Donald Pleasence

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.

Known For

Columbo

The Fugitive

Saturday Night Live

Play for Today

Play for Today

Hawaii Five-O

Tony Awards

The Twilight Zone

All Movies (191)

• The Dr. Loomis Tapes2026 · as Dr. Loomis
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Driving Lessons2012 · as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
• Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest2003 · as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
• Fatal Frames1996 · as Professor Robinson
• Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers1995 · as Dr. Loomis
• Safe Haven1995 · as The Sailor
• Guinevere1994 · as Merlin
• Freeze: But is it Art?1994 · as Sinister Dentist
• The Big Freeze1993 · as Soup slurper
• The Hour of the Pig1993 · as Pincheon
• The Thief and the Cobbler1993 · as Phido the Vulture (voice)
• Femme Fatale1993 · as Victor Harty
• Diên Biên Phu1992 · as Howard Simpson
• Shadows and Fog1991 · as Doctor
• Millions1991 · as Ripa
• Women in Arms1991 · as Dreyfuss
• The Vulture Is a Patient Bird1991 · as Armon Shalik
• Life of General De Gaulle1990 · as Winston Churchill
• Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery1989 · as Jason Rafiel
• Casablanca Express1989 · as Colonel Bats
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers1989 · as Dr. Sam Loomis
• River of Death1989 · as Heinrich Spaatz
• Ten Little Indians1989 · as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
• Buried Alive1989 · as Dr. Schaeffer
• Paganini Horror1989 · as Mr. Pickett
• The House of Usher1989 · as Walter Usher
• American Rickshaw1989 · as Rev. Mortom
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · as Dr. Absalon
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1988 · as Dr. Loomis
• Nosferatu in Venice1988 · as Don Alvise
• Last Platoon1988 · as Colonel B. Abrahams
• Metropolitan Animals1988 · as Prof. Livingstone
• The Commander1988 · as Henry Carlson
• Hanna's War1988 · as Captain Thomas Rosza
• Phantom of Death1988 · as Inspector Datti
• Prince of Darkness1987 · as Priest
• Django Strikes Again1987 · as Ben Gunn
• Ground Zero1987 · as Prosper Gaffney
• Double Target1987 · as Sen. Blaster
• Basements1987 · as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
• Scoop1987 · as Lord Copper
• Specters1987 · as Professor Lasky
• Warrior Queen1987 · as Clodius Flaucus
• Gila and Rik1987 · as Joe Gardenia
• Cobra Mission1986 · as Father Lenoir
• To Kill a Stranger1986 · as Col. Kostik
• Deadheat1986 · as Aldo Rossi
• Into the Darkness1986 · as David Beckett
• Nothing Underneath1985 · as Commissioner Danesi
• Black Arrow1985 · as Sir Oliver Oates
• Reel Horror1985 · as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
• Treasure of the Amazon1985 · as Klaus von Blantz
• The Corsican Brothers1985 · as The Chancellor
• Phenomena1985 · as Professor John McGregor
• The Ambassador1985 · as Minister Eretz
• Arch of Triumph1984 · as Ivon Haake
• Terror in the Aisles1984 · as Self - Host
• A Breed Apart1984 · as J.P. Whittier
• Where Is Parsifal?1984 · as Mackintosh
• Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie1984 · as Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
• The Devonsville Terror1983 · as Dr. Warley
• The Falklands Factor1983 · as Dr. Samuel Johnson
• Warrior of the Lost World1983 · as Prossor
• Witness for the Prosecution1982 · as Mr. Myers
• Alone in the Dark1982 · as Leo Bain
• Computercide1982 · as George Dettler
• Race for the Yankee Zephyr1981 · as Gilbert Carson
• Halloween II1981 · as Sam Loomis
• Escape from New York1981 · as President of the United States
• The Monster Club1981 · as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
• Blade on the Feather1980 · as John Cavendish
• Pumaman1980 · as Kobras
• All Quiet on the Western Front1979 · as Kantorek
• Better Late Than Never1979 · as Colonel Riddle
• Jaguar Lives!1979 · as General Villanova
• Dracula1979 · as Dr. Jack Seward
• Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979 · as Dr. Steiner
• L'Homme en colère1979 · as Albert Rumpelmayer
• Gold of the Amazon Women1979 · as Clarence Blasko
• Power Play1978 · as Blair
• Halloween1978 · as Loomis
• Last In, First Out1978 · as Rothko
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978 · as B.D. Brockhurst
• Night Creature1978 · as Axel MacGregor
• Tomorrow Never Comes1978 · as Dr. Todd
• Blood Relatives1978 · as James Doniac
• The Defection of Simas Kudirka1978 · as Capt. Vladimir Popov
