Donald Pleasence
Acting
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.
As actor 242
Saturday Night Live
1975
Columbo
1971
Play for Today
1970
Tony Awards
1956
The Fugitive
1963
Hawaii Five-O
1969
The Twilight Zone
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
Wogan
1982
Screen Two
1985
The Wednesday Play
1964
Halloween
1978
The Defenders
1961
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
ITV Play of the Week
1955
The Outer Limits
1963
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Playhouse
1974
Danger Man
1960
The Great Escape
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
You Only Live Twice
1967
Escape from New York
1981
Halloween II
1981
Interpol Calling
1959
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Dick Turpin
1979
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Mrs. Columbo
1979
The World of Hammer
1994
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Espionage
1963
Centennial
1978
Prince of Darkness
1987
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
Soldier Blue
1970
THX 1138
1971
The Night of the Generals
1967
Warrior Queen
1987
Phenomena
1985
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Shadows and Fog
1991
Goldenrod
1976
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Buried Alive
1989
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
The Bastard
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Confession
1970
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Master of the Game
1984
1984
1956
The Horsemasters
1961
Will Penny
1967
The Black Windmill
1974
Telefon
1977
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Dracula
1979
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Shades of Greene
1975
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Dien Bien Phu
1992
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Death Line
1972
A Breed Apart
1984
Innocent Bystanders
1972
Manuela
1957
Django Strikes Again
1987
The Monster Club
1981
The Last Tycoon
1976
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Wake in Fright
1971
The Uncanny
1977
Peep Show
1975
Cul-de-sac
1966
Guinevere
1994
Eye of the Devil
1966
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Scoop
1987
Femme Fatale
1993
Circus of Horrors
1960
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
The Man Outside
1972
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
Warrior of the Lost World
1983
Alone in the Dark
1982
Signs and Wonders
1995
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Fatal Frames
1996
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The Hour of the Pig
1993
The Joke
1976
Look Back in Anger
1959
Kidnapped
1971
Hindle Wakes
1976
Pumaman
1980
Armchair Theatre
1956
Barnacle Bill
1957
Hanna's War
1988
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
The Ambassador
1985
Arch of Triumph
1984
Power Play
1978
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
L'Homme en colère
1979
Basements
1987
Women in Arms
1991
Oh, God!
1977
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
The House of Usher
1989
Computercide
1982
Occupations
1974
Black Arrow
1985
The Commander
1988
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Millions
1991
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
River of Death
1989
Cobra Mission
1986
Naso di cane
1986
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
Nothing Underneath
1985
The Mutations
1974
Hearts of the West
1975
Gila and Rik
1987
Phantom of Death
1988
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Sons and Lovers
1960
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
Ten Little Indians
1989
Hell Is a City
1960
Blood Relatives
1978
The Pied Piper
1972
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
The Devil's Men
1976
The Falklands Factor
1983
The Man Inside
1958
New Line: Independent Legacies
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Double Target
1987
Trial by Combat
1976
Malachi's Cove
1973
American Rickshaw
1989
Ground Zero
1987
Journey into Fear
1975
Terror in the Aisles
1984
Specters
1987
The Black Tent
1956
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
The Big Freeze
1993
Value for Money
1955
What a Carve Up!
1961
To Kill a Stranger
1986
The Caretaker
1964
The Dybbuk
1952
Mr. Freedom
1969
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Matchless
1967
The Corsican Brothers
1985
Night Creature
1978
Deadheat
1986
Dr. Crippen
1963
Paganini Horror
1989
Reel Horror
1985
Sleep is Lovely
1968
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
Casablanca Express
1989
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
The Devonsville Terror
1983
Last Platoon
1988
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
Spare the Rod
1961
The Beachcomber
1954
Into the Darkness
1986
The Inspector
1962
Orders Are Orders
1954
A Story of David
1960
Blade on the Feather
1980
Wedding in White
1972
Driving Lessons
2012
The Man in the Sky
1957
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
The Jerusalem File
1972
Better Late Than Never
1979
No Love for Johnnie
1961
House of the Damned
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
The Shakedown
1960
The Big Day
1960
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
The Passover Plot
1976
Suspect
1960
The Moment of Truth
1955
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Call Me Daddy
1967
The Fox Trot
1971
The Wind of Change
1961
The Traitor
1959
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
The Cafeteria
1974
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
Metropolitan Animals
1988
Toff and Fingers
1960
Heart of a Child
1958
The Cupboard
1960
Safe Haven
1995
Skin Deep
1971
The News-Benders
1968
The Rainbow Boys
1973
Creature of Comfort
1968
Last to Go
1969
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
2026
Last In, First Out
1978
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water
1973