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Home/People/Donald Pleasence
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Born
Oct 5, 1919Died: Feb 2, 1995
Lived 75 years
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

191
Movies
47
TV Shows
Also Known As
Donald Pleasance
Don Pleasence
Donald Plesance
Donald Henry Pleasence
Дональд Генри Плезенс
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IMDb Profile

Donald Pleasence

Acting

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.
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

as Self (archive footage)
2025
Driving Lessons poster

Driving Lessons

as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
2012
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest poster

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
2003
Fatal Frames poster

Fatal Frames

as Professor Robinson
1996
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers poster

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

as Dr. Sam Loomis
1995
Safe Haven poster

Safe Haven

as The Sailor
1995
Guinevere poster

Guinevere

as Merlin
1994
Freeze: But is it Art? poster

Freeze: But is it Art?

as Sinister Dentist
1994
The Big Freeze poster

The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper
1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

as Pincheon
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler poster

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Phido the Vulture (voice)
1993
Femme Fatale poster

Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty
1993
Diên Biên Phu poster

Diên Biên Phu

as Howard Simpson
1992
Shadows and Fog poster

Shadows and Fog

as Doctor
1991
Millions poster

Millions

as Ripa
1991
Women in Arms poster

Women in Arms

as Dreyfuss
1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird poster

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird

as The Art Collector
1991
Life of General De Gaulle poster

Life of General De Gaulle

as Winston Churchill
1990
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery poster

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

as Jason Rafiel
1989
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