Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

05/10/1919

Day of Death

02/02/1995
(76) years old

Place of Birth

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Biography

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horr...

as Self - (archive footage)

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Mu...

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Driving Lessons

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2003

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive ...

1996

Fatal Frames

as Professor Robinson

1995

Safe Haven

as The Sailor

1994

Guinevere

as Merlin

1994

Freeze: But is it Art?

as Sinister Dentist

1993

The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper

1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Pincheon

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

1993

Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty

1992

Diên Biên Phu

as Howard Simpson

1991

Shadows and Fog

as Doctor

1991

Millions

as Ripa

1991

Women in Arms

as Dreyfuss

1991

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

as The Art Collector

1990

Life of General De Gaulle

as Winston Churchill

1989

Casablanca Express

as Colonel Bats

1989

River of Death

as Heinrich Spaatz

1989

Ten Little Indians

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1989

Buried Alive

as Dr. Schaeffer

1989

Paganini Horror

as Mr. Pickett

1989

The House of Usher

as Walter Usher

1989

American Rickshaw

as Rev. Mortom

1988

Nosferatu in Venice

as Don Alvise

1988

Last Platoon

as Colonel B. Abrahams

1988

Metropolitan Animals

as Prof. Livingstone

1988

The Commander

as Henry Carlson

1988

Hanna's War

as Captain Thomas Rosza

1988

Phantom of Death

as Inspector Datti

1987

Prince of Darkness

as Priest

1987

Django Strikes Again

as Ben Gunn

1987

Ground Zero

as Prosper Gaffney

1987

Double Target

as Sen. Blaster

1987

Basements

as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

1987

Scoop

as Lord Copper

1987

Specters

as Professor Lasky

1987

Warrior Queen

as Clodius Flaucus

1987

Gila and Rik

as Joe Gardenia

1986

Naso di cane

as Olindo Cuomo

1986

Cobra Mission

as Father Lenoir

1986

To Kill a Stranger

as Col. Kostik

1986

Deadheat

as Aldo Rossi

1986

Into the Darkness

as David Beckett

1985

Nothing Underneath

as Commissioner Danesi

1985

Black Arrow

as Sir Oliver Oates

1985

Reel Horror

as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

as Klaus von Blantz

1985

The Corsican Brothers

as The Chancellor

1985

Phenomena

as Professor John McGregor

1985

The Ambassador

as Minister Eretz

1984

Arch of Triumph

as Ivon Haake

1984

Terror in the Aisles

as Self - Host

1984

A Breed Apart

as J.P. Whittier

1984

Where Is Parsifal?

as Mackintosh

1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

1983

The Devonsville Terror

as Dr. Warley

1983

The Falklands Factor

as Dr. Samuel Johnson

1982

Alone in the Dark

as Leo Bain

1982

Computercide

as George Dettler

1981

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

as Gilbert Carson

1981

Halloween II

as Dr. Sam Loomis

1981

Escape from New York

as President of the United States

1981

The Monster Club

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1980

Blade on the Feather

as John Cavendish

1980

Pumaman

as Kobras

1979

Better Late Than Never

as Colonel Riddle

1979

Jaguar Lives!

as General Villanova

1979

Dracula

as Dr. Jack Seward

1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Dr. Steiner

1979

L'Homme en colère

as Albert Rumpelmayer

1979

Gold of the Amazon Women

as Clarence Blasko

1978

Power Play

as Blair

1978

Halloween

as Loomis

1978

Last In, First Out

as Rothko

1978

Night Creature

as Axel MacGregor

1978

The Bastard

as Solomon Sholto

1978

Tomorrow Never Comes

as Dr. Todd

1978

Blood Relatives

as James Doniac

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Capt. Vladimir Popov

1977

Telefon

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

1977

Oh, God!

as Doctor Harmon

1977

The Uncanny

as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 193...

