
Donald Pleasence
Department: 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.
Known For

Halloween
1978

Escape from New York
1981

THX 1138
1971

You Only Live Twice
1967

Fantastic Voyage
1966

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973

Will Penny
1967

Eye of the Devil
1966

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

1984
1956

Death Line
1972

The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975

All Quiet on the Western Front
1979

A Tale of Two Cities
1958

Cul-de-sac
1966

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995

The Great Escape
1963

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989

The Eagle Has Landed
1976

Halloween II
1981

Witness for the Prosecution
1982

Telefon
1977

Buried Alive
1989

Warrior Queen
1987

Oh, God!
1977

The Hallelujah Trail
1965

Watch Out, We're Mad
1974

The Mutations
1974

Pumaman
1980

Last to Go
1969

Kidnapped
1971

The Black Windmill
1974

Prince of Darkness
1987

Dracula
1979

Wake in Fright
1971

Mr. Freedom
1969

The Thief and the Cobbler
1993

Circus of Horrors
1960

The Dybbuk
1952

Nosferatu in Venice
1988

I Don't Want to Be Born
1976

Hell Is a City
1960

Fatal Frames
1996

Phenomena
1985

Phantom of Death
1988

Soldier Blue
1970

Tales That Witness Madness
1973

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978

The Night of the Generals
1967

Escape to Witch Mountain
1975

The Battle of the Sexes
1960

The Last Tycoon
1976

The Devil's Men
1976

Nothing Underneath
1985

River of Death
1989

The Monster Club
1981

Terror in the Aisles
1984

From Beyond the Grave
1974

The Man in the Sky
1957

The House of Usher
1989

The Wind Cannot Read
1958

Tomorrow Never Comes
1978

Blood Relatives
1978

Cobra Mission
1986

The Shakedown
1960

Look Back in Anger
1959

Shadows and Fog
1991

What a Carve Up!
1961

The Hands of Orlac
1960

Warrior of the Lost World
1983

The Hour of the Pig
1993

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972

The Flesh and the Fiends
1960

The Traitor
1959

Sons and Lovers
1960

Hearts of the West
1975

Treasure of the Amazon
1985

Diên Biên Phu
1992

Casablanca Express
1989

The Uncanny
1977

The Wind of Change
1961

Jaguar Lives!
1979

Django Strikes Again
1987

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981

Trial by Combat
1976

Innocent Bystanders
1972

A Breed Apart
1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954

Orders Are Orders
1954

The Devonsville Terror
1983

Night Creature
1978

The Caretaker
1964

Double Target
1987

Ten Little Indians
1989

Dr. Crippen
1963

Ground Zero
1987

Lonely Water
1973

Arch of Triumph
1984

Goldenrod
1976

The Passover Plot
1976

Power Play
1978

Scoop
1987

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979

The Commander
1988

Guinevere
1994

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003

Gold of the Amazon Women
1979

The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969

Matchless
1967

Journey into Fear
1975

Where Is Parsifal?
1984

The Ambassador
1985

The Inspector
1962

Life of General De Gaulle
1990

No Love for Johnnie
1961

The Pied Piper
1972

Reel Horror
1985

L'Homme en colère
1979

Specters
1987

American Rickshaw
1989

To Kill a Stranger
1986

Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976

Deadheat
1986

Spare the Rod
1961

The Rainbow Boys
1973

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978

Suspect
1960

House of the Damned
1974

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974

The Jerusalem File
1972

The Big Freeze
1993

The Corsican Brothers
1985

Last In, First Out
1978

Creature of Comfort
1968

Metropolitan Animals
1988

The Greatest Man in the World
1958

Computercide
1982

Basements
1987

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

Wedding in White
1972

Barnacle Bill
1957

Last Platoon
1988

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984

Freeze: But is it Art?
1994

Occupations
1974

Women in Arms
1991

Paganini Horror
1989

The Cupboard
1960

Femme Fatale
1993

Toff and Fingers
1960

Call Me Daddy
1967

Manuela
1957

Round the World in 80 Days
1955

Hanna's War
1988

Alice Through the Looking Box
1960

The Big Day
1960

Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959

Millions
1991

Blade on the Feather
1980

A Story of David
1960

Black Arrow
1985

The Horsemasters
1961

The Black Tent
1956

Hindle Wakes
1976

The Diary of Anne Frank
1967

Into the Darkness
1986

The Beachcomber
1954

Skin Deep
1971

The Fox Trot
1971

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989

The Man Inside
1958

Safe Haven
1995

Arthur? Arthur!
1969

Better Late Than Never
1979

Gila and Rik
1987

Sleep is Lovely
1968

Heart of a Child
1958

Malachi's Cove
1973

Alone in the Dark
1982

The News-Benders
1968

The Falklands Factor
1983

Value for Money
1955

The Two-Headed Spy
1958

The Cafeteria
1974

The Joke
1976

Driving Lessons
2012

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

The Moment of Truth
1955

The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026

Columbo
1971

Mrs. Columbo
1979

Danger Man
1960

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Centennial
1978

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Twilight Zone
1959

Espionage
1963

The Fugitive
1963

Interpol Calling
1959

One Step Beyond
1959

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

The Barchester Chronicles
1982

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973

Jesus of Nazareth
1977

The Adventures of William Tell
1958

Peep Show
1975

The Outer Limits
1963

The Defenders
1961

Saturday Night Live
1975

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976

The French Atlantic Affair
1979

Signs and Wonders
1995

Wogan
1982

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978

Playhouse
1974

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Master of the Game
1984

Armchair Theatre
1956

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988

Play for Today
1970

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

NBC Experiment in Television
1967

Play for Today
1970

Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Dick Turpin
1979

Screen Two
1985

Playhouse
1974

Playhouse
1974

The World of Hammer
1994

Naso di cane
1986

The Bastard
1978

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956

Tony Awards
1956