Donald Pleasence

Acting

October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995 (died at 75)

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Male

192 Movies

56 TV Shows

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.

Halloween

1978 7.6

as Loomis

Age 59 (now 75)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988 6.2

as Dr. Loomis

Age 69 (now 75)

Prince of Darkness

1987 6.8

as Priest

Age 68 (now 75)

Halloween II

1981 6.6

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 62 (now 75)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989 5.3

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 70 (now 75)

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995 5.1

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 75

Escape from New York

1981 7.0

as President of the United States

Age 61 (now 75)

THX 1138

1971 6.5

as SEN

Age 51 (now 75)

Wake in Fright

1971 7.2

as Doc Tydon

Age 51 (now 75)

The Great Escape

1963 7.9

as Blythe 'The Forger'

Age 43 (now 75)

Cul-de-sac

1966 6.7

as George

Age 46 (now 75)

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974 7.4

as Doctor

Age 54 (now 75)

You Only Live Twice

1967 6.6

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Age 47 (now 75)

Fantastic Voyage

1966 6.7

as Dr. Michaels

Age 46 (now 75)

Dracula

1979 6.4

as Dr. Jack Seward

Age 59 (now 75)

Death Line

1972 5.8

as Inspector Calhoun

Age 53 (now 75)

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

2026

as Dr. Loomis

Age 106 (now 75)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 7.8

as Self (archive footage)

Age 105 (now 75)

Driving Lessons

2012 6.0

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

Age 92 (now 75)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003 8.0

as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

Age 83 (now 75)

Fatal Frames

1996 3.9

as Professor Robinson

Age 76 (now 75)

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995 5.1

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 75

Safe Haven

1995 5.3

as The Sailor

Age 75

Guinevere

1994 3.3

as Merlin

Age 74 (now 75)

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

as Sinister Dentist

Age 74 (now 75)

The Big Freeze

1993 6.7

as Soup slurper

Age 74 (now 75)

The Hour of the Pig

1993 6.1

as Pincheon

Age 73 (now 75)

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993 7.1

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

Age 73 (now 75)

Femme Fatale

1993 8.0

as Victor Harty

Age 73 (now 75)

Diên Biên Phu

1992 6.5

as Howard Simpson

Age 72 (now 75)

Shadows and Fog

1991 6.7

as Doctor

Age 72 (now 75)

Millions

1991 3.8

as Ripa

Age 71 (now 75)

Women in Arms

1991 6.8

as Dreyfuss

Age 71 (now 75)

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991 5.3

as Armon Shalik

Age 71 (now 75)

Life of General De Gaulle

1990 9.0

as Winston Churchill

Age 71 (now 75)

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989 6.5

as Jason Rafiel

Age 70 (now 75)

Casablanca Express

1989 3.8

as Colonel Bats

Age 70 (now 75)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989 5.3

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 70 (now 75)

River of Death

1989 5.1

as Heinrich Spaatz

Age 69 (now 75)

Ten Little Indians

1989 4.9

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Age 69 (now 75)

Buried Alive

1989 4.3

as Dr. Schaeffer

Age 69 (now 75)

Paganini Horror

1989 4.4

as Mr. Pickett

Age 69 (now 75)

The House of Usher

1989 4.9

as Walter Usher

Age 69 (now 75)

American Rickshaw

1989 4.7

as Rev. Mortom

Age 69 (now 75)

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988 5.5

as Dr. Absalon

Age 69 (now 75)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988 6.2

as Dr. Loomis

Age 69 (now 75)

Nosferatu in Venice

1988 5.8

as Don Alvise

Age 68 (now 75)

Last Platoon

1988 4.6

as Colonel B. Abrahams

Age 68 (now 75)

Metropolitan Animals

1988 5.5

as Prof. Livingstone

Age 68 (now 75)

The Commander

1988 5.6

as Henry Carlson

Age 68 (now 75)

Hanna's War

1988 5.3

as Captain Thomas Rosza

Age 68 (now 75)

Phantom of Death

1988 5.6

as Inspector Datti

Age 68 (now 75)

Prince of Darkness

1987 6.8

as Priest

Age 68 (now 75)

