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