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