Donald Pleasence
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.
Filmography
Espionage
1963 · 10.0
The Wind of Change
1961 · 10.0
Creature of Comfort
1968 · 10.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · 9.0
Goldenrod
1976 · 9.0
Life of General De Gaulle
1990 · 9.0
Sleep is Lovely
1968 · 9.0
Better Late Than Never
1979 · 9.0
The Fox Trot
1971 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Twilight Zone
1959 · 8.5
Shades of Greene
1975 · 8.5
Columbo
1971 · 8.1
Femme Fatale
1993 · 8.0
The vulture can wait
1991 · 8.0
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976 · 8.0
The Great Escape
1963 · 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · 7.9
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963 · 7.8
Innocent Bystanders
1972 · 7.8
Trial by Combat
1976 · 7.8
Centennial
1978 · 7.7
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978 · 7.7
Halloween
1978 · 7.6
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · 7.5
The Man in the Sky
1957 · 7.5
The Big Day
1960 · 7.5
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974 · 7.5
Dick Turpin
1979 · 7.4
The Caretaker
1964 · 7.4
The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3
Danger Man
1960 · 7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · 7.3
Peep Show
1975 · 7.3
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 · 7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954 · 7.3
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2
Interpol Calling
1959 · 7.2
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · 7.2
Wake in Fright
1971 · 7.2
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · 7.2
Power Play
1978 · 7.2
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
The Inspector
1962 · 7.1
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
Escape from New York
1981 · 7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · 7.0
The Horsemasters
1961 · 7.0
Computercide
1982 · 7.0
Signs and Wonders
1995 · 7.0
The Bastard
1978 · 7.0
Naso di cane
1986 · 7.0
What a Carve Up!
1961 · 7.0
The Falklands Factor
1983 · 7.0
The Rainbow Boys
1973 · 7.0
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · 6.9
Black Arrow
1985 · 6.9
Value for Money
1955 · 6.9
Suspect
1960 · 6.9
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · 6.9
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · 6.8
Prince of Darkness
1987 · 6.8
Phenomena
1985 · 6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967 · 6.8
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975 · 6.8
Soldier Blue
1970 · 6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · 6.8
Wedding in White
1972 · 6.8
Ground Zero
1987 · 6.8
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · 6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · 6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966 · 6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966 · 6.7
Shadows and Fog
1991 · 6.7
Will Penny
1967 · 6.7
Look Back in Anger
1959 · 6.7
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 · 6.7
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · 6.7
The Big Freeze
1993 · 6.7
Heart of a Child
1958 · 6.7
From Beyond the Grave
1974 · 6.7
Play for Today
1970 · 6.6
Halloween II
1981 · 6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · 6.6
Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · 6.6
The Battle of the Sexes
1960 · 6.6
Hell Is a City
1960 · 6.6
Basements
1987 · 6.6
Barnacle Bill
1957 · 6.6
Orders Are Orders
1954 · 6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967 · 6.6
Telefon
1977 · 6.6
Mrs. Columbo
1979 · 6.5
Sons and Lovers
1960 · 6.5
Dien Bien Phu
1992 · 6.5
The Corsican Brothers
1985 · 6.5
1984
1956 · 6.5
THX 1138
1971 · 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · 6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · 6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · 6.4
Oh, God!
1977 · 6.4
The Wind Cannot Read
1958 · 6.4
Malachi's Cove
1973 · 6.4
The Black Tent
1956 · 6.4
Dracula
1979 · 6.4
The Defenders
1961 · 6.3
Manuela
1957 · 6.3
The Last Tycoon
1976 · 6.3
The Black Windmill
1974 · 6.3
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 · 6.3
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 · 6.3
Master of the Game
1984 · 6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · 6.2
Deadheat
1986 · 6.2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973 · 6.2
Spare the Rod
1961 · 6.2
The Beachcomber
1954 · 6.2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988 · 6.2
Eye of the Devil
1966 · 6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · 6.1
Kidnapped
1971 · 6.1
The Man Inside
1958 · 6.1
Dr. Crippen
1963 · 6.1
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978 · 6.0
Journey into Fear
1975 · 6.0
The Shakedown
1960 · 6.0
Last to Go
1969 · 6.0
Nosferatu in Venice
1988 · 5.9
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981 · 5.9
A Breed Apart
1984 · 5.9
The Pied Piper
1972 · 5.9
The Uncanny
1977 · 5.9
Death Line
1972 · 5.8
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988 · 5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982 · 5.8
The Man Outside
1972 · 5.8
The Monster Club
1981 · 5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · 5.8
Blade on the Feather
1980 · 5.8
Circus of Horrors
1960 · 5.8
Nothing Underneath
1985 · 5.7
One Step Beyond
1959 · 5.7
Scoop
1987 · 5.7
Phantom of Death
1988 · 5.7
Blood Relatives
1978 · 5.7
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978 · 5.7
Hearts of the West
1975 · 5.6
The Commander
1988 · 5.6
Jig-Saw
1979 · 5.6
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988 · 5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
1973 · 5.5
Metropolitan Animals
1988 · 5.5
A Story of David
1960 · 5.4
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · 5.4
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · 5.3
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · 5.3
Safe Haven
1995 · 5.3
The Wednesday Play
1964 · 5.2
To Kill a Stranger
1986 · 5.2
Hanna's War
1988 · 5.2
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976 · 5.2
Arch of Triumph
1984 · 5.2
Mr. Freedom
1969 · 5.2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995 · 5.2
Django Strikes Again
1987 · 5.1
River of Death
1989 · 5.1
The Ambassador
1985 · 5.1
House of the Damned
1974 · 5.1
The Mutations
1974 · 4.9
Cobra Mission
1986 · 4.9
The House of Usher
1989 · 4.8
Ten Little Indians
1989 · 4.8
The Devonsville Terror
1983 · 4.7
The Passover Plot
1976 · 4.7
Double Target
1987 · 4.6
Last Platoon
1988 · 4.6
Treasure of the Amazon
1985 · 4.5
American Rickshaw
1989 · 4.5
Last In, First Out
1978 · 4.5
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · 4.4
The Hands of Orlac
1960 · 4.4
Paganini Horror
1989 · 4.4
Buried Alive
1989 · 4.3
Specters
1987 · 4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · 4.2
Jaguar Lives!
1979 · 4.2
Matchless
1967 · 4.2
Fatal Frames
1996 · 4.1
The Devil's Men
1976 · 4.1
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · 4.0
The Jerusalem File
1972 · 4.0
Where Is Parsifal?
1984 · 3.9
Millions
1991 · 3.8
Casablanca Express
1989 · 3.8
Night Creature
1978 · 3.8
Arthur? Arthur!
1969 · 3.8
Warrior Queen
1987 · 3.7
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979 · 3.7
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · 3.5
Guinevere
1994 · 3.3
Into the Darkness
1986 · 3.2
Reel Horror
1985 · 3.2
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984 · 3.0
Pumaman
1980 · 2.9
Warrior of the Lost World
1983 · 2.9
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · 0.0
The Joke
1976 · 0.0
Confession
1970 · 0.0
NBC Experiment in Television
1967 · 0.0
Donne armate
1991 · 0.0
Occupations
1974 · 0.0
The Dybbuk
1952 · 0.0
Gila and Rik
1987 · 0.0
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994 · 0.0
Call Me Daddy
1967 · 0.0
The Cafeteria
1974 · 0.0
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026 · 0.0
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960 · 0.0
Round the World in 80 Days
1955 · 0.0