Donald Pleasence
ActingOctober 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995 (aged 75)
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
The Dr. Loomis Tapes2026 · Dr. Loomis
Breakdown: 19752025 · Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · Self (archive footage)
HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT2013 · Dr. Sam Loomis
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest2003 · Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
The Making of Fatal Frames
The Making of Fatal Frames1997 · self
Fatal Frames1996 · Professor Robinson
The Redd Foxx Show
The Redd Foxx Show1995 · Dr. Loomis
Signs and Wonders1995 · Cornelius Van Damm
Safe Haven
Safe Haven1995 · The Sailor
The World of Hammer1994 · Self (archive footage)
Guinevere1994 · Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art?1994 · Sinister Dentist
The Big Freeze1993 · Soup slurper
The Hour of the Pig1993 · Pincheon
The Thief and the Cobbler1993 · Phido the Vulture (voice)
Femme Fatale1993 · Victor Harty
Dien Bien Phu1992 · Howard Simpson
Shadows and Fog1991 · Doctor
Millions1991 · Ripa
Donne armate1991 · Dreyfuss
L'avvoltoio può attendere
L'avvoltoio può attendere1991 · Armon Shalik
Life of General De Gaulle1990 · Winston Churchill
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery1989 · Jason Rafiel
Hawke: The Larrikin and The Leader1989 · Colonel Bats
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers1989 · Dr. Sam Loomis
River of Death1989 · Heinrich Spaatz
Ten Little Indians1989 · Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Entre Nosotras1989 · Dr. Schaeffer
L'isola dei segreti - Koré1989 · Mr. Pickett
The House of Usher1989 · Walter Usher
S.M.A.S.H.!1989 · Rev. Mortom
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · Dr. Absalon
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1988 · Dr. Loomis
Nosferatu in Venice1988 · Don Alvise
Last Platoon1988 · Colonel B. Abrahams
Metropolitan Animals1988 · Prof. Livingstone
The Commander1988 · Henry Carlson
Death in Paradise1988 · Captain Thomas Rosza
Phantom of Death1988
Prince of Darkness1987
Double Target1987
Warrior Queen1987
Specters1987
Scoop1987
Into the Darkness1986
Naso di cane
Naso di cane1986
Treasure of the Amazon1985
Nothing Underneath1985
The Ambassador1985
Arch of Triumph1984
The Falklands Factor1983
Warrior of the Lost World1983
The Devonsville Terror1983
Alone in the Dark1982
Computercide1982
Witness for the Prosecution1982
Race for the Yankee Zephyr1981
The Monster Club1981
Blade on the Feather1980
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979
Gold of the Amazon Women1979
Jaguar Lives!1979
All Quiet on the Western Front1979
Dracula1979
Halloween1978
Last In, First Out1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka1978
Power Play1978
Centennial1978 · Sam Purchas
Telefon1977
Oh, God!1977
Meriel the Ghost Girl1976
The Joke1976
The Devil's Men1976
I Don't Want to Be Born1976
Escape to Witch Mountain1975
Occupations1974
The Cafeteria1974
The Mutations1974
House of the Damned1974
The Black Windmill1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own1974
Watch Out, We're Mad1974
Malachi's Cove1973
Tales That Witness Madness1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973
Death Line1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972
Innocent Bystanders1972
The Pied Piper1972
The Jerusalem File1972
Wake in Fright1971
The Fox Trot1971
Soldier Blue1970
Arthur? Arthur!1969
Sleep is Lovely1968
The News-Benders1968
Creature of Comfort1968
Will Penny1967
Matchless1967
The Night of the Generals1967
Cul-de-sac1966
Fantastic Voyage1966
The Hallelujah Trail1965
Dr. Crippen1963
The Inspector1962
The Wind of Change1961
No Love for Johnnie1961
The Horsemasters1961
The Cupboard1960
The Big Day1960
The Flesh and the Fiends1960
Hell Is a City1960
Circus of Horrors1960
A Story of David1960
The Battle of the Sexes1960
Heart of a Child1958
Manuela1957
The Black Tent1956
The Moment of Truth1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four1954
The Beachcomber1954
The Dybbuk1952