Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Acting

Born October 5, 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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 villaino…

Known for

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Columbo

Columbo

1971

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Wogan

Wogan

1982

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Acting(241)

2026The Dr. Loomis TapesDr. Loomis

2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)

2012Driving LessonsDr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2003Halloween: A Cut Above the RestSelf / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

1996Fatal FramesProfessor Robinson

1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael MyersDr. Loomis

1995Signs and WondersCornelius Van Damm

1995Safe HavenThe Sailor

1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)

1994GuinevereMerlin

1994Freeze: But is it Art?Sinister Dentist

1993The Big FreezeSoup slurper

1993The Hour of the PigPincheon

1993The Thief and the CobblerPhido the Vulture (voice)

1993Femme FataleVictor Harty

1992Dien Bien PhuHoward Simpson

1991Shadows and FogDoctor

1991MillionsRipa

1991Women in ArmsDreyfuss

1991The Vulture Is a Patient BirdArmon Shalik

1990Life of General De GaulleWinston Churchill

1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean MysteryJason Rafiel

1989Casablanca ExpressColonel Bats

1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersDr. Sam Loomis

1989River of DeathHeinrich Spaatz

1989Ten Little IndiansMr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1989Buried AliveDr. Schaeffer

1989Paganini HorrorMr. Pickett

1989The House of UsherWalter Usher

1989American RickshawRev. Mortom

1988The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. Absalon

1988The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryDr. Absalon

1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael MyersDr. Loomis

1988Nosferatu in VeniceDon Alvise

1988Last PlatoonColonel B. Abrahams

1988Metropolitan AnimalsProf. Livingstone

1988The CommanderHenry Carlson

1988Hanna's WarCaptain Thomas Rosza

1988Phantom of DeathInspector Datti

1987Prince of DarknessPriest

1987Django Strikes AgainBen Gunn

1987Ground ZeroProsper Gaffney

1987Double TargetSen. Blaster

1987BasementsMr. Kidd (segment "The Room")

1987ScoopLord Copper

1987SpectersProfessor Lasky

1987Warrior QueenClodius Flaucus

1987Gila and RikJoe Gardenia

1986Naso di caneOlindo Cuomo

1986Cobra MissionFather Lenoir

1986To Kill a StrangerCol. Kostik

1986DeadheatAldo Rossi

1986Into the DarknessDavid Beckett

1985Nothing UnderneathCommissioner Danesi

1985Black ArrowSir Oliver Oates

1985Reel HorrorAxel MacGregor (archive footage)

1985Treasure of the AmazonKlaus von Blantz

1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterGeorge Hill

1985The Corsican BrothersThe Chancellor

1985PhenomenaProfessor John McGregor

1985The AmbassadorMinister Eretz

1985Screen TwoVictor Harty

1984Arch of TriumphIvon Haake

1984Terror in the AislesSelf - Host

1984A Breed ApartJ.P. Whittier

1984Master of the GameSalomon Van der Merwe

1984Where Is Parsifal?Mackintosh

1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt TillieVictor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein

1983The Devonsville TerrorDr. Warley

1983The Falklands FactorDr. Samuel Johnson

1983Warrior of the Lost WorldProssor

1982Witness for the ProsecutionMr. Myers

1982Alone in the DarkLeo Bain

1982The Barchester ChroniclesSeptimus Harding

1982ComputercideGeorge Dettler

1981Race for the Yankee ZephyrGilbert Carson

1981Halloween IISam Loomis

1981Escape from New YorkPresident of the United States

1981The Monster ClubPickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1980Blade on the FeatherJohn Cavendish

1980PumamanKobras

1979The French Atlantic AffairMax Dechambre

1979All Quiet on the Western FrontKantorek

1979Better Late Than NeverColonel Riddle

1979Jaguar Lives!General Villanova

1979DraculaDr. Jack Seward

1979Good Luck, Miss WyckoffDr. Steiner

1979L'Homme en colèreAlbert Rumpelmayer

1979Gold of the Amazon WomenClarence Blasko

1979Mrs. Columbo

1979Dick TurpinIgnatius Slake

1978Power PlayBlair

1978HalloweenLoomis

1978CentennialSam Purchas

1978Last In, First OutRothko

1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandB.D. Brockhurst

1978Night CreatureAxel MacGregor

1978The BastardSolomon Sholto

1978Tomorrow Never ComesDr. Todd

1978Blood RelativesJames Doniac

1978The Defection of Simas KudirkaCapt. Vladimir Popov

1978The Dark Secret of Harvest HomeNarrator (voice)

1977TelefonNicolai Dalchimsky

1977Oh, God!Doctor Harmon

1977The UncannyValentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")

1977Jesus of NazarethMelchior

1976The Eagle Has LandedHimmler

1976Hindle WakesNat Jeffcote

1976Laurence Olivier PresentsNat Jeffcote

1976The Last TycoonBoxley

1976The Passover PlotPontius Pilate

1976Meriel the Ghost GirlGeorge Livingston

1976GoldenrodJohn Tyler Jones

1976The Devil's MenFather Roche

1976The JokeBendel

1976Trial by CombatSir Giles Marley

1976I Don't Want to Be BornDr. Finch

1975The Count of Monte-CristoDanglars

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975Hearts of the WestA.J. Nietz

