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
Prince of Darkness
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Eagle Has Landed
Soldier Blue
The Night of the Generals
Shadows and Fog
The Thief and the Cobbler
Escape to Witch Mountain
Watch Out, We're Mad
Fantastic Voyage
The Count of Monte-Cristo
All Quiet on the Western Front
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Phenomena
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Alone in the Dark
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Warrior Queen
Will Penny
THX 1138
Dracula
Telefon
The Last Tycoon
Hearts of the West
The Monster Club
Buried Alive
Breakdown: 1975
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Wake in Fright
TV Shows
Tony Awards
Play for Today
Screen Two
The Twilight Zone
Wogan
The Defenders
The Wednesday Play
Playhouse
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Outer Limits
One Step Beyond
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Danger Man
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Sunday Night Theatre
ITV Play of the Week
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Espionage
Interpol Calling
The World of Hammer
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jesus of Nazareth
Centennial
The Adventures of William Tell
Dick Turpin
Mrs. Columbo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The French Atlantic Affair
Master of the Game
NBC Experiment in Television
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Bastard
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Armchair Theatre
Signs and Wonders
The Barchester Chronicles
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Shades of Greene
Donne armate
More Movies
Look Back in Anger
The Hallelujah Trail
Tales That Witness Madness
Eye of the Devil
Cul-de-sac
The Two-Headed Spy
From Beyond the Grave
No Love for Johnnie
Django Strikes Again
A Breed Apart
The Battle of the Sexes
1984
The Black Windmill
Guinevere
The Flesh and the Fiends
Terror in the Aisles
Death Line
I Don't Want to Be Born
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
A Tale of Two Cities
Nothing Underneath
Blood Relatives
Oh, God!
The Horsemasters
Nosferatu in Venice
Hell Is a City
River of Death
The Hour of the Pig
Innocent Bystanders
The Hands of Orlac
L'Homme en colère
Treasure of the Amazon
Warrior of the Lost World
Arch of Triumph
Hanna's War
Circus of Horrors
Better Late Than Never
The Devonsville Terror
Hindle Wakes
Manuela
What a Carve Up!
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Kidnapped
Fatal Frames
The Uncanny
Dien Bien Phu
The Devil's Men
The House of Usher
Femme Fatale
The Pied Piper
Phantom of Death
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Wind Cannot Read
To Kill a Stranger
The Joke
The Man in the Sky
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Barnacle Bill
Goldenrod
Pumaman
Gold of the Amazon Women
The Caretaker
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Blade on the Feather
Heart of a Child
American Rickshaw
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Trial by Combat
The Ambassador
Journey into Fear
Basements
Life of General De Gaulle
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Power Play
Halloween 6: Producer's Cut
Scoop
Black Arrow
Meriel the Ghost Girl
House of the Damned
Ten Little Indians
Computercide
Occupations
The Wind of Change
A Story of David
Jaguar Lives!
Sons and Lovers
Alice Through the Looking Box
Reel Horror
Tomorrow Never Comes
Double Target
Last In, First Out
Millions
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Cobra Mission
Malachi's Cove
Ground Zero
The Moment of Truth
The Dybbuk
Last Platoon
The Commander
The Mutations
Where Is Parsifal?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Value for Money
The Black Tent
Casablanca Express
The Big Freeze
Freeze: But is it Art?
The Inspector
The Corsican Brothers
Gila and Rik
Mr. Freedom
Paganini Horror
Suspect
The Man Inside
Arthur? Arthur!
Spare the Rod
Matchless
Night Creature
Into the Darkness
Sleep is Lovely
Deadheat
Metropolitan Animals
The Shakedown
Specters
The Beachcomber
Skin Deep
The Passover Plot
Orders Are Orders
The Jerusalem File
The Cafeteria
The Falklands Factor
Creature of Comfort
The News-Benders
The Big Day
Dr. Crippen
Wedding in White
The Fox Trot
The Cupboard
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
The Rainbow Boys
