
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.
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.
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/01/2025

Driving Lessons
Character:Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Character:Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Release Date:05/08/2003

Fatal Frames
Character:Professor Robinson
Release Date:15/02/1996

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Character:Dr. Sam Loomis
Release Date:29/09/1995

Safe Haven
Character:The Sailor
Release Date:01/01/1995

Guinevere
Character:Merlin
Release Date:07/05/1994

Freeze: But is it Art?
Character:Sinister Dentist
Release Date:22/02/1994

The Big Freeze
Character:Soup slurper
Release Date:17/11/1993

The Hour of the Pig
Character:Pincheon
Release Date:25/09/1993

The Thief and the Cobbler
Character:Phido the Vulture (voice)
Release Date:23/09/1993

Femme Fatale
Character:Victor Harty
Release Date:07/02/1993

Diên Biên Phu
Character:Howard Simpson
Release Date:04/03/1992

Shadows and Fog
Character:Doctor
Release Date:05/12/1991

Millions
Character:Ripa
Release Date:01/02/1991

Women in Arms
Character:Dreyfuss
Release Date:09/01/1991

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Character:The Art Collector
Release Date:02/01/1991

Life of General De Gaulle
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:08/11/1990

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Character:Jason Rafiel
Release Date:25/12/1989

Casablanca Express
Character:Colonel Bats
Release Date:22/12/1989

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Character:Dr. Sam Loomis
Release Date:12/10/1989

River of Death
Character:Heinrich Spaatz
Release Date:29/09/1989

Ten Little Indians
Character:Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Release Date:27/09/1989

Buried Alive
Character:Dr. Schaeffer
Release Date:01/09/1989

Paganini Horror
Character:Mr. Pickett
Release Date:06/06/1989

The House of Usher
Character:Walter Usher
Release Date:13/04/1989

American Rickshaw
Character:Rev. Mortom
Release Date:24/01/1989

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Character:Dr. Absalon
Release Date:05/11/1988

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Character:Dr. Loomis
Release Date:21/10/1988

Nosferatu in Venice
Character:Don Alvise
Release Date:10/09/1988

Last Platoon
Character:Colonel B. Abrahams
Release Date:21/08/1988

Metropolitan Animals
Character:Prof. Livingstone
Release Date:09/05/1988

The Commander
Character:Henry Carlson
Release Date:28/04/1988

Hanna's War
Character:Captain Thomas Rosza
Release Date:14/04/1988

Phantom of Death
Character:Inspector Datti
Release Date:11/03/1988

Prince of Darkness
Character:Priest
Release Date:23/10/1987

Django Strikes Again
Character:Ben Gunn
Release Date:22/10/1987

Ground Zero
Character:Prosper Gaffney
Release Date:01/10/1987

Double Target
Character:Sen. Blaster
Release Date:11/06/1987

Basements
Character:Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Release Date:12/05/1987

Scoop
Character:Lord Copper
Release Date:26/04/1987

Specters
Character:Professor Lasky
Release Date:24/04/1987

Warrior Queen
Character:Clodius Flaucus
Release Date:26/01/1987

Gila and Rik
Character:Joe Gardenia
Release Date:01/01/1987

Naso di cane
Character:Olindo Cuomo
Release Date:11/12/1986

Cobra Mission
Character:Father Lenoir
Release Date:31/07/1986

To Kill a Stranger
Character:Col. Kostik
Release Date:06/02/1986

Deadheat
Character:Aldo Rossi
Release Date:01/01/1986

Into the Darkness
Character:David Beckett
Release Date:01/01/1986

Nothing Underneath
Character:Commissioner Danesi
Release Date:07/11/1985

Black Arrow
Character:Sir Oliver Oates
Release Date:09/10/1985

Reel Horror
Character:Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1985

Treasure of the Amazon
Character:Klaus von Blantz
Release Date:30/05/1985

The Corsican Brothers
Character:The Chancellor
Release Date:05/02/1985

Phenomena
Character:Professor John McGregor
Release Date:25/01/1985

The Ambassador
Character:Minister Eretz
Release Date:11/01/1985

Arch of Triumph
Character:Ivon Haake
Release Date:19/12/1984

Terror in the Aisles
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:26/10/1984

