Donald Pleasence
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
2026
as Dr. Loomis
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT
2014
as Samuel Loomis
Driving Lessons
2012
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Fatal Frames
1996
as Professor Robinson
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Dr. Loomis
Safe Haven
1995
as The Sailor
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Cornelius Van Damm
Guinevere
1994
as Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
as Sinister Dentist
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Pincheon
The Big Freeze
1993
as Soup slurper
Femme Fatale
1993
as Victor Harty
Dien Bien Phu
1992
as Howard Simpson
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Doctor
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
as Armon Shalik
Women in Arms
1991
as Dreyfuss
Millions
1991
as Ripa
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
as Winston Churchill
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
as Dr. Sam Loomis
Buried Alive
1989
as Dr. Schaeffer
River of Death
1989
as Heinrich Spaatz
The House of Usher
1989
as Walter Usher
Casablanca Express
1989
as Colonel Bats
Ten Little Indians
1989
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
American Rickshaw
1989
as Rev. Mortom
Paganini Horror
1989
as Mr. Pickett
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Jason Rafiel
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
as Dr. Loomis
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Don Alvise
Phantom of Death
1988
as Inspector Datti
The Commander
1988
as Henry Carlson
Metropolitan Animals
1988
as Prof. Livingstone
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
Last Platoon
1988
as Colonel B. Abrahams
Hanna's War
1988
as Captain Thomas Rosza
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
as Dr. Absalon
Warrior Queen
1987
as Clodius Flaucus
Prince of Darkness
1987
as Priest
Django Strikes Again
1987
as Ben Gunn
Double Target
1987
as Sen. Blaster
Ground Zero
1987
as Prosper Gaffney
Scoop
1987
as Lord Copper
Specters
1987
as Professor Lasky
Basements
1987
as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Gila and Rik
1987
as Joe Gardenia
Cobra Mission
1986
as Father Lenoir
To Kill a Stranger
1986
as Col. Kostik
Deadheat
1986
as Aldo Rossi
Into the Darkness
1986
as David Beckett
Naso di cane
1986
as Olindo Cuomo
Phenomena
1985
as Professor John McGregor
Nothing Underneath
1985
as Commissioner Danesi
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Klaus von Blantz
The Ambassador
1985
as Minister Eretz
Reel Horror
1985
as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Corsican Brothers
1985
as The Chancellor
Black Arrow
1985
as Sir Oliver Oates
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as George Hill
Screen Two
1985
as Victor Harty
Screen Two
1985
as Pincheon
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Host
A Breed Apart
1984
as J.P. Whittier
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Ivon Haake
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Mackintosh
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Master of the Game
1984
as Salomon Van der Merwe
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
as Prossor
The Devonsville Terror
1983
as Dr. Warley
The Falklands Factor
1983
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Mr. Myers
Computercide
1982
as George Dettler
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Leo Bain
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Septimus Harding
Wogan
1982
as Self
Escape from New York
1981
as President of the United States
Halloween II
1981
as Sam Loomis
The Monster Club
1981
as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
as Gilbert Carson
Pumaman
1980
as Kobras
Blade on the Feather
1980
as John Cavendish
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Kantorek
Dracula
1979
as Dr. Jack Seward
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as General Villanova
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Dr. Steiner
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Clarence Blasko
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Albert Rumpelmayer
Better Late Than Never
1979
as Colonel Riddle
Mrs. Columbo
1979
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Max Dechambre
Dick Turpin
1979
as Ignatius Slake
Halloween
1978
as Loomis
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as B.D. Brockhurst
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Dr. Todd
Blood Relatives
1978
as James Doniac
Night Creature
1978
as Axel MacGregor
Power Play
1978
as Blair
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Capt. Vladimir Popov
Last In, First Out
1978
as Rothko
Centennial
1978
as Sam Purchas
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
as Narrator (voice)
The Bastard
1978
as Solomon Sholto
Telefon
1977
as Nicolai Dalchimsky
Oh, God!
