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Donald Pleasence

Name in Native Language: "Donald Henry Pleasence" (English/EN)
Actor / Screenwriter | * 10/05/1919 († 75, 02/02/1995) | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Donald Henry Pleasence (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before having a screen career, which included starring in a 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, before playing numerous supporting and character roles in films including RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape (1963), the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), SEN 5241 in THX 1138 (1971), and the deranged Clarence "Doc" Tydon in Wake in Fright (1971). Pleasence starred as psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis in Halloween (1978) and four of its sequels, a role for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor. The series' popularity and critical success led to a resurgent career for Pleasen... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Horror

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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder ...

The Great Escape

PG

1963 | 4.0/5 | 2h 53min
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. ...

Halloween

Certification unknown

1978 | 3.8/5 | 1h 31min
Horror, Thriller
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A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his arche ...

You Only Live Twice

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.3/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Thriller, Adventure
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After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's b ...

Halloween II

Certification unknown

1981 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Donald Pleasence

Officer of The Order of The British Empire 4x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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Movies with Donald Pleasence as Actor(181)

as Self (archive footage)2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)2010 Halloween: The Inside Story
as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)2002 Best Ever Bond
as Self (archive footage)1998 In and Out of Fashion
as Professor Robinson1996 Fatal Frames
as Dr. Sam Loomis1995 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995 Safe Haven
as Merlin1994 Guinevere
as Victor Harty1993 Femme Fatale
as Soup slurper1993 The Big Freeze
as Phido the Vulture (voice)1993 The Thief and the Cobbler
as Pincheon1993 The Advocate
as Howard Simpson1992 Diên Biên Phu
as Ripa1991 Millions
as Doctor1991 Shadows and Fog
as The Art Collector1991 The Vulture is a patient Bird
as Dreyfuss1990 Women in Arms
1990 Moi, général de Gaulle
as Walter Usher1989 The House of Usher
as Heinrich Spaatz1989 River of Death
as Jason Rafiel1989 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Rev. Mortom1989 American Rickshaw
as Dr. Sam Loomis1989 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
as Colonel Bats1989 Casablanca Express
as Mr. Pickett1989 Paganini Horror
as Dr. Schaeffer1989 Buried Alive
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave1989 Ten Little Indians
as Colonel B. Abrahams1988 Last Platoon
as Dr. Sam Loomis1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
as Henry Carlson1988 The Commander
as Don Alvise1988 Nosferatu in Venice
as Captain Thomas Rosza1988 Hanna's War
as Inspector Datti1988 Phantom of Death
as Dr. Absalon1988 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Vater Loomis1987 Prince of Darkness
as Prosper Gaffney1987 Ground Zero
as Prof. Livingstone1987 Animali metropolitani
as Joe Gardenia1987 Gila and Rik
as Clodius Flaucus1987 Warrior Queen
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")1987 Basements
as Ben Gunn1987 Django Strikes Again
as Lord Copper1987 Scoop
as Professor Lasky1987 Specters
as Sen. Blaster1987 Double Target
as Olindo Cuomo1986 Naso di cane
as Aldo Rossi1986 Deadheat
as Father Lenoir1986 Cobra Mission
as David Beckett1986 Into the Darkness
as Professor John McGregor1985 Phenomena
as Ivon Haake1985 Arch of Triumph
as Minister Eretz1985 The Ambassador
as The Chancellor1985 The Corsican Brothers
as Klaus von Blantz1985 Treasure of the Amazon
as Himself (Archive)1985 Dario Argento's World of Horror
as Sir Oliver Oates1985 Black Arrow
as Commissioner Danesi1985 Nothing Underneath
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)1985 Reel Horror
as Mackintosh1984 Where Is Parsifal?
as Self - Host1984 Terror in the Aisles
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein1984 Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
as J.P. Whittier1984 A Breed Apart
as Col. Kostik1984 To Kill a Stranger
as Prossor1983 Warrior of the Lost World
as Dr. Warley1983 The Devonsville Terror
as Dr. Samuel Johnson1983 The Falklands Factor
as Mr. Myers1982 Witness for the Prosecution
as Leo Bain1982 Alone in the Dark
as George Dettler1982 Computercide
as Dr. Sam Loomis1981 Halloween II
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad1981 The Monster Club
as President of the United States1981 Escape from New York
as Gilbert Carson1981 Race for the Yankee Zephyr
as Professor John Cavendish1980 Blade on the Feather
as Kobras1980 Pumaman
as Dr. Steiner1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Albert Rumpelmayer1979 The Angry Man
as Colonel Riddle1979 Better Late Than Never
as General Villanova1979 Jaguar Lives!
as Clarence Blasko1979 Gold of the Amazon Women
as Kantorek1979 All Quiet on the Western Front
as Dr. Jack Seward1979 Dracula
as James Doniac1978 Blood Relatives
as Rothko1978 Last In, First Out
as B.D. Brockhurst1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Solomon Sholto1978 The Bastard
as Dr. Sam Loomis1978 Halloween
as Capt. Vladimir Popov1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Dr. Todd1978 Tomorrow Never Comes
as Axel MacGregor1978 Night Creature
as Blair1978 Power Play
as Nicolai Dalchimsky1977 Telefon
as Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")1977 The Uncanny
as Doctor Harmon1977 Oh, God!
as Nat Jeffcote1976 Hindle Wakes
as Pontius Pilate1976 The Passover Plot
as Himmler1976 The Eagle Has Landed
as Dr. Finch1976 I Don't Want to Be Born
as Sir Giles Marley1976 Trial by Combat
1976 Meriel the Ghost Girl
as Father Roche1976 The Devil's Men
as John Tyler Jones1976 Goldenrod
as Boxley1976 The Last Tycoon
as Lucas Deranian1975 Escape to Witch Mountain
as Kuvetli1975 Journey into Fear
as A.J. Nietz1975 Hearts of the West
as Danglars1975 The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Erich Count von Plasma1974 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Professor Nolter1974 The Mutations
as Doctor1974 Watch Out, We're Mad
as Jim Underwood1974 From Beyond the Grave
as Cedric Harper1974 The Black Windmill
as Martin Zayas1974 House of the Damned
as Ralph Logan1973 The Rainbow Boys
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne1973 Tales That Witness Madness
as Malachi1973 Malachi's Cove
as Fred Smudge1973 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Inspector Calhoun1972 Death Line
as The Baron1972 The Pied Piper
as Loomis1972 Innocent Bystanders
as Jim Dougall, Sr.1972 Wedding in White
as Thomas Cromwell1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 The Jerusalem File
as Gerry Muddiman1971 Skin Deep
as Ebenezer Balfour1971 Kidnapped
as Doc Tydon1971 Wake in Fright
as SEN1971 THX 1138
as Tom1971 The Fox Trot
as Isaac Q. Cumber1970 Soldier Blue
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon1969 Arthur? Arthur!
as The Prospector1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 Last to Go
as Dr. Freedom1969 Mr. Freedom
as J.G.1968 The News-Benders
as James Thorne1968 Creature of Comfort
as Clive1968 The Other People
as Albert Dussel1967 The Diary of Anne Frank
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld1967 You Only Live Twice
as Gregori Andreanu1967 Matchless
as Preacher Quint1967 Will Penny
as General Kahlenberge1967 The Night of the Generals
as Pere Dominic1966 Eye of the Devil
as Dr. Michaels1966 Fantastic Voyage
as George1966 Cul-de-sac
as The Dark Hermit - Satan1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
as 'Oracle' Jones1965 The Hallelujah Trail
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins1964 The Caretaker
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen1963 Dr. Crippen
as Blythe 'The Forger'1963 The Great Escape
as Wolters1962 The Inspector
as Renfrew1961 No Love for Johnnie
as Everett Sloane1961 What a Carve Up!
as Mr. Jenkins1961 Spare the Rod
as Pop1961 The Wind of Change
as Captain Pinski1961 The Horsemasters
as Victor Partridge1960 The Big Day
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown1960 Suspect
as Fred Watson1960 The Cupboard
as Jessel Brown1960 The Shakedown
as Graham Coates1960 The Hands of Orlac
as Irwin Hoffman1960 The Battle of the Sexes
as Vanet1960 Circus of Horrors
as Mr. Pappleworth1960 Sons and Lovers
as Caterpillar1960 Alice Through the Looking Box
as Gus Hawkins1960 Hell Is a City
as Nabal1960 A Story of David
as William Hare1960 The Flesh and the Fiends
as Captain1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Hurst1959 Look Back in Anger
as Barsad1958 A Tale of Two Cities
as Doctor1958 The Wind Cannot Read
as Spiel1958 Heart of a Child
as Organ Grinder1958 The Man Inside
as Gen. Hardt1958 The Two-Headed Spy
as Evans1957 Manuela
as Crabtree1957 The Man in the Sky
as Ali1956 The Black Tent
as R. Parsons1956 1984
as Limpy1955 Value for Money
as Syme1954 Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)1954 Orders Are Orders
as Tromp1954 The Beachcomber

