Oct 5, 1919 - Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE 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.
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| Movie | 1978 | Halloween | Loomis | |
| Movie | 1981 | Escape from New York | President of the United States | |
| Movie | 1971 | THX 1138 | SEN | |
| Movie | 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | |
| Movie | 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Michaels | |
| Movie | 1973 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Fred Smudge | |
| Movie | 1967 | Will Penny | Preacher Quint | |
| Movie | 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Pere Dominic | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | The Dark Hermit - Satan | |
| Movie | 1956 | 1984 | R. Parsons | |
| Movie | 1972 | Death Line | Inspector Calhoun | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Danglars | |
| Movie | 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Kantorek | |
| Movie | 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Barsad | |
| Movie | 1966 | Cul-de-sac | George | |
| Movie | 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Sam Loomis | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Great Escape | Blythe 'The Forger' | |
| Movie | 1988 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis | |
| Movie | 1989 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dr. Sam Loomis | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Himmler | |
| Movie | 1981 | Halloween II | Dr. Sam Loomis | |
| Movie | 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution | Mr. Myers | |
| Movie | 1977 | Telefon | Nicolai Dalchimsky | |
| Movie | 1989 | Buried Alive | Dr. Schaeffer | |
| Movie | 1987 | Warrior Queen | Clodius Flaucus | |
| Movie | 1977 | Oh, God! | Doctor Harmon | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | 'Oracle' Jones | |
| Movie | 1974 | Watch Out, We're Mad | Doctor | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Mutations | Professor Nolter | |
| Movie | 1980 | Pumaman | Kobras | |
| Movie | 1969 | Last to Go | ||
| Movie | 1971 | Kidnapped | Ebenezer Balfour | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Black Windmill | Cedric Harper | |
| Movie | 1987 | Prince of Darkness | Father Loomis | |
| Movie | 1971 | Wake in Fright | Doc Tydon | |
| Movie | 1979 | Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward | |
| Movie | 1969 | Mr. Freedom | Dr. Freedom | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Phido the Vulture (voice) | |
| Movie | 1960 | Circus of Horrors | Vanet | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Dybbuk | Second batlon | |
| Movie | 1988 | Nosferatu in Venice | Don Alvise | |
| Movie | 1976 | I Don't Want to Be Born | Dr. Finch | |
| Movie | 1996 | Fatal Frames | Professor Robinson | |
| Movie | 1960 | Hell Is a City | Gus Hawkins | |
| Movie | 1985 | Phenomena | Professor John McGregor | |
| Movie | 1988 | Phantom of Death | Inspector Datti | |
| Movie | 1970 | Soldier Blue | Isaac Q. Cumber | |
| Movie | 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Prof. R.C. Tremayne | |
| Movie | 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | B.D. Brockhurst | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Kahlenberge | |
| Movie | 1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Lucas Deranian | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes | Irwin Hoffman | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Boxley | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Devil's Men | Father Roche | |
| Movie | 1985 | Nothing Underneath | Commissioner Danesi | |
| Movie | 1989 | River of Death | Heinrich Spaatz | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Monster Club | Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad | |
| Movie | 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 1974 | From Beyond the Grave | Jim Underwood | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Man in the Sky | Crabtree | |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Usher | Walter Usher | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Wind Cannot Read | Doctor | |
| Movie | 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Dr. Todd | |
| Movie | 1978 | Blood Relatives | James Doniac | |
| Movie | 1986 | Cobra Mission | Father Lenoir | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Shakedown | Jessel Brown | |
| Movie | 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Hurst | |
| Movie | 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Doctor | |
| Movie | 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Everett Sloane | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | Graham Coates | |
| Movie | 1983 | Warrior of the Lost World | Prossor | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Pincheon | |
| Movie | 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Thomas Cromwell | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | William Hare | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Traitor | Grantley Caypor | |
| Movie | 1960 | Sons and Lovers | Mr. Pappleworth | |
| Movie | 1975 | Hearts of the West | A.J. Nietz | |
| Movie | 1985 | Treasure of the Amazon | Klaus von Blantz | |
