Donald Pleasence
Balding, quietly-spoken, of slight build and possessed of piercing blue eyes -- often peering out from behind round, steel-rimmed glasses -- Donald Pleasence had the necessary physical attributes which make a great screen villain. In the course of his lengthy career, he relished playing the obsessed, the paranoid and the purely evil. Even the Van ...
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- Born:
- Oct 5, 1919 In Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 287
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
- Latest Project:
- Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010-05-04
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Series | IMDb Originals | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Söldner-Stories | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Halloween Existence | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Phelous & the Movies | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Escape from New Jersey | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Unknown | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Unknown | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Unknown | 2006-10-13 |
| Movie | The Revamping of Dracula | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Best Ever Bond | Unknown | 2002-11-22 |
| Movie | Halloween: Resurrection | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| Movie | Halloween 4: Final Cut | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | The James Bond Story | Unknown | 2000-01-08 |
| Movie | Inside 'You Only Live Twice' | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | Cold War | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | In and Out of Fashion | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | Unknown | 1997-12-24 |
| Movie | Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali | Unknown | 1996 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
| Movie | Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Safe Haven | Unknown | 1995 |
| Series | Signs and Wonders | Unknown | 1995 |
| Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Guinevere | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | The Advocate | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Cobbler | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Return to 'The Great Escape' | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The Big Freeze | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Diên Biên Phú | Unknown | 1992 |
| Series | Aspel & Company | Unknown | 1992 |
| Movie | Shadows and Fog | Doctor | 1992-03-20 |
| Movie | Miliardi\Millions | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | L'avvoltoio può attendere | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | The Ray Bradbury Theatre | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | American risciò | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Buried Alive | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Women in Arms | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Moi, général de Gaulle | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | Dieter & Andreas | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Casablanca Express | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | The House of Usher | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Ten Little Indians | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | River of Death | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Paganini Horror | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Halloween 5 | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Der Commander | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Phantom of Death | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Vampire in Venice | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Last Platoon | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Hanna's War | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1988 |
| Movie | Double Target | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Specters | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Warrior Queen | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Django Strikes Again | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Urban Animals | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Basements | Mr. Kidd | 1987-05-12 |
| Movie | Ground Zero | Prosper Gaffney | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Scoop | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Gila and Rik | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Prince of Darkness | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | To Kill a Stranger | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Into the Darkness | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Operation Nam | Unknown | 1986 |
| Series | Hit Man | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Honor Thy Father | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue | Unknown | 1985-10-15 |
| Series | Screen Two | Unknown | 1985-01-06 |
| Movie | Dario Argento's World of Horror | Unknown | 1985-03-07 |
| Movie | The Treasure of the Amazon | Klaus von Blantz | 1985-05-30 |
| Movie | Reel Horror | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | The Corsican Brothers | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Nothing Underneath | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Phenomena | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Black Arrow | Unknown | 1985 |
| Series | Master of the Game | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The Ambassador | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Arch of Triumph | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | A Breed Apart | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Where Is Parsifal? | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | Warrior of the Lost World | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | The Devonsville Terror | Unknown | 1983 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1982 |
| Series | The Barchester Chronicles | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | Witness for the Prosecution | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | Alone in the Dark | Unknown | 1982 |
| Series | Call My Bluff | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | The Monster Club | Pickering - Chief of the B-Squad | 1981-05-27 |
| Movie | Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Computercide | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Halloween II | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Escape from New York | President | 1981-07-10 |
| Series | Dick Turpin | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | The Pumaman | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Blade on the Feather | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | The Ghost Sonata | Unknown | 1980 |
| Movie | Dracula | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | L'homme en colère | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Better Late Than Never | Unknown | 1979 |
