Donald Pleasence
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1919-10-05
Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Popularity: 1.7
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
Saturday Night Live
1975
Columbo
1971
The Fugitive
1963
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Play for Today
1970
The Twilight Zone
1959
Tony Awards
1956
Wogan
1982
Screen Two
1985
The Defenders
1961
The Outer Limits
1963
Playhouse
1974
One Step Beyond
1959
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Danger Man
1960
Halloween
1978
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Jesus of Nazareth
1977No Photo
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Warrior Queen
1987
ITV Play of the Week
1955
Centennial
1978
You Only Live Twice
1967
Espionage
1963
The Great Escape
1963
Interpol Calling
1959
The World of Hammer
1994
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Escape from New York
1981
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Dick Turpin
1979
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Halloween II
1981
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
Master of the Game
1984
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Prince of Darkness
1987
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965No Photo
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
THX 1138
1971
Will Penny
1967
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Phenomena
1985
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
Soldier Blue
1970No Photo
Confession
1970
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Cul-de-sac
1966
Armchair Theatre
1956
Wake in Fright
1971
Shadows and Fog
1991
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Shades of Greene
1975
1984
1956
The Night of the Generals
1967
Dracula
1979
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Power Play
1978No Photo
Peep Show
1975
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Alone in the Dark
1982
River of Death
1989
Oh, God!
1977
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Signs and Wonders
1995
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
A Breed Apart
1984
The Last Tycoon
1976
The Bastard
1978
The Hour of the Pig
1993
Hanna's War
1988
The Black Windmill
1974
The Commander
1988
The Pied Piper
1972
The Monster Club
1981
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
The Uncanny
1977
Ten Little Indians
1989
Death Line
1972
Buried Alive
1989
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Diên Biên Phu
1992
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Telefon
1977
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Sons and Lovers
1960
Ground Zero
1987
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
From Beyond the Grave
1974
The Ambassador
1985
Django Strikes Again
1987
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Circus of Horrors
1960
American Rickshaw
1989
Dr. Crippen
1963
Better Late Than Never
1979
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
Eye of the Devil
1966
The Devil's Men
1976
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
Mr. Freedom
1969
L'Homme en colère
1979
What a Carve Up!
1961
The Mutations
1974
Cobra Mission
1986
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Arch of Triumph
1984
Pumaman
1980
Black Arrow
1985
The Devonsville Terror
1983
Casablanca Express
1989
Barnacle Bill
1957
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
Kidnapped
1971
Matchless
1967
Fatal Frames
1996
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
Look Back in Anger
1959
Trial by Combat
1976
Double Target
1987
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Scoop
1987
Hell Is a City
1960
Millions
1991
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
The Man in the Sky
1957
Manuela
1957
Last In, First Out
1978
Nothing Underneath
1985
The Fox Trot
1971
Night Creature
1978
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
Blood Relatives
1978
The Falklands Factor
1983
Femme Fatale
1993
Guinevere
1994
Value for Money
1955
Terror in the Aisles
1984
Hearts of the West
1975
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
The Caretaker
1964
The Corsican Brothers
1985
The Black Tent
1956
Paganini Horror
1989
Basements
1987
Phantom of Death
1988
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
Women in Arms
1991
Journey into Fear
1975
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
The Rainbow Boys
1973
Reel Horror
1985
Suspect
1960
The Cupboard
1960
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Joke
1976
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Orders Are Orders
1954
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
The Passover Plot
1976
Driving Lessons
2012
Wedding in White
1972
Innocent Bystanders
1972
No Love for Johnnie
1961
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
Into the Darkness
1986
The House of Usher
1989
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
Goldenrod
1976
Arthur? Arthur!
1969No Photo
Call Me Daddy
1967
Creature of Comfort
1968
Spare the Rod
1961
The Inspector
1962
Metropolitan Animals
1988
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
Specters
1987
The Man Inside
1958
Hindle Wakes
1976
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
A Story of David
1960
The Wind of Change
1961
Heart of a Child
1958
Skin Deep
1971
Deadheat
1986
The Cafeteria
1974
Gila and Rik
1987
The Horsemasters
1961
To Kill a Stranger
1986
The Shakedown
1960
Computercide
1982
The Big Freeze
1993
House of the Damned
1974
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
Last to Go
1969
The News-Benders
1968
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
Malachi's Cove
1973
The Jerusalem File
1972
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
The Beachcomber
1954
Last Platoon
1988
Blade on the Feather
1980
The Big Day
1960
Occupations
1974
Lonely Water
1973No Photo
The Traitor
1959
The Dybbuk
1952No Photo
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
The Moment of Truth
1955No Photo
Naso di cane
1986
Sleep is Lovely
1968No Photo
The Greatest Man in the World
1958No Photo
Safe Haven
1995No Photo