Donald Pleasence
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1919, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Died
- February 2, 1995
- Movies
- 190
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | The Dr. Loomis Tapes | Dr. Loomis |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain) |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Making of Fatal Frames | self |
| 1996 | Fatal Frames | Professor Robinson |
| 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis |
| 1995 | Safe Haven | The Sailor |
| 1994 | Guinevere | Merlin |
| 1994 | Freeze: But is it Art? | Sinister Dentist |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze | Soup slurper |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Pincheon |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Phido the Vulture (voice) |
| 1993 | Femme Fatale | Victor Harty |
| 1992 | Dien Bien Phu | Howard Simpson |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Doctor |
| 1991 | Millions | Ripa |
| 1990 | Life of General De Gaulle | Winston Churchill |
| 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Jason Rafiel |
| 1989 | Casablanca Express | Colonel Bats |
| 1989 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dr. Sam Loomis |
| 1989 | River of Death | Heinrich Spaatz |
| 1989 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave |
| 1989 | Buried Alive | Dr. Schaeffer |
| 1989 | Paganini Horror | Mr. Pickett |
| 1989 | The House of Usher | Walter Usher |
| 1989 | American Rickshaw | Rev. Mortom |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon |
| 1988 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis |
| 1988 | Nosferatu in Venice | Don Alvise |
| 1988 | Last Platoon | Colonel B. Abrahams |
| 1988 | Metropolitan Animals | Prof. Livingstone |
| 1988 | The Commander | Henry Carlson |
| 1988 | Hanna's War | Captain Thomas Rosza |
| 1988 | Phantom of Death | Inspector Datti |
| 1987 | Prince of Darkness | Priest |
| 1987 | Django Strikes Again | Ben Gunn |
| 1987 | Ground Zero | Prosper Gaffney |
| 1987 | Double Target | Sen. Blaster |
| 1987 | Basements | Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") |
| 1987 | Scoop | Lord Copper |
| 1987 | Specters | Professor Lasky |
| 1987 | Warrior Queen | Clodius Flaucus |
| 1987 | Gila and Rik | Joe Gardenia |
| 1986 | Cobra Mission | Father Lenoir |
| 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Col. Kostik |
| 1986 | Deadheat | Aldo Rossi |
| 1986 | Into the Darkness | David Beckett |
| 1985 | Nothing Underneath | Commissioner Danesi |
| 1985 | Black Arrow | Sir Oliver Oates |
| 1985 | Reel Horror | Axel MacGregor (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Treasure of the Amazon | Klaus von Blantz |
| 1985 | The Corsican Brothers | The Chancellor |
| 1985 | Phenomena | Professor John McGregor |
| 1985 | The Ambassador | Minister Eretz |
| 1984 | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Self - Host |
| 1984 | A Breed Apart | J.P. Whittier |
| 1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Mackintosh |
| 1984 | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein |
| 1983 | The Devonsville Terror | Dr. Warley |
| 1983 | The Falklands Factor | Dr. Samuel Johnson |
| 1983 | Warrior of the Lost World | Prossor |
| 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution | Mr. Myers |
| 1982 | Alone in the Dark | Leo Bain |
| 1982 | Computercide | George Dettler |
| 1981 | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | Gilbert Carson |
| 1981 | Halloween II | Dr Samuel Loomis |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | President of the United States |
| 1981 | The Monster Club | Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad |
| 1980 | Blade on the Feather | John Cavendish |
| 1980 | Pumaman | Kobras |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Kantorek |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Colonel Riddle |
| 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | General Villanova |
| 1979 | Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Dr. Steiner |
| 1979 | Jig-Saw | Albert Rumpelmayer |
| 1979 | Gold of the Amazon Women | Clarence Blasko |
| 1978 | Power Play | Blair |
| 1978 | Halloween | Loomis |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Rothko |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | B.D. Brockhurst |
| 1978 | Night Creature | Axel MacGregor |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Dr. Todd |
| 1978 | Blood Relatives | James Doniac |
| 1978 | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Capt. Vladimir Popov |
| 1977 | Telefon | Nicolai Dalchimsky |
| 1977 | Oh, God! | Doctor Harmon |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Himmler |
| 1976 | Hindle Wakes | Nat Jeffcote |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Boxley |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Pontius Pilate |
| 1976 | Meriel the Ghost Girl | George Livingston |
