Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 5, 1919
Died
February 2, 1995
Age
75
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Popularity
2.7
Donald Pleasence
Acting
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.
Also known as
Donald Pleasance · Don Pleasence · Donald Plesance · Donald Henry Pleasence · Дональд Генри Плезенс · Дональд Плезенс
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Known For
Filmography
2026
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Movie · Dr. Loomis
0.0
2025
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
6.9
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.7
2013
Halloween 6: Producer's Cut
Movie · Dr. Sam Loomis
0.0
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie · Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
6.6
1997
The Making of Fatal Frames
Movie · self
5.0
1996
Fatal Frames
Movie · Professor Robinson
4.1
1995
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Movie · Dr. Loomis
5.2
1995
Signs and Wonders
TV · Cornelius Van Damm
7.0
1995
Safe Haven
Movie · The Sailor
5.3
1994
The World of Hammer
TV · Self (archive footage)
6.8
1994
Guinevere
Movie · Merlin
3.3
1994
Freeze: But is it Art?
Movie · Sinister Dentist
0.0
1993
The Big Freeze
Movie · Soup slurper
6.7
1993
The Hour of the Pig
Movie · Pincheon
6.2
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie · Phido the Vulture (voice)
7.2
1993
Femme Fatale
Movie · Victor Harty
8.0
1992
Dien Bien Phu
Movie · Howard Simpson
6.5
1991
Shadows and Fog
Movie · Doctor
6.7
1991
Millions
Movie · Ripa
3.8
1991
Donne armate
TV · Dreyfuss
0.0
1991
L'avvoltoio può attendere
TV · Armon Shalik
0.0
1990
Life of General De Gaulle
Movie · Winston Churchill
9.0
1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie · Jason Rafiel
6.7