Donald Pleasence
Acting

Donald Pleasence

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

Halloween
Escape from New York
The Great Escape
You Only Live Twice
Halloween II
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Prince of Darkness
THX 1138
The Twilight Zone
Phenomena
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Fatal Frames
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Safe Haven
1995
Guinevere
Freeze: But is it Art?
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Hour of the Pig
The Big Freeze
Femme Fatale
Dien Bien Phu
Shadows and Fog
Millions
Life of General De Gaulle
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Buried Alive
River of Death
The House of Usher
Casablanca Express
Ten Little Indians
American Rickshaw
Paganini Horror
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Nosferatu in Venice
Phantom of Death
The Commander
Metropolitan Animals
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Last Platoon
Hanna's War
Warrior Queen
Prince of Darkness
Django Strikes Again
Double Target
Ground Zero
Scoop
Specters
Basements
Gila and Rik
Cobra Mission
To Kill a Stranger
Deadheat
Into the Darkness
Phenomena
Nothing Underneath
Treasure of the Amazon
The Ambassador
The Corsican Brothers
Black Arrow
A Breed Apart
Arch of Triumph
Where Is Parsifal?
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Warrior of the Lost World
The Devonsville Terror
The Falklands Factor
Witness for the Prosecution
Computercide
Alone in the Dark
Escape from New York
Halloween II
The Monster Club
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Pumaman
Blade on the Feather
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dracula
Jaguar Lives!
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Gold of the Amazon Women
Jig-Saw
Better Late Than Never
Halloween
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tomorrow Never Comes
Blood Relatives
Night Creature
Power Play
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Last In, First Out
Telefon
Oh, God!
The Uncanny
The Eagle Has Landed
I Don't Want to Be Born
The Last Tycoon
The Devil's Men
Trial by Combat
Goldenrod
The Passover Plot
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Hindle Wakes
The Joke
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Escape to Witch Mountain
Hearts of the West
Journey into Fear
Watch Out, We're Mad
The Mutations
The Black Windmill
From Beyond the Grave
House of the Damned
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Occupations
The Cafeteria
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tales That Witness Madness
The Rainbow Boys
Malachi's Cove
Death Line
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Innocent Bystanders
The Pied Piper
The Jerusalem File
Wedding in White
THX 1138
Kidnapped
Wake in Fright
Skin Deep
The Fox Trot
Soldier Blue
Last to Go
Mr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Arthur? Arthur!
Creature of Comfort
Sleep is Lovely
The News-Benders
You Only Live Twice
Will Penny
The Night of the Generals
Matchless
Call Me Daddy
1967
The Diary of Anne Frank
Fantastic Voyage
Eye of the Devil
Cul-de-sac
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Hallelujah Trail
The Caretaker
The Great Escape
Dr. Crippen
The Inspector
What a Carve Up!
The Wind of Change
No Love for Johnnie
Spare the Rod
The Horsemasters
Circus of Horrors
Hell Is a City
The Battle of the Sexes
The Shakedown
The Hands of Orlac
The Flesh and the Fiends
Sons and Lovers
Suspect
The Cupboard
Alice Through the Looking Box
The Big Day
A Story of David
Look Back in Anger
The Traitor
1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
A Tale of Two Cities
The Wind Cannot Read
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
The Man Inside
Heart of a Child
The Two-Headed Spy
The Telltale Heart
1958
The Man in the Sky
Barnacle Bill
Manuela
1984
The Black Tent
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
Value for Money
The Moment of Truth
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Orders Are Orders
The Beachcomber
The Dybbuk
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