Donald Pleasence
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 October 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2 February 1995
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
Acting 202
- 2026New Line: Independent Legacies as Self (archive footage)
- 2026The Dr. Loomis Tapes as Dr. Loomis
- 2025Breakdown: 1975 as Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Dracula Unearthed as Dr. Jack Seward (archive footage)
- 2014HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT as Samuel Loomis
- 2012Driving Lessons as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
- 2010Halloween: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
- 2002Best Ever Bond as Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998In and Out of Fashion as Self (archive footage)
- 1996Fatal Frames as Professor Robinson
- 1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Dr. Loomis
- 1995Safe Haven as The Sailor
- 1994Guinevere as Merlin
- 1994Freeze: But is it Art? as Sinister Dentist
- 1993The Big Freeze as Soup slurper
- 1993The Hour of the Pig as Pincheon
- 1993The Thief and the Cobbler as Phido the Vulture (voice)
- 1993Femme Fatale as Victor Harty
- 1992Dien Bien Phu as Howard Simpson
- 1991Shadows and Fog as Doctor
- 1991Millions as Ripa
- 1991Women in Arms as Dreyfuss
- 1991The Vulture Is a Patient Bird as Armon Shalik
- 1990Life of General De Gaulle as Winston Churchill
- 1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Jason Rafiel
- 1989Casablanca Express as Colonel Bats
- 1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Dr. Sam Loomis
- 1989River of Death as Heinrich Spaatz
- 1989Ten Little Indians as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
- 1989Buried Alive as Dr. Schaeffer
- 1989Paganini Horror as Mr. Pickett
- 1989The House of Usher as Walter Usher
- 1989American Rickshaw as Rev. Mortom
- 1988The Great Escape II: The Untold Story as Dr. Absalon
- 1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Dr. Loomis
- 1988Nosferatu in Venice as Don Alvise
- 1988Last Platoon as Colonel B. Abrahams
- 1988Metropolitan Animals as Prof. Livingstone
- 1988The Commander as Henry Carlson
- 1988Hanna's War as Captain Thomas Rosza
- 1988Phantom of Death as Inspector Datti
- 1987Prince of Darkness as Priest
- 1987Django Strikes Again as Ben Gunn
- 1987Ground Zero as Prosper Gaffney
- 1987Double Target as Sen. Blaster
- 1987Basements as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
- 1987Scoop as Lord Copper
- 1987Specters as Professor Lasky
- 1987Warrior Queen as Clodius Flaucus
- 1987Gila and Rik as Joe Gardenia
- 1986Naso di cane as Olindo Cuomo
- 1986Cobra Mission as Father Lenoir
- 1986To Kill a Stranger as Col. Kostik
- 1986Deadheat as Aldo Rossi
- 1986Into the Darkness as David Beckett
- 1985Nothing Underneath as Commissioner Danesi
- 1985Black Arrow as Sir Oliver Oates
- 1985Reel Horror as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
- 1985Treasure of the Amazon as Klaus von Blantz
- 1985The Corsican Brothers as The Chancellor
- 1985Phenomena as Professor John McGregor
- 1985The Ambassador as Minister Eretz
- 1985Dario Argento's World of Horror as Self (Archive)
- 1984Arch of Triumph as Ivon Haake
- 1984Terror in the Aisles as Self - Host
- 1984A Breed Apart as J.P. Whittier
- 1984Where Is Parsifal? as Mackintosh
- 1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
- 1983The Devonsville Terror as Dr. Warley
- 1983The Falklands Factor as Dr. Samuel Johnson
- 1983Warrior of the Lost World as Prossor
- 1982Witness for the Prosecution as Mr. Myers
- 1982Alone in the Dark as Leo Bain
- 1982Computercide as George Dettler
- 1981Race for the Yankee Zephyr as Gilbert Carson
- 1981Halloween II as Sam Loomis
- 1981Escape from New York as President of the United States
- 1981The Monster Club as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
- 1980Blade on the Feather as John Cavendish
- 1980Pumaman as Kobras
- 1979All Quiet on the Western Front as Kantorek
- 1979Better Late Than Never as Colonel Riddle
- 1979Jaguar Lives! as General Villanova
- 1979Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward
- 1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Dr. Steiner
- 1979L'Homme en colère as Albert Rumpelmayer
- 1979Gold of the Amazon Women as Clarence Blasko
- 1978Power Play as Blair
- 1978Halloween as Loomis
- 1978Last In, First Out as Rothko
- 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as B.D. Brockhurst
- 1978Night Creature as Axel MacGregor
- 1978The Bastard as Solomon Sholto
- 1978Tomorrow Never Comes as Dr. Todd