Django Strikes Again

1987 5.1

as Ben Gunn

Age 68 (now 75)

Ground Zero

1987 6.8

as Prosper Gaffney

Age 67 (now 75)

Double Target

1987 4.6

as Sen. Blaster

Age 67 (now 75)

Basements

1987 6.8

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

Age 67 (now 75)

Scoop

1987 5.7

as Lord Copper

Age 67 (now 75)

Specters

1987 4.2

as Professor Lasky

Age 67 (now 75)

Warrior Queen

1987 3.6

as Clodius Flaucus

Age 67 (now 75)

Gila and Rik

1987

as Joe Gardenia

Age 67 (now 75)

Cobra Mission

1986 4.9

as Father Lenoir

Age 66 (now 75)

To Kill a Stranger

1986 5.3

as Col. Kostik

Age 66 (now 75)

Into the Darkness

1986 3.2

as David Beckett

Age 66 (now 75)

Deadheat

1986 6.2

as Aldo Rossi

Age 66 (now 75)

Nothing Underneath

1985 5.6

as Commissioner Danesi

Age 66 (now 75)

Black Arrow

1985 6.9

as Sir Oliver Oates

Age 66 (now 75)

Reel Horror

1985 3.3

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

Age 65 (now 75)

Treasure of the Amazon

1985 4.5

as Klaus von Blantz

Age 65 (now 75)

The Corsican Brothers

1985 6.5

as The Chancellor

Age 65 (now 75)

Phenomena

1985 6.8

as Professor John McGregor

Age 65 (now 75)

The Ambassador

1985 5.2

as Minister Eretz

Age 65 (now 75)

Arch of Triumph

1984 5.2

as Ivon Haake

Age 65 (now 75)

Terror in the Aisles

1984 6.1

as Self - Host

Age 65 (now 75)

A Breed Apart

1984 5.8

as J.P. Whittier

Age 64 (now 75)

Where Is Parsifal?

1984 3.9

as Mackintosh

Age 64 (now 75)

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984 3.0

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

Age 64 (now 75)

The Devonsville Terror

1983 4.7

as Dr. Warley

Age 64 (now 75)

The Falklands Factor

1983 7.0

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Age 63 (now 75)

Warrior of the Lost World

1983 2.8

as Prossor

Age 63 (now 75)

Witness for the Prosecution

1982 6.5

as Mr. Myers

Age 63 (now 75)

Alone in the Dark

1982 5.9

as Leo Bain

Age 63 (now 75)

Computercide

1982 7.0

as George Dettler

Age 62 (now 75)

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981 5.9

as Gilbert Carson

Age 62 (now 75)

Halloween II

1981 6.6

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Age 62 (now 75)

Escape from New York

1981 7.0

as President of the United States

Age 61 (now 75)

The Monster Club

1981 5.8

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

Age 61 (now 75)

Blade on the Feather

1980 5.8

as John Cavendish

Age 61 (now 75)

Pumaman

1980 2.9

as Kobras

Age 60 (now 75)

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979 6.7

as Kantorek

Age 60 (now 75)

Better Late Than Never

1979 9.0

as Colonel Riddle

Age 60 (now 75)

Jaguar Lives!

1979 4.2

as General Villanova

Age 59 (now 75)

Dracula

1979 6.4

as Dr. Jack Seward

Age 59 (now 75)

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979 5.5

as Dr. Steiner

Age 59 (now 75)

L'Homme en colère

1979 5.6

as Albert Rumpelmayer

Age 59 (now 75)

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979 3.7

as Clarence Blasko

Age 59 (now 75)

Power Play

1978 7.2

as Blair

Age 59 (now 75)

Halloween

1978 7.6

as Loomis

Age 59 (now 75)

Last In, First Out

1978 4.5

as Rothko

Age 58 (now 75)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978 4.3

as B.D. Brockhurst

Age 58 (now 75)

Night Creature

1978 3.8

as Axel MacGregor

Age 58 (now 75)

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978 5.7

as Dr. Todd

Age 58 (now 75)

Blood Relatives

1978 5.7

as James Doniac

Age 58 (now 75)

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978 6.0

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

Age 58 (now 75)

Telefon

1977 6.6

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Age 58 (now 75)

Oh, God!

