Donald Pleasence
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-10-05
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Also Known For
Halloween
Oct 24, 1978
Escape from New York
May 23, 1981
THX 1138
Mar 11, 1971
You Only Live Twice
Jun 13, 1967
Fantastic Voyage
Aug 24, 1966
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mar 07, 1973
Will Penny
Dec 19, 1967
Eye of the Devil
Nov 18, 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Apr 09, 1965
1984
Mar 06, 1956
Death Line
Oct 13, 1972
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Oct 31, 1975
All Quiet on the Western Front
Nov 14, 1979
A Tale of Two Cities
Feb 07, 1958
Cul-de-sac
Jun 17, 1966
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Sep 29, 1995
The Great Escape
Jul 03, 1963
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Oct 21, 1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Oct 12, 1989
The Eagle Has Landed
Dec 24, 1976
Halloween II
Oct 30, 1981
Witness for the Prosecution
Dec 04, 1982
Telefon
Dec 16, 1977
Buried Alive
Sep 01, 1989
Warrior Queen
Jan 26, 1987
Oh, God!
Oct 07, 1977
The Hallelujah Trail
Jun 23, 1965
Watch Out, We're Mad
Mar 29, 1974
The Mutations
May 22, 1974
Pumaman
Feb 14, 1980
Last to Go
Jan 01, 1969
Kidnapped
Dec 22, 1971
The Black Windmill
May 17, 1974
Prince of Darkness
Oct 23, 1987
Dracula
Jul 20, 1979
Wake in Fright
Jul 21, 1971
Mr. Freedom
Jan 08, 1969
The Thief and the Cobbler
Sep 23, 1993
Circus of Horrors
Apr 01, 1960
The Dybbuk
Oct 21, 1952
Nosferatu in Venice
Sep 10, 1988
I Don't Want to Be Born
Feb 01, 1976
Hell Is a City
Apr 10, 1960
Fatal Frames
Feb 15, 1996
Phenomena
Jan 25, 1985
Phantom of Death
Mar 11, 1988
Soldier Blue
Aug 12, 1970
Tales That Witness Madness
Oct 31, 1973
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jul 21, 1978
The Night of the Generals
Jan 29, 1967
Escape to Witch Mountain
Mar 21, 1975
The Battle of the Sexes
Feb 25, 1960
The Last Tycoon
Nov 18, 1976
The Devil's Men
Aug 11, 1976
Nothing Underneath
Nov 07, 1985
River of Death
Sep 29, 1989
The Monster Club
Apr 11, 1981
Terror in the Aisles
Oct 26, 1984
From Beyond the Grave
Feb 21, 1974
The Man in the Sky
Jan 24, 1957
The House of Usher
Apr 13, 1989
The Wind Cannot Read
Jun 10, 1958
Tomorrow Never Comes
Mar 02, 1978
Blood Relatives
Feb 01, 1978
Cobra Mission
Jul 31, 1986
The Shakedown
Jan 01, 1960
Look Back in Anger
Sep 15, 1959
Shadows and Fog
Dec 05, 1991
What a Carve Up!
Sep 15, 1961
The Hands of Orlac
Dec 01, 1960
Warrior of the Lost World
Jan 01, 1983
The Hour of the Pig
Sep 25, 1993
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Jul 13, 1972
The Flesh and the Fiends
Feb 02, 1960
The Traitor
Aug 07, 1959
Sons and Lovers
Jun 23, 1960
Hearts of the West
Oct 08, 1975
Treasure of the Amazon
May 30, 1985
Diên Biên Phu
Mar 04, 1992
Casablanca Express
Dec 22, 1989
The Uncanny
Aug 24, 1977
The Wind of Change
Mar 01, 1961
Jaguar Lives!
Aug 09, 1979
Django Strikes Again
Oct 22, 1987
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Nov 28, 1981
Trial by Combat
Apr 01, 1976
Innocent Bystanders
Sep 01, 1972
A Breed Apart
Jun 01, 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Dec 16, 1954
Orders Are Orders
Oct 01, 1954
The Devonsville Terror
Oct 24, 1983
Night Creature
Jun 01, 1978
The Caretaker
Jan 21, 1964
Double Target
Jun 11, 1987
Ten Little Indians
Sep 27, 1989
Dr. Crippen
Aug 07, 1963
Ground Zero
Oct 01, 1987
Lonely Water
Jul 04, 1973
Arch of Triumph
Dec 19, 1984
Goldenrod
Sep 22, 1976
The Passover Plot
Oct 29, 1976
Power Play
Nov 01, 1978
Scoop
Apr 26, 1987
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Apr 13, 1979
The Commander
Apr 28, 1988
Guinevere
May 07, 1994
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Aug 05, 2003
Gold of the Amazon Women
Mar 06, 1979
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Oct 12, 1969
Matchless
Aug 13, 1967
Journey into Fear
Aug 08, 1975
Where Is Parsifal?
