Donald Pleasence
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Columbo
Adrian Carsini
1971
Series
The Fugitive
Max Pfeiffer
1963
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Hans Vogler
1969
Series
Play for Today
Samuel Johnson
1970
Series
Play for Today
Gerry Muddiman
1970
Series
The Twilight Zone
Ellis Fowler
1959
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
The Wednesday Play
The Head Waiter
1964
Series
Screen Two
Victor Harty
1985
Series
Screen Two
Pincheon
1985
Series
One Step Beyond
Harvey Laurence
1959
Film
Halloween
Loomis
1978
Series
The Defenders
Dr. Byron Saul
1961
Series
Playhouse
George Livingston
1974
Series
Playhouse
Bendel
1974
Series
Playhouse
Aaron
1974
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Richard Pratt
1965
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
J.G.
1965
Series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Prince John
1955
Series
Danger Man
Nikolides
1960
Series
Danger Man
Captain Aldrich
1960
Series
The Outer Limits
Harold J. Finley
1963
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Syme
1950
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Corporal
1950
Series
The Ray Bradbury Theater
George Hill
1985
Film
You Only Live Twice
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1967
Series
ITV Play of the Week
Supt. Smith
1955
Sunday-Night Play
Admiral Vespery
1960
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Cawser
1973
Film
THX 1138
SEN
1971
Series
Interpol Calling
Karl Haussman
1959
Series
Centennial
Sam Purchas
1978
Film
Escape from New York
President of the United States
1981
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Carnacki
1971
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
Melchior
1977
Film
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
1988
Series
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Series
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Captain Pinski
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lucas Deranian
1954
Film
Halloween II
Dr Samuel Loomis
1981
Film
The Great Escape
Blythe 'The Forger'
1963
Series
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Series
Espionage
Escalon
1963
Series
Dick Turpin
Ignatius Slake
1979
Film
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
1989
Film
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Dr. Loomis
1995
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Host
1960
Film
Scoop
Lord Copper
1987
Film
Watch Out, We're Mad
Doctor
1974
Film
Guinevere
Merlin
1994
Film
The Eagle Has Landed
Himmler
1976
Film
Prince of Darkness
Priest
1987
Series
The Barchester Chronicles
Septimus Harding
1982
Series
The Bastard
Solomon Sholto
1978
Confession
Sergeant Hurby
1970
Film
Buried Alive
Dr. Schaeffer
1989
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Nat Jeffcote
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kantorek
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Myers
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Chancellor
1951
Series
Master of the Game
Salomon Van der Merwe
1984
Film
Phenomena
Professor John McGregor
1985
Film
Escape to Witch Mountain
Lucas Deranian
1975
Film
Femme Fatale
Victor Harty
1993
Series
The French Atlantic Affair
Max Dechambre
1979
Film
Death Line
Inspector Calhoun
1972
Series
Donne armate
Dreyfuss
1991
Film
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Dark Hermit - Satan
1965
Film
From Beyond the Grave
Jim Underwood
1974
Film
Nosferatu in Venice
Don Alvise
1988
Film
The Night of the Generals
General Kahlenberge
1967
Series
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
1967
Film
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Danglars
1975
Series
Shades of Greene
Puckler
1975
Film
The Joke
Bendel
1976
Film
Manuela
Evans
1957
Film
The Thief and the Cobbler
Phido the Vulture (voice)
1993
Film
Innocent Bystanders
Loomis
1972
Film
Basements
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
1987
Series
Armchair Theatre
President of the USA
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Fred Watson
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Ben Hoffman
1956
Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Kantorek
1979
Film
Eye of the Devil
Pere Dominic
1966
Film
Dracula
Dr. Jack Seward
1979
Film
