Donald Pleasence
Actor · WriterDonald 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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FILMOGRAPHY
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The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
Dr. Loomis
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self (archive footage)
Driving Lessons
2012
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Fatal Frames
1996
Professor Robinson
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Dr. Loomis
- Safe Haven
Safe Haven
1995
The Sailor
Guinevere
1994
Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
Sinister Dentist
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Phido the Vulture (voice)
The Hour of the Pig
1993
Pincheon
The Big Freeze
1993
Soup slurper
Femme Fatale
1993
Victor Harty
Dien Bien Phu
1992
Howard Simpson
Shadows and Fog
1991
Doctor
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
Armon Shalik
Women in Arms
1991
Dreyfuss
Millions
1991
Ripa
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
Winston Churchill
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Dr. Sam Loomis
Buried Alive
1989
Dr. Schaeffer
River of Death
1989
Heinrich Spaatz
The House of Usher
1989
Walter Usher
Casablanca Express
1989
Colonel Bats
Ten Little Indians
1989
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
American Rickshaw
1989
Rev. Mortom
Paganini Horror
1989
Mr. Pickett
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Jason Rafiel
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Dr. Loomis
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
Don Alvise
Phantom of Death
1988
Inspector Datti
The Commander
1988
Henry Carlson
Metropolitan Animals
1988
Prof. Livingstone
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
Dr. Absalon
Last Platoon
1988
Colonel B. Abrahams
Hanna's War
1988
Captain Thomas Rosza
Warrior Queen
1987
Clodius Flaucus
Prince of Darkness
1987
Priest
Django Strikes Again
1987
Ben Gunn
Double Target
1987
Sen. Blaster
Ground Zero
1987
Prosper Gaffney
Scoop
1987
Lord Copper
Specters
1987
Professor Lasky
Basements
1987
Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
Gila and Rik
1987
Joe Gardenia
Cobra Mission
1986
Father Lenoir
To Kill a Stranger
1986
Col. Kostik
Deadheat
1986
Aldo Rossi
Into the Darkness
1986
David Beckett
Phenomena
1985
Professor John McGregor
Nothing Underneath
1985
Commissioner Danesi
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
Klaus von Blantz
The Ambassador
1985
Minister Eretz
Reel Horror
1985
Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
The Corsican Brothers
1985
The Chancellor
Black Arrow
1985
Sir Oliver Oates
Terror in the Aisles
1984
Self - Host
A Breed Apart
1984
J.P. Whittier
Arch of Triumph
1984
Ivon Haake
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
Mackintosh
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
Prossor
The Devonsville Terror
1983
Dr. Warley
The Falklands Factor
1983
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Mr. Myers
Computercide
1982
George Dettler
Alone in the Dark
1982
Leo Bain
Escape from New York
1981
President of the United States
Halloween II
1981
Sam Loomis
The Monster Club
1981
Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
Gilbert Carson
Pumaman
1980
Kobras
Blade on the Feather
1980
John Cavendish
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Kantorek
Dracula
1979
Dr. Jack Seward
Jaguar Lives!
1979
General Villanova
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Dr. Steiner
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
Clarence Blasko
L'Homme en colère
1979
Albert Rumpelmayer
Better Late Than Never
1979
Colonel Riddle
Halloween
1978
Loomis
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
B.D. Brockhurst
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
Dr. Todd
Blood Relatives
1978
James Doniac
Night Creature
1978
Axel MacGregor
Power Play
1978
Blair
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Capt. Vladimir Popov
Last In, First Out
1978
Rothko
Telefon
1977
Nicolai Dalchimsky
Oh, God!
1977
Doctor Harmon
The Uncanny
1977
Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
Himmler
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
Dr. Finch
The Last Tycoon
1976
Boxley
The Devil's Men
1976
Father Roche
Trial by Combat
1976
Sir Giles Marley
Goldenrod
1976
John Tyler Jones
The Passover Plot
1976
Pontius Pilate
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
George Livingston
Hindle Wakes
1976
Nat Jeffcote
The Joke
1976
Bendel
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Danglars
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Lucas Deranian
Hearts of the West
1975
A.J. Nietz
Journey into Fear
1975
Kuvetli
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
Doctor
The Mutations
1974
Professor Nolter
The Black Windmill
1974
Cedric Harper
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Jim Underwood
House of the Damned
1974
Martin Zayas
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Erich Count von Plasma
Occupations
1974
Christo Kabak
The Cafeteria
1974
Aaron
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Fred Smudge
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
Prof. R.C. Tremayne
Lonely Water
1973
The Spirit (voice)
The Rainbow Boys
1973
Ralph Logan
Malachi's Cove
1973
Malachi
Death Line
1972
Inspector Calhoun
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Thomas Cromwell
Innocent Bystanders
1972
Loomis
The Pied Piper
1972
The Baron
The Jerusalem File
1972
Major Samuels
Wedding in White
1972
Jim Dougall, Sr.
THX 1138
1971
SEN
Kidnapped
1971
Ebenezer Balfour
Wake in Fright
1971
Doc Tydon
Skin Deep
1971
Gerry Muddiman
The Fox Trot
1971
Tom
Soldier Blue
1970
Isaac Q. Cumber
Last to Go
1969
Mr. Freedom
1969
Dr. Freedom
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Prospector
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
Creature of Comfort
1968
James Thorne
Sleep is Lovely
1968
Clive
The News-Benders
1968
J.G.
You Only Live Twice
1967
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Will Penny
1967
Preacher Quint
The Night of the Generals
1967
General Kahlenberge
Matchless
1967
Gregori Andreanu
- Call Me Daddy
Call Me Daddy
1967
Ben Hoffman
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Albert Dussel
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Dr. Michaels
Eye of the Devil
1966
Pere Dominic
Cul-de-sac
1966
George
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Dark Hermit - Satan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
'Oracle' Jones
The Caretaker
1964
Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
The Great Escape
1963
Blythe 'The Forger'
Dr. Crippen
1963
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
The Inspector
1962
Wolters
What a Carve Up!
1961
Everett Sloane
The Wind of Change
1961
Pop
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Renfrew
Spare the Rod
1961
Mr. Jenkins
The Horsemasters
1961
Captain Pinski
Circus of Horrors
1960
Vanet
Hell Is a City
1960
Gus Hawkins
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
Irwin Hoffman
The Shakedown
1960
Jessel Brown
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Graham Coates
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
William Hare
Sons and Lovers
1960
Mr. Pappleworth
Suspect
1960
Parsons, alias Bill Brown
The Cupboard
1960
Fred Watson
- Toff and Fingers
Toff and Fingers
1960
Self/Host
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
Caterpillar
The Big Day
1960
Victor Partridge
A Story of David
1960
Nabal
Look Back in Anger
1959
Hurst
- The Traitor
The Traitor
1959
Grantley Caypor
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
Captain
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
Barsad
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
Doctor
- The Greatest Man in the World
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
US President
The Man Inside
1958
Organ Grinder
Heart of a Child
1958
Spiel
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
Gen. Hardt
The Man in the Sky
1957
Crabtree
Barnacle Bill
1957
Cashier
Manuela
1957
Evans
1984
1956
R. Parsons
The Black Tent
1956
Ali
- Round the World in 80 Days
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
Voices
Value for Money
1955
Limpy
The Moment of Truth
1955
The Foreign Minister
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
Syme
Orders Are Orders
1954
Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
The Beachcomber
1954
Tromp
The Dybbuk
1952
Second batlon
- New Line: Independent Legacies
New Line: Independent Legacies
Self (archive footage)