| Movie | 1992 | Diên Biên Phu | Howard Simpson | |
| Movie | 1989 | Casablanca Express | Colonel Bats | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Uncanny | Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936") | |
| Movie | 1961 | The Wind of Change | Pop | |
| Movie | 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | General Villanova | |
| Movie | 1987 | Django Strikes Again | Ben Gunn | |
| Movie | 1981 | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | Gilbert Carson | |
| Movie | 1976 | Trial by Combat | Sir Giles Marley | |
| Movie | 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | Loomis | |
| Movie | 1984 | A Breed Apart | J.P. Whittier | |
| Movie | 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Syme | |
| Movie | 1954 | Orders Are Orders | Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Devonsville Terror | Dr. Warley | |
| Movie | 1978 | Night Creature | Axel MacGregor | |
| Movie | 1987 | Double Target | Sen. Blaster | |
| Movie | 1964 | The Caretaker | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins | |
| Movie | 1989 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave | |
| Movie | 1963 | Dr. Crippen | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen | |
| Movie | 1987 | Ground Zero | Prosper Gaffney | |
| Movie | 1973 | Lonely Water | The Spirit (voice) | |
| Movie | 1984 | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | |
| Movie | 1976 | Goldenrod | John Tyler Jones | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Passover Plot | Pontius Pilate | |
| Movie | 1978 | Power Play | Blair | |
| Movie | 1987 | Scoop | Lord Copper | |
| Movie | 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Dr. Steiner | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Commander | Henry Carlson | |
| Movie | 1994 | Guinevere | Merlin | |
| Movie | 2003 | Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1979 | Gold of the Amazon Women | Clarence Blasko | |
| Movie | 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Prospector | |
| Movie | 1967 | Matchless | Gregori Andreanu | |
| Movie | 1975 | Journey into Fear | Kuvetli | |
| Movie | 1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Mackintosh | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Ambassador | Minister Eretz | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Inspector | Wolters | |
| Movie | 1990 | Moi, général de Gaulle | Winston Churchill | |
| Movie | 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Renfrew | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Pied Piper | The Baron | |
| Movie | 1985 | Reel Horror | Axel MacGregor (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Angry Man | Albert Rumpelmayer | |
| Movie | 1987 | Specters | Professor Lasky | |
| Movie | 1989 | American Rickshaw | Rev. Mortom | |
| Movie | 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Col. Kostik | |
| Movie | 1976 | Meriel the Ghost Girl | George Livingston | |
| Movie | 1986 | Deadheat | Aldo Rossi | |
| Movie | 1961 | Spare the Rod | Mr. Jenkins | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Rainbow Boys | Ralph Logan | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Capt. Vladimir Popov | |
| Movie | 1960 | Suspect | Parsons, alias Bill Brown | |
| Movie | 1974 | House of the Damned | Martin Zayas | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Vulture Is a Patient Bird | The Art Collector | |
| Movie | 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Erich Count von Plasma | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Jerusalem File | Major Samuels | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Big Freeze | Soup slurper | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Corsican Brothers | The Chancellor | |
| Movie | 1978 | Last In, First Out | Rothko | |
| Movie | 1968 | Creature of Comfort | James Thorne | |
| Movie | 1988 | Metropolitan Animals | Prof. Livingstone | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Greatest Man in the World | US President | |
| Movie | 1982 | Computercide | George Dettler | |
| Movie | 1987 | Basements | Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") | |
| Movie | 2022 | Dracula Unearthed | Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon | |
| Movie | 1972 | Wedding in White | Jim Dougall, Sr. | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Bastard | Solomon Sholto | |
| Movie | 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Cashier | |
| Movie | 1988 | Last Platoon | Colonel B. Abrahams | |
| Movie | 1984 | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein | |
| Movie | 1994 | Freeze: But is it Art? | Sinister Dentist | |
| Movie | 1974 | Occupations | Christo Kabak | |
| Movie | 1991 | Women in Arms | Dreyfuss | |
| Movie | 1989 | Paganini Horror | Mr. Pickett | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Cupboard | Fred Watson | |
| Movie | 1998 | In and Out of Fashion | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Femme Fatale | Victor Harty | |
| Movie | 2002 | Best Ever Bond | Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1960 | Toff and Fingers | Self/Host | |
| Movie | 1967 | Call Me Daddy | Ben Hoffman | |