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Michaels
1966
Film
Telefon
Nicolai Dalchimsky
1977
Peep Show
1975
Film
Blade on the Feather
John Cavendish
1980
Film
Cul-de-sac
George
1966
Series
Signs and Wonders
Cornelius Van Damm
1995
Film
Wake in Fright
Doc Tydon
1971
Series
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Narrator (voice)
1978
Film
Soldier Blue
Isaac Q. Cumber
1970
Film
The Last Tycoon
Boxley
1976
Film
Alone in the Dark
Leo Bain
1982
Film
Dien Bien Phu
Howard Simpson
1992
Series
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
1988
Film
Terror in the Aisles
Self - Host
1984
Film
Fatal Frames
Professor Robinson
1996
Film
Pumaman
Kobras
1980
Film
The Flesh and the Fiends
William Hare
1960
The Making of Fatal Frames
self
1997
New Line: Independent Legacies
Self (archive footage)
Film
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
B.D. Brockhurst
1978
Film
Shadows and Fog
Doctor
1991
Film
Kidnapped
Ebenezer Balfour
1971
Film
The House of Usher
Walter Usher
1989
Film
The Monster Club
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
1981
Film
Witness for the Prosecution
Mr. Myers
1982
Film
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Gilbert Carson
1981
The Man Outside
Victor Cobb
1972
Film
Computercide
George Dettler
1982
Film
The Battle of the Sexes
Irwin Hoffman
1960
Series
The vulture can wait
Armon Shalik
1991
Film
Will Penny
Preacher Quint
1967
Film
Circus of Horrors
Vanet
1960
Film
Treasure of the Amazon
Klaus von Blantz
1985
Film
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
2025
Film
Look Back in Anger
Hurst
1959
Film
Oh, God!
Doctor Harmon
1977
Film
Hindle Wakes
Nat Jeffcote
1976
Film
Django Strikes Again
Ben Gunn
1987
Film
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Dr. Steiner
1979
Film
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Jason Rafiel
1989
Film
The Horsemasters
Captain Pinski
1961
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Pincheon
1993
Film
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Dr. Absalon
1988
Film
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Prospector
1969
Film
Occupations
Christo Kabak
1974
Film
The Uncanny
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
1977
Film
The Black Windmill
Cedric Harper
1974
Film
The Hallelujah Trail
'Oracle' Jones
1965
Series
Naso di cane
Olindo Cuomo
1986
Film
To Kill a Stranger
Col. Kostik
1986
Film
River of Death
Heinrich Spaatz
1989
Film
A Tale of Two Cities
Barsad
1958
Film
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
2003
Film
Goldenrod
John Tyler Jones
1976
Film
Gila and Rik
Joe Gardenia
1987
Film
The Moment of Truth
The Foreign Minister
1955
Film
The Hands of Orlac
Graham Coates
1960
Film
1984
R. Parsons
1956
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Ten Little Indians
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
1989
Film
Nothing Underneath
Commissioner Danesi
1985
Film
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
1984
Film
Jig-Saw
Albert Rumpelmayer
1979
Film
Tales That Witness Madness
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
1973
Film
Power Play
Blair
1978
Film
Hearts of the West
A.J. Nietz
1975
Film
Warrior Queen
Clodius Flaucus
1987
Film
The Pied Piper
The Baron
1972
Film
Jaguar Lives!
General Villanova
1979
Film
The Big Freeze
Soup slurper
1993
Film
The Man in the Sky
Crabtree
1957
Film
Warrior of the Lost World
Prossor
1983
Film
House of the Damned
Martin Zayas
1974
Film
Phantom of Death
Inspector Datti
1988
Film
A Breed Apart
J.P. Whittier
1984
Film
Hell Is a City
Gus Hawkins
1960
Film
Into the Darkness
David Beckett
1986
Film
Hanna's War
Captain Thomas Rosza
1988
Film
Orders Are Orders
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
1954
Film
Tomorrow Never Comes
Dr. Todd
1978
Film
Life of General De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
1990
Film
Cobra Mission
Father Lenoir
1986
Film
Barnacle Bill
Cashier
1957
Film
The Ambassador
Minister Eretz
1985
Film
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas Cromwell
1972
Film
Suspect
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
1960
Film
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hardt
1958
Film
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Capt. Vladimir Popov
1978
Film
What a Carve Up!
