Donald Pleasence

Born

10/5/1919

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.

Known For177 Movies

Halloween
1978
★7.7
Escape from New York
1981
★7.0
You Only Live Twice
1967
★6.6
Warrior Queen
1987
★3.7
The Great Escape
1963
★7.9
Halloween II
1981
★6.5
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
★6.2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
★5.2
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
★6.7
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
★5.3
Prince of Darkness
1987
★6.8
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
★7.5
The Night of the Generals
1967
★6.8
Fantastic Voyage
1966
★6.7
THX 1138
1971
★6.4
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
★6.9
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
★6.4
Shadows and Fog
1991
★6.7
1984
1956
★6.5
Phenomena
1985
★6.8
Soldier Blue
1970
★6.8
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
★7.1
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
★6.7
Buried Alive
1989
★4.3
Breakdown: 1975
2025
★6.8
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
★6.4
Will Penny
1967
★6.7
The Black Windmill
1974
★6.3
The Horsemasters
1961
★7.0
Cul-de-sac
1966
★6.7
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
★5.5
Goldenrod
1976
★9.0
Dracula
1979
★6.4
The Last Tycoon
1976
★6.3
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
★7.7
Telefon
1977
★6.6
Wake in Fright
1971
★7.3
Oh, God!
1977
★6.4
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
★6.1
Death Line
1972
★5.8
Django Strikes Again
1987
★5.1
From Beyond the Grave
1974
★6.5
Dien Bien Phu
1992
★6.5
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
★5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982
★5.8
Kidnapped
1971
★6.2
The Hands of Orlac
1960
★4.4
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
★4.3
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
★5.9
Manuela
1957
★6.3
The Monster Club
1981
★5.8
Ten Little Indians
1989
★4.9
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
★4.5
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
★5.3
The Hour of the Pig
1993
★6.2
The Man in the Sky
1957
★7.5
River of Death
1989
★5.0
Innocent Bystanders
1972
★7.8
Pumaman
1980
★2.9
Eye of the Devil
1966
★6.1
Terror in the Aisles
1984
★6.2
Nothing Underneath
1985
★5.7
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
★6.6
Circus of Horrors
1960
★5.8
Look Back in Anger
1959
★6.7
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
★6.6
Phantom of Death
1988
★5.6
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
★5.8
Black Arrow
1985
★6.9
Journey into Fear
1975
★6.0
Women in Arms
1991
★6.8
The Pied Piper
1972
★5.9
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
★2.9
The Caretaker
1964
★7.4
Femme Fatale
1993
★8.0
L'Homme en colère
1979
★5.6
Basements
1987
★6.8
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
★6.6
Hanna's War
1988
★5.2
Hearts of the West
1975
★5.6
Guinevere
1994
★3.3
Jaguar Lives!
1979
★4.2
The Ambassador
1985
★5.1
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
★5.5
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
★7.3
Cobra Mission
1986
★4.9
A Breed Apart
1984
★5.9
The Uncanny
1977
★5.8
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
★6.3
Barnacle Bill
1957
★6.6
Blood Relatives
1978
★5.7
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
★6.6
Hell Is a City
1960
★6.6
Double Target
1987
★4.6
Power Play
1978
★7.2
The Commander
1988
★5.6
The House of Usher
1989
★4.8
The Mutations
1974
★4.9
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
★6.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
★7.3
Scoop
1987
★5.7
Arch of Triumph
1984
★5.2
Specters
1987
★4.3
Paganini Horror
1989
★4.4
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
★5.7
Hindle Wakes
1976
★8.5
Millions
1991
★3.8
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
★6.3
The Devonsville Terror
1983
★4.7
Ground Zero
1987
★6.8
Sons and Lovers
1960
★6.5
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
★5.1
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
★8.0
Malachi's Cove
1973
★6.8
The Passover Plot
1976
★4.7
Trial by Combat
1976
★7.8
Mr. Freedom
1969
★5.2
Computercide
1982
★7.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
★6.3
To Kill a Stranger
1986
★5.3
The Man Inside
1958
★6.1
Dr. Crippen
1963
★6.0
What a Carve Up!
1961
★7.0
Reel Horror
1985
★3.2
The Devil's Men
1976
★4.1
Fatal Frames
1996
★4.1
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
★6.4
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
★6.6
Better Late Than Never
1979
★9.0
Casablanca Express
1989
★3.8
American Rickshaw
1989
★4.7
Wedding in White
1972
★6.8
The Black Tent
1956
★6.4
Into the Darkness
1986
★3.2
Matchless
1967
★4.3
Suspect
1960
★6.9
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
★5.4
Value for Money
1955
★6.9
No Love for Johnnie
1961
★6.7
Blade on the Feather
1980
★5.8
The Shakedown
1960
★6.0
Deadheat
1986
★6.2
Night Creature
1978
★3.8
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
★5.6
The Inspector
1962
★7.1
The Corsican Brothers
1985
★6.5
Skin Deep
1971
★7.0
The Jerusalem File
1972
★4.0
Orders Are Orders
1954
★6.6
The Moment of Truth
1955
★7.0
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
★3.8
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
★3.7
Spare the Rod
1961
★6.2
A Story of David
1960
★5.4
Driving Lessons
2012
★6.0
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
★8.0
The Big Freeze
1993
★6.7
Metropolitan Animals
1988
★5.5
House of the Damned
1974
★5.1
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
★3.9
Last In, First Out
1978
★4.5
The Falklands Factor
1983
★7.0
The Fox Trot
1971
★9.0
The Beachcomber
1954
★6.2
The Big Day
1960
★7.5
Sleep is Lovely
1968
★9.0
Last Platoon
1988
★4.6
The Cupboard
1960
★10.0
Heart of a Child
1958
★6.7
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
★6.0
The Wind of Change
1961
★10.0
The News-Benders
1968
★9.5
Last to Go
1969
★6.0
The Rainbow Boys
1973
★7.0
Creature of Comfort
1968
★10.0
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
★9.0
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
★3.0