Donald Pleasence

Known for Acting

Donald Pleasence's portrait

Details

Birthday: October 05, 1919

Deathday: February 02, 1995

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 most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.

Actor

2026

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2022

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2012

Driving Lessons

2003

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

1996

Fatal Frames

1995

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995

Safe Haven

1994

Guinevere

1994

Freeze: But is it Art?

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

The Hour of the Pig

1993

The Big Freeze

1993

Femme Fatale

1992

Diên Biên Phu

1991

Shadows and Fog

1991

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991

Women in Arms

1991

Millions

1990

Life of General De Gaulle

1989

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

Buried Alive

1989

River of Death

1989

The House of Usher

1989

Casablanca Express

1989

Ten Little Indians

1989

American Rickshaw

1989

Paganini Horror

1989

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1988

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

Phantom of Death

1988

The Commander

1988

Metropolitan Animals

1988

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

Last Platoon

1988

Hanna's War

1987

Warrior Queen

1987

Prince of Darkness

1987

Django Strikes Again

1987

Double Target

1987

Ground Zero

1987

Scoop

1987

Specters

1987

Basements

1987

Gila and Rik

1986

Cobra Mission

1986

To Kill a Stranger

1986

Deadheat

1986

Into the Darkness

1985

Phenomena

1985

Nothing Underneath

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

The Ambassador

1985

Reel Horror

1985

The Corsican Brothers

1985

Black Arrow

1984

Terror in the Aisles

1984

A Breed Apart

1984

Arch of Triumph

1984

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1983

Warrior of the Lost World

1983

The Devonsville Terror

1983

The Falklands Factor

1982

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Computercide

1982

Alone in the Dark

1981

Escape from New York

1981

Halloween II

1981

The Monster Club

1981

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1980

Pumaman

1980

Blade on the Feather

1979

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

Dracula

1979

Jaguar Lives!

1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

L'Homme en colère

1979

Better Late Than Never

1978

Halloween

1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

Blood Relatives

1978

Night Creature

1978

Power Play

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

Last In, First Out

1977

Telefon

1977

Oh, God!

1977

The Uncanny

1976

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976

The Last Tycoon

1976

The Devil's Men

1976

Trial by Combat

1976

Goldenrod

1976

The Passover Plot

1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

Hindle Wakes

1976

The Joke

1975

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

Hearts of the West

1975

Journey into Fear

1974

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974

The Mutations

1974

The Black Windmill

1974

From Beyond the Grave

1974

House of the Damned

1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Occupations

1974

The Cafeteria

1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

Lonely Water

1973

The Rainbow Boys

1973

Malachi's Cove

1972

Death Line

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

Innocent Bystanders

1972

The Pied Piper

1972

The Jerusalem File

1972

Wedding in White

1971

THX 1138

1971

Kidnapped

1971

Wake in Fright

1971

Skin Deep

1971

The Fox Trot

1970

Soldier Blue

1969

Last to Go

1969

Mr. Freedom

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

Arthur? Arthur!

1968

Creature of Comfort

1968

Sleep is Lovely

1968

The News-Benders

1967

You Only Live Twice

1967

Will Penny

1967

The Night of the Generals

1967

Matchless

1967

Call Me Daddy

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

1966

Fantastic Voyage

1966

Eye of the Devil

1966

Cul-de-sac

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

1964

The Caretaker

1963

The Great Escape

1963

Dr. Crippen

1962

The Inspector

1961

What a Carve Up!

1961

The Wind of Change

1961

No Love for Johnnie

1961

Spare the Rod

1961

The Horsemasters

1960

Circus of Horrors

1960

Hell Is a City

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

The Shakedown

1960

The Hands of Orlac

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

Sons and Lovers

1960

Suspect

1960

The Cupboard

1960

Toff and Fingers

1960

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960

The Big Day

1960

A Story of David

1959

Look Back in Anger

1959

The Traitor

1959

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1958

A Tale of Two Cities

1958

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

The Greatest Man in the World

1958

The Man Inside

1958

Heart of a Child

1958

The Two-Headed Spy

1957

The Man in the Sky

1957

Barnacle Bill

1957

Manuela

1956

1984

1956

The Black Tent

1955

Round the World in 80 Days

1955

Value for Money

1955

The Moment of Truth

1954

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

Orders Are Orders

1954

The Beachcomber

1952

The Dybbuk

Writer

1958

The Telltale Heart