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