Everett Sloane
1961
Film
Gold of the Amazon Women
Clarence Blasko
1979
Film
No Love for Johnnie
Renfrew
1961
Film
Blood Relatives
James Doniac
1978
Film
Sleep is Lovely
Clive
1968
Film
The Devil's Men
Father Roche
1976
Film
The Diary of Anne Frank
Albert Dussel
1967
Film
Heart of a Child
Spiel
1958
Film
Specters
Professor Lasky
1987
Film
Mr. Freedom
Dr. Freedom
1969
Film
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Pappleworth
1960
Film
Paganini Horror
Mr. Pickett
1989
Film
The Wind Cannot Read
Doctor
1958
Film
The Shakedown
Jessel Brown
1960
Film
Alice Through the Looking Box
Caterpillar
1960
Film
Meriel the Ghost Girl
George Livingston
1976
Film
Double Target
Sen. Blaster
1987
Film
Casablanca Express
Colonel Bats
1989
Film
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Captain
1959
Film
Reel Horror
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
1985
Film
Last Platoon
Colonel B. Abrahams
1988
Film
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Warley
1983
Film
Freeze: But is it Art?
Sinister Dentist
1994
Film
The Dybbuk
Second batlon
1952
Film
Millions
Ripa
1991
Film
American Rickshaw
Rev. Mortom
1989
Film
The Mutations
Professor Nolter
1974
Film
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Erich Count von Plasma
1974
Film
Better Late Than Never
Colonel Riddle
1979
Film
Deadheat
Aldo Rossi
1986
Film
Black Arrow
Sir Oliver Oates
1985
Film
The Commander
Henry Carlson
1988
Film
A Story of David
Nabal
1960
Film
The Black Tent
Ali
1956
Film
Journey into Fear
Kuvetli
1975
The Greatest Man in the World
US President
1958
Film
I Don't Want to Be Born
Dr. Finch
1976
Film
The Man Inside
Organ Grinder
1958
Film
The Passover Plot
Pontius Pilate
1976
Film
The Beachcomber
Tromp
1954
Film
The Falklands Factor
Dr. Samuel Johnson
1983
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fred Smudge
1973
Film
Wedding in White
Jim Dougall, Sr.
1972
Film
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Syme
1954
Film
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
1984
Film
Dr. Crippen
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
1963
Film
The Cupboard
Fred Watson
1960
Film
The Caretaker
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
1964
Film
Last In, First Out
Rothko
1978
Film
Night Creature
Axel MacGregor
1978
Film
Malachi's Cove
Malachi
1973
Film
The Rainbow Boys
Ralph Logan
1973
Film
Where Is Parsifal?
Mackintosh
1984
Film
Matchless
Gregori Andreanu
1967
Film
Ground Zero
Prosper Gaffney
1987
Film
Value for Money
Limpy
1955
Film
Trial by Combat
Sir Giles Marley
1976
Film
The Cafeteria
Aaron
1974
Film
Metropolitan Animals
Prof. Livingstone
1988
Film
Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
1969
Film
Spare the Rod
Mr. Jenkins
1961
Film
The Inspector
Wolters
1962
Film
The Jerusalem File
Major Samuels
1972
Film
The News-Benders
J.G.
1968
Film
The Big Day
Victor Partridge
1960
Film
The Wind of Change
Pop
1961
Film
The Corsican Brothers
The Chancellor
1985
Call Me Daddy
Ben Hoffman
1967
Film
Creature of Comfort
James Thorne
1968
Film
The Fox Trot
Tom
1971
Round the World in 80 Days
Voices
1955
Safe Haven
The Sailor
1995
Toff and Fingers
Self/Host
1960
Film
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Dr. Loomis
2026
Film
Skin Deep
Gerry Muddiman
1971
Film
Last to Go
1969
The Traitor
Grantley Caypor
1959