| Movie | 1957 | Manuela | Evans | |
| Movie | 1955 | Round the World in 80 Days | Voices | |
| Movie | 1988 | Hanna's War | Captain Thomas Rosza | |
| Movie | 1960 | Alice Through the Looking Box | Caterpillar | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Big Day | Victor Partridge | |
| Movie | 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Captain | |
| Movie | 1991 | Millions | Ripa | |
| Movie | 1985 | Dario Argento's World of Horror | Self (Archive) | |
| Movie | 1980 | Blade on the Feather | Professor John Cavendish | |
| Movie | 1960 | A Story of David | Nabal | |
| Movie | 1985 | Black Arrow | Sir Oliver Oates | |
| Movie | 1961 | The Horsemasters | Captain Pinski | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Black Tent | Ali | |
| Movie | 1976 | Hindle Wakes | Nat Jeffcote | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Albert Dussel | |
| Movie | 1986 | Into the Darkness | David Beckett | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Beachcomber | Tromp | |
| Movie | 1971 | Skin Deep | Gerry Muddiman | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Fox Trot | Tom | |
| Movie | 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Jason Rafiel | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Man Inside | Organ Grinder | |
| Movie | 1995 | Safe Haven | The Sailor | |
| Movie | 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon | |
| Movie | 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Colonel Riddle | |
| Movie | 1987 | Gila and Rik | Joe Gardenia | |
| Movie | 1968 | Sleep is Lovely | Clive | |
| Movie | 1958 | Heart of a Child | Spiel | |
| Movie | 1973 | Malachi's Cove | Malachi | |
| Movie | 1986 | Naso di cane | Olindo Cuomo | |
| Movie | 1982 | Alone in the Dark | Leo Bain | |
| Movie | 1968 | The News-Benders | J.G. | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Falklands Factor | Dr. Samuel Johnson | |
| Movie | 2010 | Halloween: The Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1955 | Value for Money | Limpy | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Hardt | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Cafeteria | Aaron | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Joke | Bendel | |
| Movie | 2012 | Driving Lessons | Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage) | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Columbo | Adrian Carsini | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | Danger Man | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Hans Vogler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Centennial | Sam Purchas | 12 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | George Hill | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kantorek | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Ellis Fowler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Espionage | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Fugitive | Max Pfeiffer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Interpol Calling | Karl Haussman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | One Step Beyond | Harvey Laurence | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Carnacki | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Septimus Harding | 7 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Cawser | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Melchior | 4 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Peep Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Outer Limits | Harold J. Finley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Byron Saul | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Nat Jeffcote | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Max Dechambre | 3 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Signs and Wonders | Cornelius Van Damm | 4 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Wogan | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | Narrator (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | George Livingston | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Myers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Chancellor | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Master of the Game | Salomon Van der Merwe | 9 |
| TV Show | 1956 | Armchair Theatre | President of the USA | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon | 2 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | Samuel Johnson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Captain Pinski | 2 |
| TV Show | 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television | (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | Gerry Muddiman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Host | 34 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Syme | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Corporal | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Dick Turpin | Ignatius Slake | 5 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Screen Two | Victor Harty | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Bendel | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Aaron | 1 |
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| Movie | 1958 | The Telltale Heart | Writer | Writing |
