Irwin Hoffman
19606.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Hare
19606.6
The Shakedown
Jessel Brown
19606.0
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Captain
19596.3
Look Back in Anger
Hurst
19596.7
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The Traitor
Grantley Caypor
1959
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hardt
19586.3
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The Greatest Man in the World
US President
195810.0
The Man Inside
Organ Grinder
19586.1
The Wind Cannot Read
Doctor
19586.4
Heart of a Child
Spiel
19586.7
A Tale of Two Cities
Barsad
19586.8
Barnacle Bill
Cashier
19576.6
Manuela
Evans
19576.3
The Man in the Sky
Crabtree
19577.5
The Black Tent
Ali
19566.4
1984
R. Parsons
19566.5
Value for Money
Limpy
19556.9
The Moment of Truth
The Foreign Minister
19557.0
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Round the World in 80 Days
Voices
1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Syme
19547.3
Orders Are Orders
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
19546.6
The Beachcomber
Tromp
19546.2
The Dybbuk
Second batlon
1952
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New Line: Independent Legacies
Self (archive footage)
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