Donald Pleasence
Acting
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
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movieThe Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
Dr. Loomis
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieDriving Lessons
2012
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
movieHalloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
movieFatal Frames
1996
Professor Robinson
tvSigns and Wonders
1995
Cornelius Van Damm
Safe Haven
1995
The Sailor
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieGuinevere
1994
Merlin
movieFreeze: But is it Art?
1994
Sinister Dentist
movieThe Big Freeze
1993
Soup slurper
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
Pincheon
movieThe Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Phido the Vulture (voice)
movieFemme Fatale
1993
Victor Harty
movieDien Bien Phu
1992
Howard Simpson
movieShadows and Fog
1991
Doctor
movieWomen in Arms
1991
Dreyfuss
movieThe Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
Armon Shalik
movieLife of General De Gaulle
1990
Winston Churchill
movieMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Jason Rafiel
movieCasablanca Express
1989
Colonel Bats
movieHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Dr. Sam Loomis
movieRiver of Death
1989
Heinrich Spaatz
movieTen Little Indians
1989
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
movieBuried Alive
1989
Dr. Schaeffer
moviePaganini Horror
1989
Mr. Pickett
movieThe House of Usher
1989
Walter Usher
movieAmerican Rickshaw
1989
Rev. Mortom
tvThe Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Dr. Absalon
movieNosferatu in Venice
1988
Don Alvise
movieLast Platoon
1988
Colonel B. Abrahams
movieMetropolitan Animals
1988
Prof. Livingstone
movieThe Commander
1988
Henry Carlson
movieHanna's War
1988
Captain Thomas Rosza
moviePhantom of Death
1988
Inspector Datti
movieDjango Strikes Again
1987
Ben Gunn
movieGround Zero
1987
Prosper Gaffney
movieDouble Target
1987
Sen. Blaster
movieBasements
1987
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
movieScoop
1987
Lord Copper
movieSpecters
1987
Professor Lasky
movieWarrior Queen
1987
Clodius Flaucus
movieGila and Rik
1987
Joe Gardenia
Naso di cane
1986
Olindo Cuomo
movieCobra Mission
1986
Father Lenoir
movieTo Kill a Stranger
1986
Col. Kostik
movieDeadheat
1986
Aldo Rossi
movieInto the Darkness
1986
David Beckett
movieNothing Underneath
1985
Commissioner Danesi
movieBlack Arrow
1985
Sir Oliver Oates
movieReel Horror
1985
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
movieTreasure of the Amazon
1985
Klaus von Blantz
tvThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
George Hill
movieThe Corsican Brothers
1985
The Chancellor
moviePhenomena
1985
Professor John McGregor
movieThe Ambassador
1985
Minister Eretz
tvScreen Two
1985
Victor Harty / Pincheon
movieArch of Triumph
1984
Ivon Haake
movieTerror in the Aisles
1984
Self - Host
movieA Breed Apart
1984
J.P. Whittier
tvMaster of the Game
1984
Salomon Van der Merwe
movieWhere Is Parsifal?
1984
Mackintosh
movieFrankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
movieThe Devonsville Terror
1983
Dr. Warley
movieThe Falklands Factor
1983
Dr. Samuel Johnson
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1982
Mr. Myers
movieAlone in the Dark
1982
Leo Bain
tvThe Barchester Chronicles
1982
Septimus Harding
movieComputercide
1982
George Dettler
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieRace for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
Gilbert Carson
movieHalloween II
1981
Sam Loomis
movieEscape from New York
1981
President of the United States
movieThe Monster Club
1981
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
movieBlade on the Feather
1980
John Cavendish
moviePumaman
1980
Kobras
tvThe French Atlantic Affair
1979
Max Dechambre
movieBetter Late Than Never
1979
Colonel Riddle
movieJaguar Lives!
1979
General Villanova
movieDracula
1979
Dr. Jack Seward
movieGood Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Dr. Steiner
movieL'Homme en colère
1979
Albert Rumpelmayer
movieGold of the Amazon Women
1979
Clarence Blasko
tvDick Turpin
1979
Ignatius Slake
moviePower Play
1978
Blair
movieHalloween
1978
Loomis
tvCentennial
1978
Sam Purchas
movieSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
B.D. Brockhurst
movieNight Creature
1978
Axel MacGregor
tvThe Bastard
1978
Solomon Sholto
movieTomorrow Never Comes
1978
Dr. Todd
movieBlood Relatives
1978
James Doniac
movieThe Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Capt. Vladimir Popov
tvThe Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
Narrator (voice)
movieTelefon
1977
Nicolai Dalchimsky
movieOh, God!