• Telefon1977 · as Nicolai Dalchimsky
• Oh, God!1977 · as Doctor Harmon
• The Uncanny1977 · as Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
• The Eagle Has Landed1976 · as Himmler
• Hindle Wakes1976 · as Nat Jeffcote
• The Last Tycoon1976 · as Boxley
• The Passover Plot1976 · as Pontius Pilate
• Meriel the Ghost Girl1976 · as George Livingston
• Goldenrod1976 · as John Tyler Jones
• The Devil's Men1976 · as Father Roche
• The Joke1976 · as Bendel
• Trial by Combat1976 · as Sir Giles Marley
• I Don't Want to Be Born1976 · as Dr. Finch
• The Count of Monte-Cristo1975 · as Danglars
• Hearts of the West1975 · as A.J. Nietz
• Journey into Fear1975 · as Kuvetli
• Escape to Witch Mountain1975 · as Lucas Deranian
• Barry McKenzie Holds His Own1974 · as Erich Count von Plasma
• House of the Damned1974 · as Martin Zayas
• Occupations1974 · as Christo Kabak
• The Cafeteria1974 · as Aaron
• The Mutations1974 · as Professor Nolter
• The Black Windmill1974 · as Cedric Harper
• Watch Out, We're Mad1974 · as Doctor
• From Beyond the Grave1974 · as Jim Underwood
• Tales That Witness Madness1973 · as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
• Malachi's Cove1973 · as Malachi
• Lonely Water1973 · as The Spirit (voice)
• The Rainbow Boys1973 · as Ralph Logan
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973 · as Fred Smudge
• The Pied Piper1972 · as The Baron
• Wedding in White1972 · as Jim Dougall, Sr.
• Death Line1972 · as Inspector Calhoun
• Innocent Bystanders1972 · as Loomis
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · as Thomas Cromwell
• The Jerusalem File1972 · as Major Samuels
• Kidnapped1971 · as Ebenezer Balfour
• Skin Deep1971 · as Gerry Muddiman
• Wake in Fright1971 · as Doc Tydon
• The Fox Trot1971 · as Tom
• THX 11381971 · as SEN
• Soldier Blue1970 · as Isaac Q. Cumber
• The Madwoman of Chaillot1969 · as The Prospector
• Arthur? Arthur!1969 · as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
• Mr. Freedom1969 · as Dr. Freedom
• Last to Go1969
• Sleep is Lovely1968 · as Clive
• The News-Benders1968 · as J.G.
• Creature of Comfort1968 · as James Thorne
• Will Penny1967 · as Preacher Quint
• The Diary of Anne Frank1967 · as Albert Dussel
• Matchless1967 · as Gregori Andreanu
• You Only Live Twice1967 · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
• Call Me Daddy1967 · as Ben Hoffman
• The Night of the Generals1967 · as General Kahlenberge
• Eye of the Devil1966 · as Pere Dominic
• Fantastic Voyage1966 · as Dr. Michaels
• Cul-de-sac1966 · as George
• The Hallelujah Trail1965 · as 'Oracle' Jones
• The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · as The Dark Hermit - Satan
• The Caretaker1964 · as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
• Dr. Crippen1963 · as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
• The Great Escape1963 · as Blythe 'The Forger'
• The Inspector1962 · as Wolters
• The Horsemasters1961 · as Captain Pinski
• What a Carve Up!1961 · as Everett Sloane
• Spare the Rod1961 · as Mr. Jenkins
• The Wind of Change1961 · as Pop
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as Renfrew
• Alice Through the Looking Box1960 · as Caterpillar
• The Cupboard1960 · as Fred Watson
• The Hands of Orlac1960 · as Graham Coates
• A Story of David1960 · as Nabal
• Suspect1960 · as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
• Toff and Fingers1960 · as Self/Host
• The Big Day1960 · as Victor Partridge
• Sons and Lovers1960 · as Mr. Pappleworth
• Hell Is a City1960 · as Gus Hawkins
• Circus of Horrors1960 · as Vanet
• The Battle of the Sexes1960 · as Irwin Hoffman
• The Flesh and the Fiends1960 · as William Hare
• The Shakedown1960 · as Jessel Brown
• Killers of Kilimanjaro1959 · as Captain
• Look Back in Anger1959 · as Hurst
• The Traitor1959 · as Grantley Caypor
• The Two-Headed Spy1958 · as Gen. Hardt
• The Greatest Man in the World1958 · as US President
• The Man Inside1958 · as Organ Grinder
• The Wind Cannot Read1958 · as Doctor
• Heart of a Child1958 · as Spiel
• A Tale of Two Cities1958 · as Barsad
• Barnacle Bill1957 · as Cashier
• Manuela1957 · as Evans
• The Man in the Sky1957 · as Crabtree
• The Black Tent1956 · as Ali
• 19841956 · as R. Parsons
• Value for Money1955 · as Limpy
• The Moment of Truth1955 · as The Foreign Minister
• Round the World in 80 Days1955 · as Voices
• Nineteen Eighty-Four1954 · as Syme
• Orders Are Orders1954 · as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
• The Beachcomber1954 · as Tromp
• The Dybbuk1952 · as Second batlon

