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