Donald Pleasence

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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

• The Dr. Loomis Tapes (2026)
• Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
• Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
• The Making of Fatal Frames (1997)
• Fatal Frames (1996)
• Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
• Safe Haven (1995)
• Guinevere (1994)
• Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
• The Big Freeze (1993)
• The Hour of the Pig (1993)
• The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
• Femme Fatale (1993)
• Dien Bien Phu (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1991)
• Millions (1991)
• Life of General De Gaulle (1990)
• Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
• Casablanca Express (1989)
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
• River of Death (1989)
• Ten Little Indians (1989)
• Buried Alive (1989)
• Paganini Horror (1989)
• The House of Usher (1989)
• American Rickshaw (1989)
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
• Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
• Last Platoon (1988)
• Metropolitan Animals (1988)
• The Commander (1988)
• Hanna's War (1988)
• Phantom of Death (1988)
• Prince of Darkness (1987)
• Django Strikes Again (1987)
• Ground Zero (1987)
• Double Target (1987)
• Basements (1987)
• Scoop (1987)
• Specters (1987)
• Warrior Queen (1987)
• Gila and Rik (1987)
• Cobra Mission (1986)
• To Kill a Stranger (1986)
• Deadheat (1986)
• Into the Darkness (1986)
• Nothing Underneath (1985)
• Black Arrow (1985)
• Reel Horror (1985)
• Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
• The Corsican Brothers (1985)
• Phenomena (1985)
• The Ambassador (1985)
• Arch of Triumph (1984)
• Terror in the Aisles (1984)
• A Breed Apart (1984)
• Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
• Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
• The Devonsville Terror (1983)
• The Falklands Factor (1983)
• Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• Computercide (1982)
• Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• The Monster Club (1981)
• Blade on the Feather (1980)
• Pumaman (1980)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
• Better Late Than Never (1979)
• Jaguar Lives! (1979)
• Dracula (1979)
• Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
• L'Homme en colère (1979)
• Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
• Power Play (1978)
• Halloween (1978)
• Last In, First Out (1978)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
• Night Creature (1978)
• Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
• Blood Relatives (1978)
• The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
• Telefon (1977)
• Oh, God! (1977)
• The Uncanny (1977)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
• Hindle Wakes (1976)
• The Last Tycoon (1976)
• The Passover Plot (1976)
• Meriel the Ghost Girl (1976)
• Goldenrod (1976)
• The Devil's Men (1976)
• The Joke (1976)
• Trial by Combat (1976)
• I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
• The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• Journey into Fear (1975)
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
• Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
• House of the Damned (1974)
• Occupations (1974)
• The Cafeteria (1974)
• The Mutations (1974)
• The Black Windmill (1974)
• Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)
• Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
• Malachi's Cove (1973)
• The Rainbow Boys (1973)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
• The Pied Piper (1972)
• Wedding in White (1972)
• Death Line (1972)
• Innocent Bystanders (1972)
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
• The Jerusalem File (1972)
• Kidnapped (1971)
• Skin Deep (1971)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• The Fox Trot (1971)
• THX 1138 (1971)
• Soldier Blue (1970)
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
• Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
• Mr. Freedom (1969)
• Last to Go (1969)
• Sleep is Lovely (1968)
• The News-Benders (1968)
• Creature of Comfort (1968)
• Will Penny (1967)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
• Matchless (1967)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• Call Me Daddy (1967)
• The Night of the Generals (1967)
• Eye of the Devil (1966)
• Fantastic Voyage (1966)
• Cul-de-sac (1966)
• The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• The Caretaker (1964)
• Dr. Crippen (1963)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• The Inspector (1962)
• The Horsemasters (1961)
• What a Carve Up! (1961)
• Spare the Rod (1961)
• The Wind of Change (1961)
• No Love for Johnnie (1961)
• Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
• The Cupboard (1960)
• The Hands of Orlac (1960)
• A Story of David (1960)
• Suspect (1960)
• Toff and Fingers (1960)
• The Big Day (1960)
• Sons and Lovers (1960)
• Hell Is a City (1960)
• Circus of Horrors (1960)
• The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
• The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
• The Shakedown (1960)
• Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
• Look Back in Anger (1959)
• The Traitor (1959)
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
• The Greatest Man in the World (1958)
• The Man Inside (1958)
• The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
• Heart of a Child (1958)
• The Telltale Heart (1958)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
• Barnacle Bill (1957)
• Manuela (1957)
• The Man in the Sky (1957)
• The Black Tent (1956)
• 1984 (1956)
• Value for Money (1955)
• The Moment of Truth (1955)
• Round the World in 80 Days (1955)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
• Orders Are Orders (1954)
• The Beachcomber (1954)
• The Dybbuk (1952)
• New Line: Independent Legacies