A Breed Apart
Character:J.P. Whittier
Release Date:01/06/1984

Where Is Parsifal?
Character:Mackintosh
Release Date:01/01/1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Character:Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Release Date:01/01/1984

The Devonsville Terror
Character:Dr. Warley
Release Date:24/10/1983

The Falklands Factor
Character:Dr. Samuel Johnson
Release Date:26/04/1983

Warrior of the Lost World
Character:Prossor
Release Date:01/01/1983

Witness for the Prosecution
Character:Mr. Myers
Release Date:04/12/1982

Alone in the Dark
Character:Leo Bain
Release Date:12/11/1982

Computercide
Character:George Dettler
Release Date:01/08/1982

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Character:Gilbert Carson
Release Date:28/11/1981

Halloween II
Character:Dr. Sam Loomis
Release Date:30/10/1981

Escape from New York
Character:President of the United States
Release Date:23/05/1981

The Monster Club
Character:Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Release Date:11/04/1981

Blade on the Feather
Character:John Cavendish
Release Date:19/10/1980

Pumaman
Character:Kobras
Release Date:14/02/1980

All Quiet on the Western Front
Character:Kantorek
Release Date:14/11/1979

Better Late Than Never
Character:Colonel Riddle
Release Date:17/10/1979

Jaguar Lives!
Character:General Villanova
Release Date:09/08/1979

Dracula
Character:Dr. Jack Seward
Release Date:20/07/1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Character:Dr. Steiner
Release Date:13/04/1979

L'Homme en colère
Character:Albert Rumpelmayer
Release Date:14/03/1979

Gold of the Amazon Women
Character:Clarence Blasko
Release Date:06/03/1979

Power Play
Character:Blair
Release Date:01/11/1978

Halloween
Character:Loomis
Release Date:24/10/1978

Last In, First Out
Character:Rothko
Release Date:30/08/1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Character:B.D. Brockhurst
Release Date:21/07/1978

Night Creature
Character:Axel MacGregor
Release Date:01/06/1978

The Bastard
Character:Solomon Sholto
Release Date:22/05/1978

Tomorrow Never Comes
Character:Dr. Todd
Release Date:02/03/1978

Blood Relatives
Character:James Doniac
Release Date:01/02/1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Character:Capt. Vladimir Popov
Release Date:23/01/1978

Telefon
Character:Nicolai Dalchimsky
Release Date:16/12/1977

Oh, God!
Character:Doctor Harmon
Release Date:07/10/1977

The Uncanny
Character:Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
Release Date:24/08/1977

The Eagle Has Landed
Character:Himmler
Release Date:24/12/1976

Hindle Wakes
Character:Nat Jeffcote
Release Date:19/12/1976

The Last Tycoon
Character:Boxley
Release Date:18/11/1976

The Passover Plot
Character:Pontius Pilate
Release Date:29/10/1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl
Character:George Livingston
Release Date:28/09/1976

Goldenrod
Character:John Tyler Jones
Release Date:22/09/1976

The Devil's Men
Character:Father Roche
Release Date:11/08/1976

The Joke
Character:Bendel
Release Date:26/05/1976

Trial by Combat
Character:Sir Giles Marley
Release Date:01/04/1976

I Don't Want to Be Born
Character:Dr. Finch
Release Date:01/02/1976

The Count of Monte-Cristo
Character:Danglars
Release Date:31/10/1975

Hearts of the West
Character:A.J. Nietz
Release Date:08/10/1975

Journey into Fear
Character:Kuvetli
Release Date:08/08/1975

Escape to Witch Mountain
Character:Lucas Deranian
Release Date:21/03/1975

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Character:Erich Count von Plasma
Release Date:12/12/1974

