Donald Pleasence

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 (235 Appearances)

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

2026

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

Driving Lessons

2012

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

Fatal Frames

1996

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995

Signs and Wonders

1995

Safe Haven

1995

The World of Hammer

1994

Guinevere

1994

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

The Big Freeze

1993

The Hour of the Pig

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

Femme Fatale

1993

Diên Biên Phu

1992

Shadows and Fog

1991

Millions

1991

Women in Arms

1991

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

1991

Life of General De Gaulle

1990

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989

Casablanca Express

1989

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

River of Death

1989

Ten Little Indians

1989

Buried Alive

1989

Paganini Horror

1989

The House of Usher

1989

American Rickshaw

1989

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

1988

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988

Nosferatu in Venice

1988

Last Platoon

1988

Metropolitan Animals

1988

The Commander

1988

Hanna's War

1988

Phantom of Death

1988

Prince of Darkness

1987

Django Strikes Again

1987

Ground Zero

1987

Double Target

1987

Basements

1987

Scoop

1987

Specters

1987

Warrior Queen

1987

Gila and Rik

1987

Naso di cane

1986

Cobra Mission

1986

To Kill a Stranger

1986

Deadheat

1986

Into the Darkness

1986

Nothing Underneath

1985

Black Arrow

1985

Reel Horror

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

The Corsican Brothers

1985

Phenomena

1985

The Ambassador

1985

Screen Two

1985

Arch of Triumph

1984

Terror in the Aisles

1984

A Breed Apart

1984

Master of the Game

1984

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

1984

The Devonsville Terror

1983

The Falklands Factor

1983

Warrior of the Lost World

1983

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Alone in the Dark

1982

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

Computercide

1982

Wogan

1982

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

1981

Halloween II

1981

Escape from New York

1981

The Monster Club

1981

Blade on the Feather

1980

Pumaman

1980

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

Better Late Than Never

1979

Jaguar Lives!

1979

Dracula

1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

L'Homme en colère

1979

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

Mrs. Columbo

1979

Dick Turpin

1979

Power Play

1978

Halloween

1978

Centennial

1978

Last In, First Out

1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

Night Creature

1978

The Bastard

1978

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

Blood Relatives

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978

Telefon

1977

Oh, God!

1977

The Uncanny

1977

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

Hindle Wakes

1976

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

The Last Tycoon

1976

The Passover Plot

1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

Goldenrod

1976

The Devil's Men

1976

The Joke

1976

Trial by Combat

1976

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976

Peep Show

1975

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

Saturday Night Live

1975

Hearts of the West

1975

Journey into Fear

1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

House of the Damned

1974

Occupations

1974

The Cafeteria

1974

The Mutations

1974

The Black Windmill

1974

Watch Out, We're Mad

1974

Playhouse

1974

From Beyond the Grave

1974

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

Malachi's Cove

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Lonely Water

1973

The Rainbow Boys

1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

The Pied Piper

1972

Wedding in White

1972

Death Line

1972

Innocent Bystanders

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

The Jerusalem File

1972

Kidnapped

1971

Skin Deep

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

Columbo

1971

Wake in Fright

1971

The Fox Trot

1971

THX 1138

1971

Play for Today

1970

Soldier Blue

1970

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

Mr. Freedom

1969

Last to Go

1969

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Sleep is Lovely

1968

The News-Benders

1968

Creature of Comfort

1968

Will Penny

1967

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

Matchless

1967

You Only Live Twice

1967

Call Me Daddy

1967

NBC Experiment in Television

1967

The Night of the Generals

1967

Eye of the Devil

1966

Fantastic Voyage

1966

Cul-de-sac

1966

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The Caretaker

1964

Espionage

1963

The Fugitive

1963

The Outer Limits

1963

Dr. Crippen

1963

The Great Escape

1963

The Inspector

1962

The Horsemasters

1961

The Defenders

1961

What a Carve Up!

1961

Spare the Rod

1961

The Wind of Change

1961

No Love for Johnnie

1961

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960

The Cupboard

1960

A Story of David

1960

The Hands of Orlac

1960

Suspect

1960

Danger Man

1960

Toff and Fingers

1960

The Big Day

1960

Sons and Lovers

1960

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Hell Is a City

1960

Circus of Horrors

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

The Shakedown

1960

The Twilight Zone

1959

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959

Look Back in Anger

1959

Interpol Calling

1959

The Traitor

1959

One Step Beyond

1959

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

The Greatest Man in the World

1958

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

The Man Inside

1958

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

Heart of a Child

1958

A Tale of Two Cities

1958

Barnacle Bill

1957

Manuela

1957

The Man in the Sky

1957

Armchair Theatre

1956

The Black Tent

1956

Tony Awards

1956

1984

1956

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Value for Money

1955

The Moment of Truth

1955

Round the World in 80 Days

1955

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Orders Are Orders

1954

The Beachcomber

1954

The Dybbuk

1952 Debut

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Sunday Night Theatre

1950
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