Donald Pleasence
Acting
- Born:
- 1919-10-05
- Died:
- 1995-02-02
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Breakdown: 1975
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
The Making of Fatal Frames
Fatal Frames
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Signs and Wonders
Safe Haven
The World of Hammer
Guinevere
Freeze: But is it Art?
The Big Freeze
The Hour of the Pig
The Thief and the Cobbler
Femme Fatale
Dien Bien Phu
Shadows and Fog
Millions
Donne armate
The vulture can wait
Life of General De Gaulle
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Casablanca Express
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
River of Death
Ten Little Indians
Buried Alive
Paganini Horror
The House of Usher
American Rickshaw
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Nosferatu in Venice
Last Platoon
Metropolitan Animals
The Commander
Hanna's War
Phantom of Death
Prince of Darkness
Django Strikes Again
Ground Zero
Double Target
Basements
Scoop
Specters
Warrior Queen
Gila and Rik
Naso di cane
Cobra Mission
To Kill a Stranger
Deadheat
Into the Darkness
Nothing Underneath
Black Arrow
Reel Horror
Treasure of the Amazon
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Corsican Brothers
Phenomena
The Ambassador
Screen Two
Arch of Triumph
Terror in the Aisles
A Breed Apart
Master of the Game
Where Is Parsifal?
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
The Devonsville Terror
The Falklands Factor
Warrior of the Lost World
Witness for the Prosecution
Alone in the Dark
The Barchester Chronicles
Computercide
Wogan
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Halloween II
Escape from New York
The Monster Club
Blade on the Feather
Pumaman
The French Atlantic Affair
All Quiet on the Western Front
Better Late Than Never
Jaguar Lives!
Dracula
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Jig-Saw
Gold of the Amazon Women
Mrs. Columbo
Dick Turpin
Power Play
Halloween
Centennial
Last In, First Out
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Night Creature
The Bastard
Tomorrow Never Comes
Blood Relatives
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Telefon
Oh, God!
The Uncanny
Jesus of Nazareth
The Eagle Has Landed
Hindle Wakes
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Last Tycoon
The Passover Plot
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Goldenrod
The Devil's Men
The Joke
Trial by Combat
I Don't Want to Be Born
Peep Show
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Saturday Night Live
Hearts of the West
Shades of Greene
Journey into Fear
Escape to Witch Mountain
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
House of the Damned
Occupations
The Cafeteria
The Mutations
The Black Windmill
Watch Out, We're Mad
Playhouse
From Beyond the Grave
Tales That Witness Madness
Malachi's Cove
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The Rainbow Boys
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Pied Piper
Wedding in White
Death Line
Innocent Bystanders
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
The Man Outside
The Jerusalem File
Kidnapped
Skin Deep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Columbo
Wake in Fright
The Fox Trot
THX 1138
Play for Today
Soldier Blue
Confession
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Arthur? Arthur!
Hawaii Five-O
Mr. Freedom
Last to Go
Sleep is Lovely
The News-Benders
Creature of Comfort
Will Penny
The Diary of Anne Frank
Matchless
You Only Live Twice
Call Me Daddy
NBC Experiment in Television
The Night of the Generals
Eye of the Devil
Fantastic Voyage
Cul-de-sac
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Hallelujah Trail
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Wednesday Play
The Caretaker
Espionage
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
Dr. Crippen
The Great Escape
The Inspector
The Horsemasters
The Defenders
What a Carve Up!
Spare the Rod
The Wind of Change
No Love for Johnnie
Alice Through the Looking Box
The Cupboard
The Hands of Orlac
A Story of David
Suspect
Sunday-Night Play
Danger Man
Toff and Fingers
The Big Day
Sons and Lovers
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Hell Is a City
Circus of Horrors
The Battle of the Sexes
The Flesh and the Fiends
The Shakedown
The Twilight Zone
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Look Back in Anger
Interpol Calling
The Traitor
One Step Beyond
The Two-Headed Spy
The Greatest Man in the World
The Adventures of William Tell
The Man Inside
The Wind Cannot Read
Heart of a Child
A Tale of Two Cities
Barnacle Bill
Manuela
The Man in the Sky
Armchair Theatre
The Black Tent
Tony Awards
1984
ITV Play of the Week
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Value for Money
The Moment of Truth
Round the World in 80 Days
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Wonderful World of Disney
Orders Are Orders
The Beachcomber
The Dybbuk
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sunday Night Theatre
New Line: Independent Legacies