1976

The Eagle Has Landed

as Himmler

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Nat Jeffcote

1976

The Last Tycoon

as Boxley

1976

The Passover Plot

as Pontius Pilate

1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl

as George Livingston

1976

Goldenrod

as John Tyler Jones

1976

The Devil's Men

as Father Roche

1976

The Joke

as Bendel

1976

Trial by Combat

as Sir Giles Marley

1976

I Don't Want to Be Born

as Dr. Finch

1975

Hearts of the West

as A.J. Nietz

1975

Journey into Fear

as Kuvetli

1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

as Lucas Deranian

1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Erich Count von Plasma

1974

House of the Damned

as Martin Zayas

1974

Occupations

as Christo Kabak

1974

The Cafeteria

as Aaron

1974

The Mutations

as Professor Nolter

1974

The Black Windmill

as Cedric Harper

1974

From Beyond the Grave

as Jim Underwood

1973

Tales That Witness Madness

as Prof. R.C. Tremayne

1973

Malachi's Cove

as Malachi

1973

Lonely Water

as The Spirit (voice)

1973

The Rainbow Boys

as Ralph Logan

1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Fred Smudge

1972

The Pied Piper

as The Baron

1972

Wedding in White

as Jim Dougall, Sr.

1972

Death Line

as Inspector Calhoun

1972

Innocent Bystanders

as Loomis

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

as Thomas Cromwell

1972

The Jerusalem File

as Major Samuels

1971

Kidnapped

as Ebenezer Balfour

1971

Skin Deep

as Gerry Muddiman

1971

Wake in Fright

as Doc Tydon

1971

The Fox Trot

as Tom

1971

THX 1138

as SEN

1970

Soldier Blue

as Isaac Q. Cumber

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Prospector

1969

Arthur? Arthur!

as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mello...

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Dr. Freedom

1968

Sleep is Lovely

as Clive

1968

The News-Benders

as J.G.

1968

Creature of Comfort

as James Thorne

1967

Will Penny

as Preacher Quint

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Albert Dussel

1967

Matchless

as Gregori Andreanu

1967

You Only Live Twice

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1967

Call Me Daddy

as Ben Hoffman

1967

The Night of the Generals

as General Kahlenberge

1966

Eye of the Devil

as Pere Dominic

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Dr. Michaels

1966

Cul-de-sac

as George

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as 'Oracle' Jones

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as The Dark Hermit - Satan

1964

The Caretaker

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1963

Dr. Crippen

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

1963

The Great Escape

as Blythe 'The Forger'

1962

The Inspector

as Wolters

1961

The Horsemasters

as Captain Pinski

1961

What a Carve Up!

as Everett Sloane

1961

Spare the Rod

as Mr. Jenkins

1961

No Love for Johnnie

as Renfrew

1960

The Cupboard

as Fred Watson

1960

The Hands of Orlac

as Graham Coates

1960

A Story of David

as Nabal

1960

Suspect

as Parsons, alias Bill Brown

1960

Toff and Fingers

as Self/Host

1960

The Big Day

as Victor Partridge

1960

Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Pappleworth

1960

Hell Is a City

as Gus Hawkins

1960

Circus of Horrors

as Vanet

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

as Irwin Hoffman

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

as William Hare

1960

The Shakedown

as Jessel Brown

1959

Look Back in Anger

as Hurst

1959

The Traitor

as Grantley Caypor

1958

The Two-Headed Spy

as Gen. Hardt

1958

The Man Inside

as Organ Grinder

1958

Heart of a Child

as Spiel

1957

Barnacle Bill

as Cashier

1957

Manuela

as Evans

1957

The Man in the Sky

as Crabtree

1956

The Black Tent

as Ali

1956

1984

as R. Parsons

1955

Value for Money

as Limpy

1954

Orders Are Orders

as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1954

The Beachcomber

as Tromp

1952

The Dybbuk

as Second batlon

Crew

1958

The Telltale Heart

as Writer