Donald Pleasence
Born: 1919-10-05
Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Halloween
1978★ 7.6
The Great Escape
1963★ 7.9
You Only Live Twice
1967★ 6.6
Warrior Queen
1987★ 3.5
Escape from New York
1981★ 7.1
Suspect
1960★ 6.5
Dr. Crippen
1963★ 5.8
Jaguar Lives!
1979★ 4.0
The Bastard
1978★ 5.8
Ground Zero
1987★ 6.3
Driving Lessons
2012★ 6.0
Death Line
1972★ 5.8
The Eagle Has Landed
1976★ 6.6
Innocent Bystanders
1972★ 7.2
Skin Deep
1971★ 0.0
L'Homme en colère
1979★ 5.4
Telefon
1977★ 6.6
Halloween II
1981★ 6.6
The Commander
1988★ 5.5
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995★ 5.2
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974★ 7.4
Double Target
1987★ 4.2
Hindle Wakes
1976★ 7.0
American Rickshaw
1989★ 4.3
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975★ 6.8
Night Creature
1978★ 2.8
Prince of Darkness
1987★ 6.8
Guinevere
1994★ 1.5
Mr. Freedom
1969★ 5.1
Power Play
1978★ 7.2
Phenomena
1985★ 6.8
Buried Alive
1989★ 4.0
The Shakedown
1960★ 5.7
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989★ 5.3
Tales That Witness Madness
1973★ 5.4
Oh, God!
1977★ 6.5
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965★ 6.4
The Dybbuk
1952★ 0.0
Computercide
1982★ 6.0
The Cafeteria
1974★ 0.0
Matchless
1967★ 3.6
Manuela
1957★ 5.7
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988★ 6.2
Arthur? Arthur!
1969★ 2.3
Kidnapped
1971★ 6.2
Femme Fatale
1993★ 0.0
Women in Arms
1991★ 3.5
Basements
1987★ 6.8
Black Arrow
1985★ 6.5
Goldenrod
1976★ 0.0
Millions
1991★ 3.4
Specters
1987★ 4.0
Cobra Mission
1986★ 4.5
Scoop
1987★ 5.2
1984
1956★ 6.5
Dracula
1979★ 6.4
The Two-Headed Spy
1958★ 6.2
Fantastic Voyage
1966★ 6.7
The Horsemasters
1961★ 7.0
Will Penny
1967★ 6.6
Soldier Blue
1970★ 6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967★ 6.8
Nosferatu in Venice
1988★ 5.8
Circus of Horrors
1960★ 5.8
The Last Tycoon
1976★ 6.3
Pumaman
1980★ 2.8
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975★ 6.4
THX 1138
1971★ 6.4
The Hands of Orlac
1960★ 3.9
Alone in the Dark
1982★ 5.8
The Hallelujah Trail
1965★ 6.1
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981★ 5.8
A Breed Apart
1984★ 5.6
Diên Biên Phu
1992★ 6.4
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993★ 7.1
The Joke
1976★ 0.0
The Monster Club
1981★ 5.8
Orders Are Orders
1954★ 6.4
Cul-de-sac
1966★ 6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979★ 6.7
Wake in Fright
1971★ 7.3
The Black Windmill
1974★ 6.2
Occupations
1974★ 0.0
Heart of a Child
1958★ 6.5
What a Carve Up!
1961★ 6.9
Value for Money
1955★ 6.6
Shadows and Fog
1991★ 6.7
Blood Relatives
1978★ 5.6
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978★ 4.3
Lonely Water
1973★ 5.0
Creature of Comfort
1968★ 0.0
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954★ 7.3
Eye of the Devil
1966★ 6.2
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979★ 5.3
A Story of David
1960★ 4.2
Warrior of the Lost World
1983★ 2.7
The Pied Piper
1972★ 5.9
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972★ 5.6
River of Death
1989★ 4.9
The Hour of the Pig
1993★ 6.1
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989★ 6.3
The Devonsville Terror
1983★ 4.5
Reel Horror
1985★ 2.4
The Battle of the Sexes
1960★ 6.5
Journey into Fear
1975★ 5.6
The Big Day
1960★ 7.0
Witness for the Prosecution
1982★ 6.3
Treasure of the Amazon
1985★ 4.3
Where Is Parsifal?
1984★ 3.0
Django Strikes Again
1987★ 5.1
Hanna's War
1988★ 4.7
Hell Is a City
1960★ 6.5
Phantom of Death
1988★ 5.6
From Beyond the Grave
1974★ 6.5
Ten Little Indians
1989★ 4.8
Wedding in White
1972★ 6.5
Barnacle Bill
1957★ 6.4
Hearts of the West
1975★ 5.6
Paganini Horror
1989★ 4.3
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988★ 5.2
Sons and Lovers
1960★ 6.4
No Love for Johnnie
1961★ 6.2
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969★ 7.1
The Man Inside
1958★ 5.7
The Mutations
1974★ 5.0
Look Back in Anger
1959★ 6.6
Casablanca Express
1989★ 3.0
The Black Tent
1956★ 6.0
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978★ 5.4
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994★ 0.0
The Devil's Men
1976★ 4.1
Terror in the Aisles
1984★ 6.1
Nothing Underneath
1985★ 5.6
The Corsican Brothers
1985★ 6.0
Sleep is Lovely
1968★ 0.0
The Inspector
1962★ 7.0
Fatal Frames
1996★ 3.7
The House of Usher
1989★ 4.7
The Uncanny
1977★ 5.9
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978★ 6.0
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976★ 5.1
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976★ 0.0
Gila and Rik
1987★ 0.0
The Big Freeze
1993★ 6.2
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991★ 3.9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973★ 5.9
Spare the Rod
1961★ 5.3
A Tale of Two Cities
1958★ 6.7
The Passover Plot
1976★ 3.8
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974★ 5.2
The Caretaker
1964★ 7.2
Trial by Combat
1976★ 7.7
Naso di cane
1986★ 0.0
To Kill a Stranger
1986★ 5.1
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979★ 3.2
Better Late Than Never
1979★ 0.0
Arch of Triumph
1984★ 5.0
The Beachcomber
1954★ 6.0
Deadheat
1986★ 4.8
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959★ 6.0
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025★ 0.0
The Falklands Factor
1983★ 0.0
Malachi's Cove
1973★ 6.1
The Ambassador
1985★ 5.0
The Man in the Sky
1957★ 7.4
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960★ 0.0
Last Platoon
1988★ 3.3
The Rainbow Boys
1973★ 7.0
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967★ 6.0
The Jerusalem File
1972★ 3.5
House of the Damned
1974★ 4.6
The Fox Trot
1971★ 0.0
The Wind Cannot Read
1958★ 6.2
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960★ 6.5
The Wind of Change
1961★ 0.0
Blade on the Feather
1980★ 5.4
Life of General De Gaulle
1990★ 0.0
Metropolitan Animals
1988★ 4.3
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003★ 8.0
The News-Benders
1968★ 9.0
Into the Darkness
1986★ 1.8
Last In, First Out
1978★ 3.4
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984★ 2.7
The Cupboard
1960★ 0.0