1975Shades of GreenePuckler

1975Journey into FearKuvetli

1975Escape to Witch MountainLucas Deranian

1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnErich Count von Plasma

1974House of the DamnedMartin Zayas

1974OccupationsChristo Kabak

1974The CafeteriaAaron

1974The MutationsProfessor Nolter

1974The Black WindmillCedric Harper

1974Watch Out, We're MadDoctor

1974PlayhouseGeorge Livingston

1974From Beyond the GraveJim Underwood

1973Tales That Witness MadnessProf. R.C. Tremayne

1973Malachi's CoveMalachi

1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCawser

1973Lonely WaterThe Spirit (voice)

1973The Rainbow BoysRalph Logan

1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFred Smudge

1972The Pied PiperThe Baron

1972Wedding in WhiteJim Dougall, Sr.

1972Death LineInspector Calhoun

1972Innocent BystandersLoomis

1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesThomas Cromwell

1972The Man OutsideVictor Cobb

1972The Jerusalem FileMajor Samuels

1971KidnappedEbenezer Balfour

1971Skin DeepGerry Muddiman

1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesCarnacki

1971ColumboAdrian Carsini

1971Wake in FrightDoc Tydon

1971The Fox TrotTom

1971THX 1138SEN

1970Play for TodaySamuel Johnson

1970Soldier BlueIsaac Q. Cumber

1970ConfessionSergeant Hurby

1969The Madwoman of ChaillotThe Prospector

1969Arthur? Arthur!Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon

1969Mr. FreedomDr. Freedom

1968Hawaii Five-OHans Vogler

1968Sleep is LovelyClive

1968The News-BendersJ.G.

1968Creature of ComfortJames Thorne

1967Will PennyPreacher Quint

1967The Diary of Anne FrankAlbert Dussel

1967MatchlessGregori Andreanu

1967You Only Live TwiceErnst Stavro Blofeld

1967Call Me DaddyBen Hoffman

1967NBC Experiment in Television(voice)

1967The Night of the GeneralsGeneral Kahlenberge

1966Eye of the DevilPere Dominic

1966Fantastic VoyageDr. Michaels

1966Cul-de-sacGeorge

1965Thirty-Minute TheatreRichard Pratt

1965The Hallelujah Trail'Oracle' Jones

1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldThe Dark Hermit - Satan

1964The Wednesday PlayThe Head Waiter

1964The CaretakerMac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

1963EspionageEscalon

1963The FugitiveMax Pfeiffer

1963The Outer LimitsHarold J. Finley

1963Dr. CrippenDr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

1963The Great EscapeBlythe 'The Forger'

1962The InspectorWolters

1961The HorsemastersCaptain Pinski

1961The DefendersDr. Byron Saul

1961What a Carve Up!Everett Sloane

1961Spare the RodMr. Jenkins

1961The Wind of ChangePop

1961No Love for JohnnieRenfrew

1960Alice Through the Looking BoxCaterpillar

1960The CupboardFred Watson

1960The Hands of OrlacGraham Coates

1960A Story of DavidNabal

1960SuspectParsons, alias Bill Brown

1960Sunday-Night PlayAdmiral Vespery

1960Danger ManNikolides

1960Toff and FingersSelf/Host

1960The Big DayVictor Partridge

1960Sons and LoversMr. Pappleworth

1960Armchair Mystery TheatreHost

1960Hell Is a CityGus Hawkins

1960Circus of HorrorsVanet

1960The Battle of the SexesIrwin Hoffman

1960The Flesh and the FiendsWilliam Hare

1960The ShakedownJessel Brown

1959The Twilight ZoneEllis Fowler

1959Killers of KilimanjaroCaptain

1959Look Back in AngerHurst

1959Interpol CallingKarl Haussman

1959The TraitorGrantley Caypor

1959One Step BeyondHarvey Laurence

1958The Two-Headed SpyGen. Hardt

1958The Greatest Man in the WorldUS President

1958The Adventures of William Tell

1958The Man InsideOrgan Grinder

1958The Wind Cannot ReadDoctor

1958Heart of a ChildSpiel

1958A Tale of Two CitiesBarsad

1957Barnacle BillCashier

1957ManuelaEvans

1957The Man in the SkyCrabtree

1956Armchair TheatrePresident of the USA

1956The Black TentAli

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee

19561984R. Parsons

1955ITV Play of the WeekSupt. Smith

1955The Adventures of Robin HoodPrince John

1955Value for MoneyLimpy

1955The Moment of TruthThe Foreign Minister

1955Round the World in 80 DaysVoices

1954Nineteen Eighty-FourSyme

1954The Wonderful World of DisneyCaptain Pinski

1954Orders Are OrdersCpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)

1954The BeachcomberTromp

1952The DybbukSecond batlon

1951Hallmark Hall of FameKantorek

1950Sunday Night TheatreSyme

New Line: Independent LegaciesSelf (archive footage)

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