Donald Pleasence

Known for: Acting

Born: 1919-10-05 – 1995-02-02 (aged 75)

From: 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 (241)

MOVIE
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
as Dr. Loomis
MOVIE★ 7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Driving Lessons
2012
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.1
Fatal Frames
1996
as Professor Robinson
MOVIE★ 5.2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Dr. Loomis
TV★ 7.0
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Cornelius Van Damm
MOVIE★ 5.3
Safe Haven
1995
as The Sailor
TV★ 6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.3
Guinevere
1994
as Merlin
MOVIE
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
as Sinister Dentist
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Freeze
1993
as Soup slurper
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Pincheon
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Femme Fatale
1993
as Victor Harty
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dien Bien Phu
1992
as Howard Simpson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 3.8
Millions
1991
as Ripa
MOVIE★ 6.8
Women in Arms
1991
as Dreyfuss
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
as Armon Shalik
MOVIE★ 9.0
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
as Winston Churchill
MOVIE★ 6.6
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Jason Rafiel
MOVIE★ 3.8
Casablanca Express
1989
as Colonel Bats
MOVIE★ 5.3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
as Dr. Sam Loomis
MOVIE★ 5.0
River of Death
1989
as Heinrich Spaatz
MOVIE★ 4.9
Ten Little Indians
1989
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
MOVIE★ 4.3
Buried Alive
1989
as Dr. Schaeffer
MOVIE★ 4.4
Paganini Horror
1989
as Mr. Pickett
MOVIE★ 4.8
The House of Usher
1989
as Walter Usher
MOVIE★ 4.7
American Rickshaw
1989
as Rev. Mortom
TV★ 5.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
MOVIE★ 6.2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
as Dr. Loomis
MOVIE★ 5.8
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Don Alvise
MOVIE★ 4.6
Last Platoon
1988
as Colonel B. Abrahams
MOVIE★ 5.5
Metropolitan Animals
1988
as Prof. Livingstone
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Commander
1988
as Henry Carlson
MOVIE★ 5.2
Hanna's War
1988
as Captain Thomas Rosza
MOVIE★ 5.6
Phantom of Death
1988
as Inspector Datti
MOVIE★ 6.8
Prince of Darkness
1987
as Priest
MOVIE★ 5.1
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Ben Gunn
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ground Zero
1987
as Prosper Gaffney
MOVIE★ 4.6
Double Target
1987
as Sen. Blaster
MOVIE★ 6.8
Basements
1987
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
MOVIE★ 5.7
Scoop
1987
as Lord Copper
MOVIE★ 4.2
Specters
1987
as Professor Lasky
MOVIE★ 3.7
Warrior Queen
1987
as Clodius Flaucus
MOVIE
Gila and Rik
1987
as Joe Gardenia
TV★ 7.0
Naso di cane
1986
as Olindo Cuomo
MOVIE★ 4.9
Cobra Mission
1986
as Father Lenoir
MOVIE★ 5.3
To Kill a Stranger
1986
as Col. Kostik
MOVIE★ 6.2
Deadheat
1986
as Aldo Rossi
MOVIE★ 3.2
Into the Darkness
1986
as David Beckett
MOVIE★ 5.7
Nothing Underneath
1985
as Commissioner Danesi
MOVIE★ 6.9
Black Arrow
1985
as Sir Oliver Oates
MOVIE★ 3.3
Reel Horror
1985
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.5
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Klaus von Blantz
TV★ 6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as George Hill
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Corsican Brothers
1985
as The Chancellor
MOVIE★ 6.8
Phenomena
1985
as Professor John McGregor
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Ambassador
1985
as Minister Eretz
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Victor Harty
MOVIE★ 5.2
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Ivon Haake
MOVIE★ 6.2
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Breed Apart
1984
as J.P. Whittier
TV★ 6.2
Master of the Game
1984
as Salomon Van der Merwe
MOVIE★ 3.9
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Mackintosh
MOVIE★ 3.0
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Devonsville Terror
1983
as Dr. Warley
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
MOVIE★ 2.9
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
as Prossor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Mr. Myers
MOVIE★ 5.9
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Leo Bain
TV★ 7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Septimus Harding
MOVIE★ 7.0
Computercide
1982
as George Dettler
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Gilbert Carson
MOVIE★ 6.6
Halloween II
1981
as Sam Loomis
MOVIE★ 7.1
Escape from New York
1981
as President of the United States
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Monster Club
1981
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
MOVIE★ 5.8
Blade on the Feather
1980
as John Cavendish
MOVIE★ 2.9
Pumaman
1980
as Kobras
TV★ 7.2
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Max Dechambre
MOVIE★ 6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Kantorek
MOVIE★ 9.0
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Colonel Riddle
MOVIE★ 4.2
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as General Villanova
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dracula
1979
as Dr. Jack Seward
MOVIE★ 5.5
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Dr. Steiner
MOVIE★ 5.6
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Albert Rumpelmayer
MOVIE★ 3.7
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Clarence Blasko
TV★ 6.5
Mrs. Columbo
1979
TV★ 7.4
Dick Turpin
1979
as Ignatius Slake
MOVIE★ 7.2
Power Play
1978
as Blair
MOVIE★ 7.6
Halloween
1978
as Loomis
TV★ 7.7
Centennial
1978
as Sam Purchas
MOVIE★ 4.5
Last In, First Out
1978
as Rothko
MOVIE★ 4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as B.D. Brockhurst
MOVIE★ 3.8
Night Creature
1978
as Axel MacGregor
TV★ 7.0
The Bastard
1978
as Solomon Sholto
MOVIE★ 5.7
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Dr. Todd
MOVIE★ 5.7
Blood Relatives
1978
as James Doniac
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
TV★ 7.8
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Telefon
1977
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
MOVIE★ 6.4
Oh, God!
1977
as Doctor Harmon
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Uncanny
1977
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
TV★ 7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Melchior
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Himmler
MOVIE★ 8.5
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
TV★ 7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Boxley
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Passover Plot
1976
as Pontius Pilate
MOVIE★ 8.0
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
as George Livingston
MOVIE★ 9.0
Goldenrod
1976
as John Tyler Jones
MOVIE★ 4.1
The Devil's Men
1976
as Father Roche
MOVIE
The Joke
1976
as Bendel
MOVIE★ 7.8
Trial by Combat
1976
as Sir Giles Marley
MOVIE★ 5.1
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
as Dr. Finch
TV★ 7.5
Peep Show
1975
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Danglars
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hearts of the West
1975
as A.J. Nietz
TV★ 8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
as Puckler
MOVIE★ 6.0
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kuvetli
