Donald Pleasence
Known for: Acting
Born: October 5, 1919
Died: February 2, 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
1978
Death Line
1972
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
The Mutations
1974
Last to Go
1969
Prince of Darkness
1987
Wake in Fright
1971
The Devil's Men
1976
Terror in the Aisles
1984
Diên Biên Phu
1992
The Wind of Change
1961
Night Creature
1978
Ten Little Indians
1989
Dr. Crippen
1963
Lonely Water
1973
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
The Rainbow Boys
1973
Creature of Comfort
1968
Metropolitan Animals
1988
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
Occupations
1974
The Cupboard
1960
Call Me Daddy
1967
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
The Big Day
1960
Blade on the Feather
1980
Into the Darkness
1986
Skin Deep
1971
The Fox Trot
1971
Safe Haven
1995
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
Sleep is Lovely
1968
Malachi's Cove
1973
The News-Benders
1968
The Cafeteria
1974
The Joke
1976
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
THX 1138
1971
Cul-de-sac
1966
Halloween II
1981
Buried Alive
1989
Warrior Queen
1987
Pumaman
1980
The Black Windmill
1974
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
The House of Usher
1989
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
The Traitor
1959
Trial by Combat
1976
Double Target
1987
The Caretaker
1964
Goldenrod
1976
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
American Rickshaw
1989
House of the Damned
1974
Last In, First Out
1978
Wedding in White
1972
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Heart of a Child
1958
Alone in the Dark
1982
The Falklands Factor
1983
Will Penny
1967
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Telefon
1977
Dracula
1979
The Dybbuk
1952
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
Hell Is a City
1960
Phantom of Death
1988
Soldier Blue
1970
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Nothing Underneath
1985
River of Death
1989
The Monster Club
1981
From Beyond the Grave
1974
The Shakedown
1960
What a Carve Up!
1961
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
The Hour of the Pig
1993
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
Casablanca Express
1989
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
Innocent Bystanders
1972
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
The Devonsville Terror
1983
Ground Zero
1987
Arch of Triumph
1984
Power Play
1978
The Commander
1988
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
Matchless
1967
The Pied Piper
1972
Specters
1987
To Kill a Stranger
1986
Spare the Rod
1961
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Computercide
1982
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
Driving Lessons
2012
Escape from New York
1981
Fantastic Voyage
1966
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Oh, God!
1977
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Circus of Horrors
1960
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
The Night of the Generals
1967
A Breed Apart
1984
The Passover Plot
1976
Scoop
1987
No Love for Johnnie
1961
The Jerusalem File
1972
The Big Freeze
1993
Manuela
1957
Hanna's War
1988
A Story of David
1960
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Eye of the Devil
1966
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
Guinevere
1994
The Ambassador
1985
The Inspector
1962
Femme Fatale
1993
The Horsemasters
1961
The Black Tent
1956
The Beachcomber
1954
The Moment of Truth
1955
1984
1956
The Great Escape
1963
Kidnapped
1971
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
The Last Tycoon
1976
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
Cobra Mission
1986
Django Strikes Again
1987
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
Millions
1991
Black Arrow
1985
Gila and Rik
1987
You Only Live Twice
1967
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Deadheat
1986
Suspect
1960
Last Platoon
1988
Hindle Wakes
1976
Phenomena
1985
The Man in the Sky
1957
Blood Relatives
1978
Look Back in Anger
1959
Hearts of the West
1975
L'Homme en colère
1979
The Corsican Brothers
1985
Basements
1987
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
The Man Inside
1958
Mr. Freedom
1969
Sons and Lovers
1960
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
Journey into Fear
1975
Barnacle Bill
1957
Paganini Horror
1989
Better Late Than Never
1979
Fatal Frames
1996
The Hands of Orlac
1960
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
Toff and Fingers
1960
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Shadows and Fog
1991
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
The Uncanny
1977
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
Value for Money
1955
Orders Are Orders
1954
Women in Arms
1991
Reel Horror
1985
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Columbo
1971
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Danger Man
1960
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Centennial
1978
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Fugitive
1963
Interpol Calling
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Peep Show
1975
The Outer Limits
1963
The Defenders
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
Signs and Wonders
1995
Wogan
1982
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
Playhouse
1974
Master of the Game
1984
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Play for Today
1970
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Dick Turpin
1979
Screen Two
1985
The World of Hammer
1994
Naso di cane
1986
The Bastard
1978
Tony Awards
1956
Espionage
1963
Sunday-Night Play
1960
The Wednesday Play
1964
Confession
1970
ITV Play of the Week
1955
Shades of Greene
1975
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Man Outside
1972