1977 6.4

as Doctor Harmon

Age 58 (now 75)

The Uncanny

1977 5.9

as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

Age 57 (now 75)

The Eagle Has Landed

1976 6.6

as Himmler

Age 57 (now 75)

Hindle Wakes

1976 8.5

as Nat Jeffcote

Age 57 (now 75)

The Last Tycoon

1976 6.3

as Boxley

Age 57 (now 75)

The Passover Plot

1976 4.7

as Pontius Pilate

Age 57 (now 75)

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976 8.0

as George Livingston

Age 56 (now 75)

Goldenrod

1976 9.0

as John Tyler Jones

Age 56 (now 75)

The Devil's Men

1976 4.2

as Father Roche

Age 56 (now 75)

The Joke

1976

as Bendel

Age 56 (now 75)

Trial by Combat

1976 7.8

as Sir Giles Marley

Age 56 (now 75)

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976 5.2

as Dr. Finch

Age 56 (now 75)

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975 6.8

as Danglars

Age 56 (now 75)

Hearts of the West

1975 5.7

as A.J. Nietz

Age 56 (now 75)

Journey into Fear

1975 6.0

as Kuvetli

Age 55 (now 75)

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975 6.4

as Lucas Deranian

Age 55 (now 75)

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974 5.4

as Erich Count von Plasma

Age 55 (now 75)

House of the Damned

1974 5.1

as Martin Zayas

Age 54 (now 75)

Occupations

1974

as Christo Kabak

Age 54 (now 75)

The Cafeteria

1974

as Aaron

Age 54 (now 75)

The Mutations

1974 4.9

as Professor Nolter

Age 54 (now 75)

The Black Windmill

1974 6.2

as Cedric Harper

Age 54 (now 75)

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974 7.4

as Doctor

Age 54 (now 75)

From Beyond the Grave

1974 6.5

as Jim Underwood

Age 54 (now 75)

Tales That Witness Madness

1973 5.5

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

Age 54 (now 75)

Malachi's Cove

1973 6.6

as Malachi

Age 53 (now 75)

Lonely Water

1973 5.7

as The Spirit (voice)

Age 53 (now 75)

The Rainbow Boys

1973 7.0

as Ralph Logan

Age 53 (now 75)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973 6.3

as Fred Smudge

Age 53 (now 75)

The Pied Piper

1972 6.0

as The Baron

Age 53 (now 75)

Wedding in White

1972 6.8

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

Age 53 (now 75)

Death Line

1972 5.8

as Inspector Calhoun

Age 53 (now 75)

Innocent Bystanders

1972 7.8

as Loomis

Age 52 (now 75)

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972 5.8

as Thomas Cromwell

Age 52 (now 75)

The Jerusalem File

1972 4.7

as Major Samuels

Age 52 (now 75)

Kidnapped

1971 6.3

as Ebenezer Balfour

Age 52 (now 75)

Skin Deep

1971 7.0

as Gerry Muddiman

Age 52 (now 75)

Wake in Fright

1971 7.2

as Doc Tydon

Age 51 (now 75)

The Fox Trot

1971 9.0

as Tom

Age 51 (now 75)

THX 1138

1971 6.5

as SEN

Age 51 (now 75)

Soldier Blue

1970 6.8

as Isaac Q. Cumber

Age 50 (now 75)

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969 7.3

as The Prospector

Age 50 (now 75)

Arthur? Arthur!

1969 3.8

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

Age 49 (now 75)

Mr. Freedom

1969 5.2

as Dr. Freedom

Age 49 (now 75)

Last to Go

1969 6.0

Age 49 (now 75)

Sleep is Lovely

1968 9.0

as Clive

Age 48 (now 75)

The News-Benders

1968 9.5

as J.G.