- 1978Blood Relatives as James Doniac
- 1978The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Capt. Vladimir Popov
- 1977Telefon as Nicolai Dalchimsky
- 1977Oh, God! as Doctor Harmon
- 1977The Uncanny as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
- 1976The Eagle Has Landed as Himmler
- 1976Hindle Wakes as Nat Jeffcote
- 1976The Last Tycoon as Boxley
- 1976The Passover Plot as Pontius Pilate
- 1976Meriel the Ghost Girl as George Livingston
- 1976Goldenrod as John Tyler Jones
- 1976The Devil's Men as Father Roche
- 1976The Joke as Bendel
- 1976Trial by Combat as Sir Giles Marley
- 1976I Don't Want to Be Born as Dr. Finch
- 1975The Count of Monte-Cristo as Danglars
- 1975Hearts of the West as A.J. Nietz
- 1975Journey into Fear as Kuvetli
- 1975Escape to Witch Mountain as Lucas Deranian
- 1974Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Erich Count von Plasma
- 1974House of the Damned as Martin Zayas
- 1974Occupations as Christo Kabak
- 1974The Cafeteria as Aaron
- 1974The Mutations as Professor Nolter
- 1974The Black Windmill as Cedric Harper
- 1974Watch Out, We're Mad as Doctor
- 1974From Beyond the Grave as Jim Underwood
- 1973Tales That Witness Madness as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
- 1973Malachi's Cove as Malachi
- 1973Lonely Water as The Spirit (voice)
- 1973The Rainbow Boys as Ralph Logan
- 1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Fred Smudge
- 1972The Pied Piper as The Baron
- 1972Wedding in White as Jim Dougall, Sr.
- 1972Death Line as Inspector Calhoun
- 1972Innocent Bystanders as Loomis
- 1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Thomas Cromwell
- 1972The Jerusalem File as Major Samuels
- 1971Kidnapped as Ebenezer Balfour
- 1971Skin Deep as Gerry Muddiman
- 1971Wake in Fright as Doc Tydon
- 1971The Fox Trot as Tom
- 1971THX 1138 as SEN
- 1970Soldier Blue as Isaac Q. Cumber
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Prospector
- 1969Arthur? Arthur! as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
- 1969Mr. Freedom as Dr. Freedom
- 1969Last to Go
- 1968Sleep is Lovely as Clive
- 1968The News-Benders as J.G.
- 1968Creature of Comfort as James Thorne
- 1967Will Penny as Preacher Quint
- 1967The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussel
- 1967Matchless as Gregori Andreanu
- 1967You Only Live Twice as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- 1967Call Me Daddy as Ben Hoffman
- 1967The Night of the Generals as General Kahlenberge
- 1966Eye of the Devil as Pere Dominic
- 1966Fantastic Voyage as Dr. Michaels
- 1966Cul-de-sac as George
- 1965The Hallelujah Trail as 'Oracle' Jones
- 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Dark Hermit - Satan
- 1964The Caretaker as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
- 1963Dr. Crippen as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
- 1963The Great Escape as Blythe 'The Forger'
- 1962The Inspector as Wolters
- 1961The Horsemasters as Captain Pinski
- 1961What a Carve Up! as Everett Sloane
- 1961Spare the Rod as Mr. Jenkins
- 1961The Wind of Change as Pop
- 1961No Love for Johnnie as Renfrew
- 1960Alice Through the Looking Box as Caterpillar
- 1960The Cupboard as Fred Watson
- 1960A Story of David as Nabal
- 1960The Hands of Orlac as Graham Coates
- 1960Suspect as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
- 1960Toff and Fingers as Self/Host
- 1960The Big Day as Victor Partridge
- 1960Sons and Lovers as Mr. Pappleworth
- 1960Hell Is a City as Gus Hawkins
- 1960Circus of Horrors as Vanet
- 1960The Battle of the Sexes as Irwin Hoffman
- 1960The Flesh and the Fiends as William Hare
- 1960The Shakedown as Jessel Brown
- 1959Killers of Kilimanjaro as Captain
- 1959Look Back in Anger as Hurst
- 1959The Traitor as Grantley Caypor
- 1958The Two-Headed Spy as Gen. Hardt
- 1958The Greatest Man in the World as US President
- 1958The Man Inside as Organ Grinder
- 1958The Wind Cannot Read as Doctor
- 1958Heart of a Child as Spiel
- 1958A Tale of Two Cities as Barsad
- 1957Barnacle Bill as Cashier
- 1957Manuela as Evans
- 1957The Man in the Sky as Crabtree
- 1956The Black Tent as Ali
- 19561984 as R. Parsons
- 1955Value for Money as Limpy
- 1955The Moment of Truth as The Foreign Minister
- 1955Round the World in 80 Days as Voices
- 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four as Syme
- 1954Orders Are Orders as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
- 1954The Beachcomber as Tromp
- 1952The Dybbuk as Second batlon
Writing 1
- 1958The Telltale Heart · writer