| 1976 | Goldenrod | John Tyler Jones |
| 1976 | The Devil's Men | Father Roche |
| 1976 | The Joke | Bendel |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Sir Giles Marley |
| 1976 | I Don't Want to Be Born | Dr. Finch |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Danglars |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West | A.J. Nietz |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Kuvetli |
| 1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Lucas Deranian |
| 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Erich Count von Plasma |
| 1974 | House of the Damned | Martin Zayas |
| 1974 | Occupations | Christo Kabak |
| 1974 | The Cafeteria | Aaron |
| 1974 | The Mutations | Professor Nolter |
| 1974 | The Black Windmill | Cedric Harper |
| 1974 | Watch Out, We're Mad | Doctor |
| 1974 | From Beyond the Grave | Jim Underwood |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Prof. R.C. Tremayne |
| 1973 | Malachi's Cove | Malachi |
| 1973 | The Rainbow Boys | Ralph Logan |
| 1973 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Fred Smudge |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | The Baron |
| 1972 | Wedding in White | Jim Dougall, Sr. |
| 1972 | Death Line | Inspector Calhoun |
| 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | Loomis |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Thomas Cromwell |
| 1972 | The Jerusalem File | Major Samuels |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Ebenezer Balfour |
| 1971 | Skin Deep | Gerry Muddiman |
| 1971 | Wake in Fright | Doc Tydon |
| 1971 | The Fox Trot | Tom |
| 1971 | THX 1138 | SEN |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue | Isaac Q. Cumber |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Prospector |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon |
| 1969 | Mr. Freedom | Dr. Freedom |
| 1969 | Last to Go | |
| 1968 | Sleep is Lovely | Clive |
| 1968 | The News-Benders | J.G. |
| 1968 | Creature of Comfort | James Thorne |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Preacher Quint |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Albert Dussel |
| 1967 | Matchless | Gregori Andreanu |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| 1967 | Call Me Daddy | Ben Hoffman |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Kahlenberge |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Pere Dominic |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Michaels |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | George |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | 'Oracle' Jones |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | The Dark Hermit - Satan |
| 1964 | The Caretaker | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins |
| 1963 | Dr. Crippen | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Blythe 'The Forger' |
| 1962 | The Inspector | Wolters |
| 1961 | The Horsemasters | Captain Pinski |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Everett Sloane |
| 1961 | Spare the Rod | Mr. Jenkins |
| 1961 | The Wind of Change | Pop |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Renfrew |
| 1960 | Alice Through the Looking Box | Caterpillar |
| 1960 | The Cupboard | Fred Watson |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | Graham Coates |
| 1960 | A Story of David | Nabal |
| 1960 | Suspect | Parsons, alias Bill Brown |
| 1960 | Toff and Fingers | Self/Host |
| 1960 | The Big Day | Victor Partridge |
| 1960 | Sons and Lovers | Mr. Pappleworth |
| 1960 | Hell Is a City | Gus Hawkins |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors | Vanet |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes | Irwin Hoffman |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | William Hare |
| 1960 | The Shakedown | Jessel Brown |
| 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Captain |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Hurst |
| 1959 | The Traitor | Grantley Caypor |
| 1958 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Hardt |
| 1958 | The Greatest Man in the World | US President |
| 1958 | The Man Inside | Organ Grinder |
| 1958 | The Wind Cannot Read | Doctor |
| 1958 | Heart of a Child | Spiel |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Barsad |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Cashier |
| 1957 | Manuela | Evans |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky | Crabtree |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Ali |
| 1956 | 1984 | R. Parsons |
| 1955 | Value for Money | Limpy |
| 1955 | The Moment of Truth | The Foreign Minister |
| 1955 | Round the World in 80 Days | Voices |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Syme |
| 1954 | Orders Are Orders | Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber | Tromp |
| 1952 | The Dybbuk | Second batlon |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1958 | The Telltale Heart | Writer |
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