Jan 01, 1984
The Ambassador
Jan 11, 1985
The Inspector
May 24, 1962
Life of General De Gaulle
Nov 08, 1990
No Love for Johnnie
Feb 14, 1961
The Pied Piper
Dec 27, 1972
Reel Horror
Oct 01, 1985
L'Homme en colère
Mar 14, 1979
Specters
Apr 24, 1987
American Rickshaw
Jan 24, 1989
To Kill a Stranger
Feb 06, 1986
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Sep 28, 1976
Deadheat
Jan 01, 1986
Spare the Rod
May 23, 1961
The Rainbow Boys
Mar 27, 1973
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Jan 23, 1978
Suspect
Nov 15, 1960
House of the Damned
Sep 08, 1974
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Jan 02, 1991
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Dec 12, 1974
The Jerusalem File
Feb 02, 1972
The Big Freeze
Nov 17, 1993
The Corsican Brothers
Feb 05, 1985
Last In, First Out
Aug 30, 1978
Creature of Comfort
Jan 01, 1968
Metropolitan Animals
May 09, 1988
The Greatest Man in the World
Nov 09, 1958
Computercide
Aug 01, 1982
Basements
May 12, 1987
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Nov 05, 1988
Wedding in White
Oct 20, 1972
The Bastard
May 22, 1978
Barnacle Bill
Dec 17, 1957
Last Platoon
Aug 21, 1988
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Jan 01, 1984
Freeze: But is it Art?
Feb 22, 1994
Occupations
Sep 01, 1974
Women in Arms
Jan 09, 1991
Paganini Horror
Jun 06, 1989
The Cupboard
Dec 11, 1960
Femme Fatale
Feb 07, 1993
Toff and Fingers
Jul 03, 1960
Call Me Daddy
Apr 08, 1967
Manuela
Jul 18, 1957
Round the World in 80 Days
Jan 01, 1955
Hanna's War
Apr 14, 1988
Alice Through the Looking Box
Dec 25, 1960
The Big Day
Jul 01, 1960
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Oct 01, 1959
Millions
Feb 01, 1991
Blade on the Feather
Oct 19, 1980
A Story of David
Dec 01, 1960
Black Arrow
Oct 09, 1985
The Horsemasters
Oct 01, 1961
The Black Tent
Apr 09, 1956
Hindle Wakes
Dec 19, 1976
The Diary of Anne Frank
Nov 26, 1967
Into the Darkness
Jan 01, 1986
The Beachcomber
Aug 10, 1954
Skin Deep
Nov 25, 1971
The Fox Trot
Apr 29, 1971
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Dec 25, 1989
The Man Inside
Sep 07, 1958
Safe Haven
Jan 01, 1995
Arthur? Arthur!
Oct 01, 1969
Better Late Than Never
Oct 17, 1979
Gila and Rik
Jan 01, 1987
Sleep is Lovely
Sep 01, 1968
Heart of a Child
Apr 30, 1958
Malachi's Cove
Oct 01, 1973
Naso di cane
Dec 11, 1986
Alone in the Dark
Nov 12, 1982
The News-Benders
Jan 10, 1968
The Falklands Factor
Apr 26, 1983
Value for Money
Aug 09, 1955
The Two-Headed Spy
Nov 17, 1958
The Cafeteria
Aug 13, 1974
The Joke
May 26, 1976
Driving Lessons
Sep 30, 2012
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Nov 21, 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Jan 27, 2025
Columbo
Sep 15, 1971
Mrs. Columbo
Feb 26, 1979
Danger Man
Sep 11, 1960
Hawaii Five-O
Sep 20, 1968
Centennial
Oct 01, 1978
The Ray Bradbury Theater
May 21, 1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
Espionage
Oct 02, 1963
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
Interpol Calling
Sep 13, 1959
One Step Beyond
Jan 20, 1959
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sep 26, 1955
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Sep 20, 1971
The Barchester Chronicles
Nov 10, 1982
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Sep 01, 1973
Jesus of Nazareth
Mar 27, 1977
The Adventures of William Tell
Sep 15, 1958
Peep Show
Nov 20, 1975
The Outer Limits
Sep 16, 1963
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Laurence Olivier Presents
Dec 05, 1976
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
The French Atlantic Affair
Nov 15, 1979
Signs and Wonders
Jan 16, 1995
Wogan
May 04, 1982
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Jan 23, 1978
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Master of the Game
Feb 19, 1984
Armchair Theatre
Jul 08, 1956
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Nov 06, 1988
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
The Wonderful World of Disney
Oct 27, 1954
NBC Experiment in Television
Feb 19, 1967
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Jun 05, 1960
Sunday Night Theatre
Jan 01, 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Jan 01, 1950
Dick Turpin
Jan 06, 1979
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
