Acting credits
221
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Donald Pleasence
Acting
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1.3
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Movies: 184Series: 37
TMDB ID: 9221
IMDb ID: nm0000587
Known for: Acting
Born: October 5, 1919
Died: February 2, 1995
Age: 75
Place of birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2025
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.12
Wikidata: Q314914
Also known as
Donald Pleasance • Don Pleasence • Donald Plesance • Donald Henry Pleasence • Дональд Генри Плезенс • Дональд Плезенс • دانلد پلزنس
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Donald Pleasence.
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.0
Driving Lessons
as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
2012 Movie
8.0
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
2003 Movie
3.7
Fatal Frames
as Professor Robinson
1996 Movie
5.1
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
1995 Movie
1.5
Guinevere
as Merlin
1994 Movie
Freeze: But is it Art?
as Sinister Dentist
1994 Movie
6.2
The Big Freeze
as Soup slurper
1993 Movie
6.1
The Hour of the Pig
as Pincheon
1993 Movie
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Phido the Vulture (voice)
1993 Movie
Femme Fatale
as Victor Harty
1993 Movie
6.4
Diên Biên Phu
as Howard Simpson
1992 Movie
6.7
Shadows and Fog
as Doctor
1991 Movie
3.4
Millions
as Ripa
1991 Movie
3.5
Women in Arms
as Dreyfuss
1991 Movie
3.9
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
as The Art Collector
1991 Movie
Life of General De Gaulle
as Winston Churchill
1990 Movie
6.3
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Jason Rafiel
1989 Movie
3.0
Casablanca Express
as Colonel Bats
1989 Movie
5.3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
as Dr. Sam Loomis
1989 Movie
4.9
River of Death
as Heinrich Spaatz
1989 Movie
4.8
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
1989 Movie
4.1
Buried Alive
as Dr. Schaeffer
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Donald Pleasence.
Signs and Wonders
as Cornelius Van Damm • 4 eps
1995 Series
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
as Dr. Absalon • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as George Hill • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as Victor Harty • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.9
Master of the Game
as Salomon Van der Merwe • 9 eps
1984 Series
7.0
The Barchester Chronicles
as Septimus Harding • 7 eps
1982 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.0
The French Atlantic Affair
as Max Dechambre • 3 eps
1979 Series
6.1
Mrs. Columbo
1 eps
1979 Series
7.5
Dick Turpin
as Ignatius Slake • 5 eps
1979 Series
7.7
Centennial
as Sam Purchas • 12 eps
1978 Series
7.6
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
as Melchior • 4 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Nat Jeffcote • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as George Livingston • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.7
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Cawser • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Carnacki • 1 eps
1971 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Adrian Carsini • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Samuel Johnson • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Hans Vogler • 1 eps
1968 Series
NBC Experiment in Television
as (voice) • 1 eps
1967 Series
Espionage
1 eps
1963 Series