Donald Pleasence
Born October 5, 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Halloween
You Only Live Twice
The Great Escape
Escape from New York
Halloween II
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Prince of Darkness
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Eagle Has Landed
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Phenomena
Soldier Blue
Fantastic Voyage
The Night of the Generals
Shadows and Fog
THX 1138
Buried Alive
Breakdown: 1975
The Thief and the Cobbler
Will Penny
Wake in Fright
Dracula
Warrior Queen
Watch Out, We're Mad
Telefon
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Escape to Witch Mountain
Cul-de-sac
The Last Tycoon
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
From Beyond the Grave
Alone in the Dark
Oh, God!
Goldenrod
The Monster Club
TV Shows
Wogan
Tony Awards
Hawaii Five-O
The Twilight Zone
One Step Beyond
The Defenders
Screen Two
The Outer Limits
The Wednesday Play
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Wonderful World of Disney
Danger Man
Sunday Night Theatre
ITV Play of the Week
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Interpol Calling
Jesus of Nazareth
The Adventures of William Tell
Espionage
Centennial
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The World of Hammer
Dick Turpin
Mrs. Columbo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The French Atlantic Affair
NBC Experiment in Television
Master of the Game
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Barchester Chronicles
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Shades of Greene
The Bastard
Armchair Theatre
Signs and Wonders
More Movies
Witness for the Prosecution
1984
River of Death
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Circus of Horrors
The Hallelujah Trail
Dien Bien Phu
The Horsemasters
Hearts of the West
Eye of the Devil
Treasure of the Amazon
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Terror in the Aisles
Look Back in Anger
Death Line
Guinevere
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Django Strikes Again
Innocent Bystanders
The Uncanny
A Breed Apart
The Flesh and the Fiends
Power Play
The House of Usher
Warrior of the Lost World
Nosferatu in Venice
The Two-Headed Spy
The Hour of the Pig
Tales That Witness Madness
The Ambassador
Manuela
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Jaguar Lives!
The Black Windmill
Pumaman
The Devil's Men
I Don't Want to Be Born
Arch of Triumph
Hell Is a City
Nothing Underneath
Kidnapped
Reel Horror
A Story of David
Femme Fatale
A Tale of Two Cities
The Hands of Orlac
The Pied Piper
Journey into Fear
Trial by Combat
Blood Relatives
Scoop
Hanna's War
Phantom of Death
L'Homme en colère
The Battle of the Sexes
The Commander
Specters
The Diary of Anne Frank
Cobra Mission
What a Carve Up!
Barnacle Bill
Black Arrow
Hindle Wakes
The Inspector
Value for Money
Basements
The Joke
The Mutations
Women in Arms
The Man in the Sky
Millions
American Rickshaw
The Devonsville Terror
Paganini Horror
Fatal Frames
The Shakedown
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
The Dybbuk
No Love for Johnnie
Suspect
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Sons and Lovers
Blade on the Feather
Computercide
Occupations
Ground Zero
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Better Late Than Never
Malachi's Cove
Heart of a Child
Gold of the Amazon Women
The Man Inside
The Caretaker
The Wind Cannot Read
Killers of Kilimanjaro
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Double Target
Casablanca Express
Arthur? Arthur!
Tomorrow Never Comes
The Moment of Truth
Where Is Parsifal?
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Ten Little Indians
Gila and Rik
To Kill a Stranger
House of the Damned
The Big Day
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Wind of Change
HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT
Mr. Freedom
Night Creature
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Black Tent
Sleep is Lovely
Dr. Crippen
Matchless
Wedding in White
Deadheat
The Passover Plot
The Big Freeze
Freeze: But is it Art?
Last Platoon
The Jerusalem File
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Alice Through the Looking Box
Orders Are Orders
The Falklands Factor
The Rainbow Boys
The Corsican Brothers
The Cupboard
Into the Darkness
Driving Lessons
Creature of Comfort
Metropolitan Animals
Skin Deep
The Cafeteria
The Beachcomber
Spare the Rod
Life of General De Gaulle
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
The Fox Trot
Last In, First Out
Last to Go
