Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 5, 1919
Died
February 2, 1995
Age
75
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Popularity
2.3
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
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
8.1
Columbo
1971 · TV
6.6
Play for Today
1970 · TV
0.0
Tony Awards
1956 · TV
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV
5.3
Wogan
1982 · TV
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · TV
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · TV
7.1
Screen Two
1985 · TV
7.3
Danger Man
1960 · TV
Filmography
2026
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Movie · Dr. Loomis
0.0
2025
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
6.8
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.7
2012
Driving Lessons
Movie · Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
6.0
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie · Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
6.6
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)
7.1
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
Women in Arms
Movie · Dreyfuss
6.8
1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Movie · Armon Shalik
5.6
1990
Life of General De Gaulle
Movie · Winston Churchill
9.0
1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie · Jason Rafiel
6.6
1989
Casablanca Express
Movie · Colonel Bats
3.8