Age 48 (now 75)

Creature of Comfort

1968 10.0

as James Thorne

Age 48 (now 75)

Will Penny

1967 6.7

as Preacher Quint

Age 48 (now 75)

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967 8.0

as Albert Dussel

Age 48 (now 75)

Matchless

1967 4.3

as Gregori Andreanu

Age 47 (now 75)

You Only Live Twice

1967 6.6

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Age 47 (now 75)

Call Me Daddy

1967

as Ben Hoffman

Age 47 (now 75)

The Night of the Generals

1967 6.8

as General Kahlenberge

Age 47 (now 75)

Eye of the Devil

1966 6.1

as Pere Dominic

Age 47 (now 75)

Fantastic Voyage

1966 6.7

as Dr. Michaels

Age 46 (now 75)

Cul-de-sac

1966 6.7

as George

Age 46 (now 75)

The Hallelujah Trail

1965 6.1

as 'Oracle' Jones

Age 45 (now 75)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 6.4

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

Age 45 (now 75)

The Caretaker

1964 7.4

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

Age 44 (now 75)

Dr. Crippen

1963 6.0

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

Age 43 (now 75)

The Great Escape

1963 7.9

as Blythe 'The Forger'

Age 43 (now 75)

The Inspector

1962 7.1

as Wolters

Age 42 (now 75)

The Horsemasters

1961 7.0

as Captain Pinski

Age 41 (now 75)

What a Carve Up!

1961 7.0

as Everett Sloane

Age 41 (now 75)

Spare the Rod

1961 6.2

as Mr. Jenkins

Age 41 (now 75)

The Wind of Change

1961 10.0

as Pop

Age 41 (now 75)

No Love for Johnnie

1961 6.7

as Renfrew

Age 41 (now 75)

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960

as Caterpillar

Age 41 (now 75)

The Cupboard

1960 10.0

as Fred Watson

Age 41 (now 75)

The Hands of Orlac

1960 4.4

as Graham Coates

Age 41 (now 75)

A Story of David

1960 5.4

as Nabal

Age 41 (now 75)

Suspect

1960 6.9

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

Age 41 (now 75)

Toff and Fingers

1960

as Self/Host

Age 40 (now 75)

The Big Day

1960 7.5

as Victor Partridge

Age 40 (now 75)

Sons and Lovers

1960 6.5

as Mr. Pappleworth

Age 40 (now 75)

Hell Is a City

1960 6.6

as Gus Hawkins

Age 40 (now 75)

Circus of Horrors

1960 5.8

as Vanet

Age 40 (now 75)

The Battle of the Sexes

1960 6.5

as Irwin Hoffman

Age 40 (now 75)

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960 6.6

as William Hare

Age 40 (now 75)

The Shakedown

1960 6.0

as Jessel Brown

Age 40 (now 75)

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959 6.3

as Captain

Age 39 (now 75)

Look Back in Anger

1959 6.7

as Hurst

Age 39 (now 75)

The Traitor

1959

as Grantley Caypor

Age 39 (now 75)

The Two-Headed Spy

1958 6.3

as Gen. Hardt

Age 39 (now 75)

The Greatest Man in the World

1958 10.0

as US President

Age 39 (now 75)

The Man Inside

1958 6.1

as Organ Grinder

Age 38 (now 75)

The Wind Cannot Read

1958 6.4

as Doctor

Age 38 (now 75)

Heart of a Child

1958 6.7

as Spiel

Age 38 (now 75)

The Telltale Heart

1958

Writer

Age 38 (now 75)

A Tale of Two Cities

1958 6.8

as Barsad

Age 38 (now 75)

Barnacle Bill

1957 6.6

as Cashier

Age 38 (now 75)

Manuela

1957 6.3

as Evans

Age 37 (now 75)

The Man in the Sky

1957 7.5

as Crabtree

Age 37 (now 75)

The Black Tent

1956 6.4

as Ali

Age 36 (now 75)

1984

1956 6.5

as R. Parsons

Age 36 (now 75)

Value for Money

1955 6.9

as Limpy

Age 35 (now 75)

The Moment of Truth

1955 7.0

as The Foreign Minister

Age 35 (now 75)

Round the World in 80 Days

1955

as Voices

Age 35 (now 75)

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954 7.3

as Syme

Age 35 (now 75)

Orders Are Orders

1954 6.6

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

Age 34 (now 75)

The Beachcomber

1954 6.3

as Tromp

Age 34 (now 75)

The Dybbuk

1952

as Second batlon

Age 33 (now 75)