House of the Damned
Character:Martin Zayas
Release Date:08/09/1974

Occupations
Character:Christo Kabak
Release Date:01/09/1974

The Cafeteria
Character:Aaron
Release Date:13/08/1974

The Mutations
Character:Professor Nolter
Release Date:22/05/1974

The Black Windmill
Character:Cedric Harper
Release Date:17/05/1974

Watch Out, We're Mad
Character:Doctor
Release Date:29/03/1974

From Beyond the Grave
Character:Jim Underwood
Release Date:21/02/1974

Tales That Witness Madness
Character:Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Release Date:31/10/1973

Malachi's Cove
Character:Malachi
Release Date:01/10/1973

Lonely Water
Character:The Spirit (voice)
Release Date:04/07/1973

The Rainbow Boys
Character:Ralph Logan
Release Date:27/03/1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Fred Smudge
Release Date:07/03/1973

The Pied Piper
Character:The Baron
Release Date:27/12/1972

Wedding in White
Character:Jim Dougall, Sr.
Release Date:20/10/1972

Death Line
Character:Inspector Calhoun
Release Date:13/10/1972

Innocent Bystanders
Character:Loomis
Release Date:01/09/1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Character:Thomas Cromwell
Release Date:13/07/1972

The Jerusalem File
Character:Major Samuels
Release Date:02/02/1972

Kidnapped
Character:Ebenezer Balfour
Release Date:22/12/1971

Skin Deep
Character:Gerry Muddiman
Release Date:25/11/1971

Wake in Fright
Character:Doc Tydon
Release Date:21/07/1971

The Fox Trot
Character:Tom
Release Date:29/04/1971

THX 1138
Character:SEN
Release Date:11/03/1971

Soldier Blue
Character:Isaac Q. Cumber
Release Date:12/08/1970

The Madwoman of Chaillot
Character:The Prospector
Release Date:12/10/1969

Arthur? Arthur!
Character:Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Release Date:01/10/1969

Mr. Freedom
Character:Dr. Freedom
Release Date:08/01/1969

Last to Go
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1969

Sleep is Lovely
Character:Clive
Release Date:01/09/1968

The News-Benders
Character:J.G.
Release Date:10/01/1968

Creature of Comfort
Character:James Thorne
Release Date:01/01/1968

Will Penny
Character:Preacher Quint
Release Date:19/12/1967

The Diary of Anne Frank
Character:Albert Dussel
Release Date:26/11/1967

Matchless
Character:Gregori Andreanu
Release Date:13/08/1967

You Only Live Twice
Character:Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Release Date:13/06/1967

Call Me Daddy
Character:Ben Hoffman
Release Date:08/04/1967

The Night of the Generals
Character:General Kahlenberge
Release Date:29/01/1967

Eye of the Devil
Character:Pere Dominic
Release Date:18/11/1966

Fantastic Voyage
Character:Dr. Michaels
Release Date:24/08/1966

Cul-de-sac
Character:George
Release Date:17/06/1966

The Hallelujah Trail
Character:'Oracle' Jones
Release Date:23/06/1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character:The Dark Hermit - Satan
Release Date:09/04/1965

The Caretaker
Character:Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
Release Date:21/01/1964

Dr. Crippen
Character:Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
Release Date:07/08/1963