1977
as Doctor Harmon
The Uncanny
1977
as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Melchior
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Himmler
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
as Dr. Finch
The Last Tycoon
1976
as Boxley
The Devil's Men
1976
as Father Roche
Trial by Combat
1976
as Sir Giles Marley
Goldenrod
1976
as John Tyler Jones
The Passover Plot
1976
as Pontius Pilate
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
as George Livingston
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
The Joke
1976
as Bendel
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Nat Jeffcote
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Danglars
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Lucas Deranian
Hearts of the West
1975
as A.J. Nietz
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kuvetli
Peep Show
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Shades of Greene
1975
as Puckler
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Doctor
The Mutations
1974
as Professor Nolter
The Black Windmill
1974
as Cedric Harper
From Beyond the Grave
1974
as Jim Underwood
House of the Damned
1974
as Martin Zayas
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
as Erich Count von Plasma
Occupations
1974
as Christo Kabak
The Cafeteria
1974
as Aaron
Playhouse
1974
as George Livingston
Playhouse
1974
as Bendel
Playhouse
1974
as Aaron
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Fred Smudge
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
The Rainbow Boys
1973
as Ralph Logan
Malachi's Cove
1973
as Malachi
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Cawser
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Calhoun
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas Cromwell
Innocent Bystanders
1972
as Loomis
The Pied Piper
1972
as The Baron
The Jerusalem File
1972
as Major Samuels
Wedding in White
1972
as Jim Dougall, Sr.
The Man Outside
1972
as Victor Cobb
THX 1138
1971
as SEN
Kidnapped
1971
as Ebenezer Balfour
Wake in Fright
1971
as Doc Tydon
Skin Deep
1971
as Gerry Muddiman
The Fox Trot
1971
as Tom
Columbo
1971
as Adrian Carsini
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Carnacki
Soldier Blue
1970
as Isaac Q. Cumber
Play for Today
1970
as Samuel Johnson
Play for Today
1970
as Gerry Muddiman
Confession
1970
as Sergeant Hurby
Last to Go
1969
Mr. Freedom
1969
as Dr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Prospector
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Hans Vogler
Creature of Comfort
1968
as James Thorne
Sleep is Lovely
1968
as Clive
The News-Benders
1968
as J.G.
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Will Penny
1967
as Preacher Quint
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Kahlenberge
Matchless
1967
as Gregori Andreanu
Call Me Daddy
1967
as Ben Hoffman
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
as Albert Dussel
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Michaels
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Pere Dominic
Cul-de-sac
1966
as George
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as 'Oracle' Jones
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Richard Pratt
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as J.G.
The Caretaker
1964
as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Head Waiter
The Great Escape
1963
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Dr. Crippen
1963
as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The Fugitive
1963
as Max Pfeiffer
The Outer Limits
1963
as Harold J. Finley
Espionage
1963
as Escalon
The Inspector
1962
as Wolters
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Everett Sloane
The Wind of Change
1961
as Pop
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Renfrew
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mr. Jenkins
The Horsemasters
1961
as Captain Pinski
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Byron Saul
Circus of Horrors
1960
as Vanet
Hell Is a City
1960
as Gus Hawkins
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Irwin Hoffman
The Shakedown
1960
as Jessel Brown
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Graham Coates
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as William Hare
Sons and Lovers
1960
as Mr. Pappleworth
Suspect
1960
as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Cupboard
1960
as Fred Watson
Toff and Fingers
1960
as Self/Host
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Caterpillar
The Big Day
1960
as Victor Partridge
A Story of David
1960
as Nabal
Danger Man
1960
as Nikolides
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Host
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Admiral Vespery
Danger Man
1960
as Captain Aldrich
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Hurst
The Traitor
1959
as Grantley Caypor
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Captain
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Ellis Fowler
Interpol Calling
1959
as Karl Haussman
One Step Beyond
1959
as Harvey Laurence
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Barsad
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Doctor
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
as US President
The Man Inside
1958
as Organ Grinder
Heart of a Child
1958
as Spiel
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Gen. Hardt
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Crabtree
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Cashier
Manuela
1957
as Evans
1984
1956
as R. Parsons
The Black Tent
1956
as Ali
Armchair Theatre
1956
as President of the USA
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Fred Watson
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Ben Hoffman
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
as Voices
Value for Money
1955
as Limpy
The Moment of Truth
1955
as The Foreign Minister
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Prince John
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Supt. Smith
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Syme
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber
1954
as Tromp
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Captain Pinski
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Lucas Deranian
The Dybbuk
1952
as Second batlon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kantorek
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Myers
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Chancellor
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Syme
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Corporal