MOVIE★ 6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Lucas Deranian
MOVIE★ 5.4
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
as Erich Count von Plasma
MOVIE★ 5.1
House of the Damned
1974
as Martin Zayas
MOVIE
Occupations
1974
as Christo Kabak
MOVIE
The Cafeteria
1974
as Aaron
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Mutations
1974
as Professor Nolter
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Black Windmill
1974
as Cedric Harper
MOVIE★ 7.5
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Doctor
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as George Livingston
MOVIE★ 6.5
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as Jim Underwood
MOVIE★ 5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
MOVIE★ 6.6
Malachi's Cove
1973
as Malachi
TV★ 6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Cawser
MOVIE★ 5.7
Lonely Water
1973
as The Spirit (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Rainbow Boys
1973
as Ralph Logan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Fred Smudge
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Pied Piper
1972
as The Baron
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wedding in White
1972
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
MOVIE★ 5.8
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Calhoun
MOVIE★ 7.8
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Loomis
MOVIE★ 5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas Cromwell
TV★ 5.8
The Man Outside
1972
as Victor Cobb
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Jerusalem File
1972
as Major Samuels
MOVIE★ 6.3
Kidnapped
1971
as Ebenezer Balfour
MOVIE★ 7.0
Skin Deep
1971
as Gerry Muddiman
TV★ 7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Carnacki
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Adrian Carsini
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wake in Fright
1971
as Doc Tydon
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Fox Trot
1971
as Tom
MOVIE★ 6.4
THX 1138
1971
as SEN
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Samuel Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Soldier Blue
1970
as Isaac Q. Cumber
TV
Confession
1970
as Sergeant Hurby
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Prospector
MOVIE★ 3.8
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Mr. Freedom
1969
as Dr. Freedom
MOVIE★ 6.0
Last to Go
1969
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Hans Vogler
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sleep is Lovely
1968
as Clive
MOVIE★ 9.5
The News-Benders
1968
as J.G.
MOVIE★ 10.0
Creature of Comfort
1968
as James Thorne
MOVIE★ 6.7
Will Penny
1967
as Preacher Quint
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
as Albert Dussel
MOVIE★ 4.3
Matchless
1967
as Gregori Andreanu
MOVIE★ 6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
MOVIE
Call Me Daddy
1967
as Ben Hoffman
TV
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Kahlenberge
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Pere Dominic
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Michaels
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
as George
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Richard Pratt
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as 'Oracle' Jones
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Head Waiter
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Caretaker
1964
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Escalon
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Max Pfeiffer
TV★ 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
as Harold J. Finley
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dr. Crippen
1963
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Great Escape
1963
as Blythe 'The Forger'
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Inspector
1962
as Wolters
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Horsemasters
1961
as Captain Pinski
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Byron Saul
MOVIE★ 7.0
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Everett Sloane
MOVIE★ 6.2
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mr. Jenkins
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Wind of Change
1961
as Pop
MOVIE★ 6.7
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Renfrew
MOVIE
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Caterpillar
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Cupboard
1960
as Fred Watson
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Graham Coates
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Story of David
1960
as Nabal
MOVIE★ 6.9
Suspect
1960
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
TV
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Admiral Vespery
TV★ 7.4
Danger Man
1960
as Nikolides
MOVIE
Toff and Fingers
1960
as Self/Host
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Big Day
1960
as Victor Partridge
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sons and Lovers
1960
as Mr. Pappleworth
TV★ 9.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Host
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hell Is a City
1960
as Gus Hawkins
MOVIE★ 5.8
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Vanet
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Irwin Hoffman
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as William Hare
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Shakedown
1960
as Jessel Brown
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ellis Fowler
MOVIE★ 6.3
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Captain
MOVIE★ 6.7
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Hurst
TV★ 7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
as Karl Haussman
MOVIE
The Traitor
1959
as Grantley Caypor
TV★ 5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
as Harvey Laurence
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Hardt
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
as US President
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Man Inside
1958
as Organ Grinder
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Heart of a Child
1958
as Spiel
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Barsad
MOVIE★ 6.6
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Cashier
MOVIE★ 6.3
Manuela
1957
as Evans
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Crabtree
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as President of the USA
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Black Tent
1956
as Ali
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE★ 6.5
1984
1956
as R. Parsons
TV★ 4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Supt. Smith
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Prince John
MOVIE★ 6.9
Value for Money
1955
as Limpy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Moment of Truth
1955
as The Foreign Minister
MOVIE
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
as Voices
MOVIE★ 7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Syme
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Pinski
MOVIE★ 6.6
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Beachcomber
1954
as Tromp
MOVIE
The Dybbuk
1952
as Second batlon
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kantorek
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Syme
MOVIE
New Line: Independent Legacies
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as Self (archive footage)