The Great Escape
Character:Blythe 'The Forger'
Release Date:03/07/1963

The Inspector
Character:Wolters
Release Date:24/05/1962

The Horsemasters
Character:Captain Pinski
Release Date:01/10/1961

What a Carve Up!
Character:Everett Sloane
Release Date:15/09/1961

Spare the Rod
Character:Mr. Jenkins
Release Date:23/05/1961

The Wind of Change
Character:Pop
Release Date:01/03/1961

No Love for Johnnie
Character:Renfrew
Release Date:14/02/1961

Alice Through the Looking Box
Character:Caterpillar
Release Date:25/12/1960

The Cupboard
Character:Fred Watson
Release Date:11/12/1960

The Hands of Orlac
Character:Graham Coates
Release Date:01/12/1960

A Story of David
Character:Nabal
Release Date:01/12/1960

Suspect
Character:Parsons, alias Bill Brown
Release Date:15/11/1960

Toff and Fingers
Character:Self/Host
Release Date:03/07/1960

The Big Day
Character:Victor Partridge
Release Date:01/07/1960

Sons and Lovers
Character:Mr. Pappleworth
Release Date:23/06/1960

Hell Is a City
Character:Gus Hawkins
Release Date:10/04/1960

Circus of Horrors
Character:Vanet
Release Date:01/04/1960

The Battle of the Sexes
Character:Irwin Hoffman
Release Date:25/02/1960

The Flesh and the Fiends
Character:William Hare
Release Date:02/02/1960

The Shakedown
Character:Jessel Brown
Release Date:01/01/1960

Killers of Kilimanjaro
Character:Captain
Release Date:01/10/1959

Look Back in Anger
Character:Hurst
Release Date:15/09/1959

The Traitor
Character:Grantley Caypor
Release Date:07/08/1959

The Two-Headed Spy
Character:Gen. Hardt
Release Date:17/11/1958

The Greatest Man in the World
Character:US President
Release Date:09/11/1958

The Man Inside
Character:Organ Grinder
Release Date:07/09/1958

The Wind Cannot Read
Character:Doctor
Release Date:10/06/1958

Heart of a Child
Character:Spiel
Release Date:30/04/1958

A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Barsad
Release Date:07/02/1958

Barnacle Bill
Character:Cashier
Release Date:17/12/1957

Manuela
Character:Evans
Release Date:18/07/1957

The Man in the Sky
Character:Crabtree
Release Date:24/01/1957

The Black Tent
Character:Ali
Release Date:09/04/1956

1984
Character:R. Parsons
Release Date:06/03/1956

Value for Money
Character:Limpy
Release Date:09/08/1955

Round the World in 80 Days
Character:Voices
Release Date:01/01/1955

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character:Syme
Release Date:16/12/1954

Orders Are Orders
Character:Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Release Date:01/10/1954

The Beachcomber
Character:Tromp
Release Date:10/08/1954

The Dybbuk
Character:Second batlon
Release Date:21/10/1952

Signs and Wonders
Character:Cornelius Van Damm

The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Character:Dr. Absalon

The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character:George Hill

Screen Two
Character:Victor Harty

Master of the Game
Character:Salomon Van der Merwe

The Barchester Chronicles
Character:Septimus Harding

Wogan
Character:Self

The French Atlantic Affair
Character:Max Dechambre

Mrs. Columbo
Character:

Dick Turpin
Character:Ignatius Slake

Centennial
Character:Sam Purchas

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Character:Narrator (voice)

Jesus of Nazareth
Character:Melchior

Laurence Olivier Presents
Character:Nat Jeffcote

Peep Show
Character:

Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host

Playhouse
Character:George Livingston

Playhouse
Character:Bendel

Playhouse
Character:Aaron

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Cawser

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Carnacki

Columbo
Character:Adrian Carsini

Play for Today
Character:Samuel Johnson

Play for Today
Character:Gerry Muddiman

Hawaii Five-O
Character:Hans Vogler

NBC Experiment in Television
Character:(voice)

Espionage
Character:

The Fugitive
Character:Max Pfeiffer

The Outer Limits
Character:Harold J. Finley

The Defenders
Character:Dr. Byron Saul

Danger Man
Character:

Armchair Mystery Theatre
Character:Host

The Twilight Zone
Character:Ellis Fowler

Interpol Calling
Character:Karl Haussman

One Step Beyond
Character:Harvey Laurence

The Adventures of William Tell
Character:

Armchair Theatre
Character:President of the USA

Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Prince John

The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Captain Pinski

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Kantorek

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Myers

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:The Chancellor

Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Syme

Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Corporal