All TV Shows (60)

• Signs and Wonders1995 · as Cornelius Van Damm
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988 · as Dr. Absalon
• Naso di cane1986 · as Olindo Cuomo
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as George Hill
• Screen Two1985 · as Victor Harty
• Screen Two1985 · as Pincheon
• Master of the Game1984 · as Salomon Van der Merwe
• The Barchester Chronicles1982 · as Septimus Harding
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The French Atlantic Affair1979 · as Max Dechambre
• Mrs. Columbo1979
• Dick Turpin1979 · as Ignatius Slake
• Centennial1978 · as Sam Purchas
• The Bastard1978 · as Solomon Sholto
• The Dark Secret of Harvest Home1978 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jesus of Nazareth1977 · as Melchior
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Nat Jeffcote
• Peep Show1975
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Shades of Greene1975 · as Puckler
• Playhouse1974 · as George Livingston
• Playhouse1974 · as Bendel
• Playhouse1974 · as Aaron
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Cawser
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Carnacki
• Columbo1971 · as Adrian Carsini
• Play for Today1970 · as Samuel Johnson
• Play for Today1970 · as Gerry Muddiman
• Confession1970 · as Sergeant Hurby
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Hans Vogler
• NBC Experiment in Television1967 · as (voice)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Richard Pratt
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as J.G.
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as The Head Waiter
• Espionage1963 · as Escalon
• The Fugitive1963 · as Max Pfeiffer
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Harold J. Finley
• The Defenders1961 · as Dr. Byron Saul
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Admiral Vespery
• Danger Man1960 · as Nikolides
• Danger Man1960 · as Captain Aldrich
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Host
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Ellis Fowler
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Karl Haussman
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Harvey Laurence
• The Adventures of William Tell1958
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as President of the USA
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Fred Watson
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ben Hoffman
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• ITV Play of the Week1955 · as Supt. Smith
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Prince John
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Captain Pinski
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Kantorek
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Myers
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as The Chancellor
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Syme
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Corporal