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