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