TV Shows/Series with Donald Pleasence as Actor(35)

as George Hill1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Salomon Van der Merwe1984 Master of the Game
1982 The Barchester Chronicles
as himself1982 Wogan
1979 Mrs. Columbo
as Max Dechambre1979 The French Atlantic Affair
1979 Dick Turpin
as Sam Purchas1978 Centennial
as Narrator (voice)1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Melchior1977 Jesus of Nazareth
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
1975 Peep Show
1974 Playhouse
as Cawser1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Adrian Carsini1971 Columbo
as Carnacki1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as voice1970 NBC Experiment in Television
1970 Play for Today
as Hans Vogler1968 Hawaii Five-O
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
1963 Espionage
as Max Pfeiffer1963 The Fugitive
as Harold J. Finley1963 The Outer Limits
as Dr. Byron Saul1961 The Defenders
1960 Danger Man
as Harvey Laurence1959 One Step Beyond
as Karl Haussman1959 Interpol Calling
as Professor Ellis Fowler1959 The Twilight Zone
1958 The Adventures of William Tell
as Prince John1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Captain Pinski1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as Kantorek1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Myers1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Chancellor1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Syme1950 Sunday Night Theatre

Full Name: Donald Pleasence
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 10/05 1919 (October) in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 02/02 1995 (February) in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (aged: 75)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Ecclesfield School
Spouses (current/former): Miriam Raymond, Josephine Crombie, Meira Shore, Linda J. Kentwood
Other names for Donald Pleasence (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Donald Pleasance"
"Don Pleasence"
"Donald Plesance"
"Donald Henry Pleasence"
Donald Pleasence frequently works together with these people:
Paul Eddington (32x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
John Carpenter (20x, Crew)
Fred Armisen (18x, Actor)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (17x, Actress)
William Shatner (15x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (14x, Actor)
Val Avery (14x, Actor)
John Longden (14x, Actor)
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