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Donald Pleasence

Actor

Donald Pleasence

5 October 1919† 2 February 1995 (aged 75) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Written
1
Movies
190
Shows
48

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.

IMDb

Known For

Halloween

7.61978

Escape from New York

7.01981

The Great Escape

7.91963

You Only Live Twice

6.61967

Halloween II

6.61981

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

6.21988

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

5.31989

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

5.21995

Prince of Darkness

6.81987

THX 1138

6.41971

The Twilight Zone

8.51959

Phenomena

6.81985

Watch Out, We're Mad

7.51974

Columbo

8.11971

Jesus of Nazareth

7.81977

Fantastic Voyage

6.71966

Shadows and Fog

6.71991

The Eagle Has Landed

6.61976

Wake in Fright

7.21971

Cul-de-sac

6.71966

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

2026

Breakdown: 1975

6.92025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

7.72025

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

6.62003

The Making of Fatal Frames

5.01997

Fatal Frames

4.11996

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

5.21995

Safe Haven

5.31995

Guinevere

3.31994

Freeze: But is it Art?

1994

The Big Freeze

6.71993

The Hour of the Pig

6.21993

The Thief and the Cobbler

7.21993

Femme Fatale

8.01993

Dien Bien Phu

6.51992

Shadows and Fog

6.71991

Millions

3.81991

Life of General De Gaulle

9.01990

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

6.71989

Casablanca Express

3.81989

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

5.31989

River of Death

5.11989

Ten Little Indians

4.91989

Buried Alive

4.31989

Paganini Horror

4.41989

The House of Usher

4.81989

American Rickshaw

4.61989

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

5.51988

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

6.21988

Nosferatu in Venice

5.91988

Last Platoon

4.61988

Metropolitan Animals

5.51988

The Commander

5.61988

Hanna's War

5.21988

Phantom of Death

5.61988

Prince of Darkness

6.81987

Django Strikes Again

5.11987

Ground Zero

6.81987

Double Target

4.61987

Basements

6.61987

Scoop

5.71987

Specters

4.31987

Warrior Queen

3.71987

Gila and Rik

1987

Cobra Mission

4.91986

To Kill a Stranger

5.21986

Deadheat

6.21986

Into the Darkness

3.21986

Nothing Underneath

5.71985

Black Arrow

6.91985

Reel Horror

3.21985

Treasure of the Amazon

4.51985

The Corsican Brothers

6.51985

Phenomena

6.81985

The Ambassador

5.11985

Arch of Triumph

5.21984

Terror in the Aisles

6.11984

A Breed Apart

5.91984

Where Is Parsifal?

3.91984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

3.01984