1977
Doctor Harmon
movieThe Uncanny
1977
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
Melchior
movieHindle Wakes
1976
Nat Jeffcote
tvLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
Nat Jeffcote
movieThe Last Tycoon
1976
Boxley
movieThe Passover Plot
1976
Pontius Pilate
movieMeriel the Ghost Girl
1976
George Livingston
movieGoldenrod
1976
John Tyler Jones
movieThe Devil's Men
1976
Father Roche
movieThe Joke
1976
Bendel
movieTrial by Combat
1976
Sir Giles Marley
movieI Don't Want to Be Born
1976
Dr. Finch
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
movieHearts of the West
1975
A.J. Nietz
tvShades of Greene
1975
Puckler
movieJourney into Fear
1975
Kuvetli
movieEscape to Witch Mountain
1975
Lucas Deranian
movieBarry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Erich Count von Plasma
movieHouse of the Damned
1974
Martin Zayas
movieOccupations
1974
Christo Kabak
movieThe Mutations
1974
Professor Nolter
movieThe Black Windmill
1974
Cedric Harper
tvPlayhouse
1974
George Livingston / Bendel / Aaron
movieFrom Beyond the Grave
1974
Jim Underwood
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
movieMalachi's Cove
1973
Malachi
movieLonely Water
1973
The Spirit (voice)
movieThe Rainbow Boys
1973
Ralph Logan
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Fred Smudge
movieThe Pied Piper
1972
The Baron
movieWedding in White
1972
Jim Dougall, Sr.
movieDeath Line
1972
Inspector Calhoun
movieHenry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Thomas Cromwell
The Man Outside
1972
Victor Cobb
movieThe Jerusalem File
1972
Major Samuels
movieKidnapped
1971
Ebenezer Balfour
movieSkin Deep
1971
Gerry Muddiman
tvColumbo
1971
Adrian Carsini
movieWake in Fright
1971
Doc Tydon
tvPlay for Today
1970
Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman
movieSoldier Blue
1970
Isaac Q. Cumber
Confession
1970
Sergeant Hurby
movieThe Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Prospector
movieArthur? Arthur!
1969
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
movieMr. Freedom
1969
Dr. Freedom
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Hans Vogler
movieCreature of Comfort
1968
James Thorne
movieWill Penny
1967
Preacher Quint
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Albert Dussel
movieMatchless
1967
Gregori Andreanu
movieYou Only Live Twice
1967
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Call Me Daddy
1967
Ben Hoffman
movieThe Night of the Generals
1967
General Kahlenberge
movieEye of the Devil
1966
Pere Dominic
movieFantastic Voyage
1966
Dr. Michaels
movieCul-de-sac
1966
George
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Richard Pratt / J.G.
movieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965
'Oracle' Jones
movieThe Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Dark Hermit - Satan
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
The Head Waiter
movieThe Caretaker
1964
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
tvEspionage
1963
Escalon
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Max Pfeiffer
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Harold J. Finley
movieDr. Crippen
1963
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
movieThe Great Escape
1963
Blythe 'The Forger'
movieThe Inspector
1962
Wolters
movieThe Horsemasters
1961
Captain Pinski
tvThe Defenders
1961
Dr. Byron Saul
movieWhat a Carve Up!
1961
Everett Sloane
movieSpare the Rod
1961
Mr. Jenkins
movieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
Renfrew
movieAlice Through the Looking Box
1960
Caterpillar
movieThe Cupboard
1960
Fred Watson
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1960
Graham Coates
movieSuspect
1960
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Admiral Vespery
tvDanger Man
1960
Nikolides / Captain Aldrich
movieThe Big Day
1960
Victor Partridge
movieSons and Lovers
1960
Mr. Pappleworth
movieHell Is a City
1960
Gus Hawkins
movieThe Battle of the Sexes
1960
Irwin Hoffman
movieThe Flesh and the Fiends
1960
William Hare
movieThe Shakedown
1960
Jessel Brown
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Ellis Fowler
tvInterpol Calling
1959
Karl Haussman
The Traitor
1959
Grantley Caypor
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Harvey Laurence
movieThe Two-Headed Spy
1958
Gen. Hardt
movieThe Man Inside
1958
Organ Grinder
movieBarnacle Bill
1957
Cashier
movieManuela
1957
Evans
movieThe Man in the Sky
1957
Crabtree
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
President of the USA / Fred Watson / Ben Hoffman
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee
movie1984
1956
R. Parsons
tvITV Play of the Week
1955
Supt. Smith
tvThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Prince John
movieThe Moment of Truth
1955
The Foreign Minister
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Captain Pinski / Lucas Deranian
movieOrders Are Orders
1954
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
movieThe Dybbuk
1952
Second batlon
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Kantorek / Myers / The Chancellor
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Syme / Corporal
New Line: Independent Legacies
Self (archive footage)