| Series | Mrs. Columbo | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Dr. Steiner | 1979-10-27 |
| Movie | All Quiet on the Western Front | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Gold of the Amazon Women | Unknown | 1979 |
| Series | The French Atlantic Affair | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Unknown | 1979-11-01 |
| Movie | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Tomorrow Never Comes | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Night Creature | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | The Bastard | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Power Play | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Halloween | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Last In, First Out | Rothko | 1978-08-30 |
| Series | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | Unknown | 1978 |
| Series | Centennial | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Les liens de sang | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | Oh, God! | Doctor Harmon | 1977-10-07 |
| Movie | Telefon | Unknown | 1977 |
| Movie | The Uncanny | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | Shades of Greene | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | A Dirty Knight's Work | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The Passover Plot | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Hindle Wakes | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Glory Days | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The Devil's Men | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The Last Tycoon | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The Eagle Has Landed | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Ubu roi | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | Death of an Informer | Unknown | 1976 |
| Series | Performance | Unknown | 1975 |
| Series | Arena | Unknown | 1975-10-01 |
| Series | London Bridge | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | Journey Into Fear | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | Sharon's Baby | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | Escape to Witch Mountain | Unknown | 1975 |
| Movie | Hearts of the West | A.J. Nietz | 1975-10-08 |
| Series | Peep Show | Max | 1975-11-20 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The Black Windmill | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The Mutations | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | House of the Damned | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | Watch Out, We're Mad | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | Occupations | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | From Beyond the Grave | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Unknown | 1974 |
| Series | Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1974 |
| Series | BBC2 Playhouse | Unknown | 1974-03-13 |
| Series | Russell Harty Plus | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Tales That Witness Madness | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Malachi's Cove | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Boys | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | Police Surgeon | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Unknown | 1973 |
| Movie | Innocent Bystanders | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Raw Meat | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | Collector's World | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | The Man Outside | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | The 26th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1972-04-23 |
| Series | Armchair Theatre | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Unknown | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | The Jerusalem File | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | Wedding in White | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | Frost Over America | Unknown | 1971 |
| Series | Aquarius | Unknown | 1971 |
| Movie | Wake in Fright | Unknown | 1971 |
| Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-03-01 |
| Movie | THX 1138 | SEN | 1971-03-11 |
| Movie | Kidnapped | Unknown | 1971 |
| Series | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 1971 |
| Series | Confession | Unknown | 1970 |
| Movie | Soldier Blue | Unknown | 1970 |
| Series | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Arthur! Arthur! | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Mr. Freedom | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | The 23rd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1969 |
| Series | The David Frost Show | Unknown | 1969-07-07 |
| Movie | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Unknown | 1969 |
| Movie | Creature of Comfort | Unknown | 1968 |
| Movie | The Other People | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-26 |
| Series | The Skitch Henderson Show | Himself | 1968-09-09 |
| Movie | The Diary of Anne Frank | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | Call Me Daddy | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | The Night of the Generals | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | Will Penny | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | NBC Experiment in Television | Unknown | 1967-02-19 |
| Movie | You Only Live Twice | Blofeld | 1967-06-13 |
| Movie | Matchless | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | Seven Deadly Virtues | Unknown | 1967 |
| Movie | Fantastic Voyage | Unknown | 1966 |
| Series | The Wednesday Play | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | Eye of the Devil | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | Cul-De-Sac | Unknown | 1966 |
| Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Unknown | 1965 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Unknown | 1965 |
| Series | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Espionage | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Tempo | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Cinema | Unknown | 1964-05-14 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | The Guest | Unknown | 1963 |
| Movie | Dr. Crippen | Unknown | 1963 |
| Movie | The Great Escape | Unknown | 1963 |
| Movie | The Hatchet Man | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Defenders | Unknown | 1962 |
| Movie | Lisa | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | ITV Play of the Week | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Danger Man | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | The Wind of Change | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | No Place Like Homicide! | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | Spare the Rod | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | A Story of David: The Hunted | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | No Love for Johnnie | Unknown | 1961 |
| Movie | The Shakedown | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | ITV Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | Sons and Lovers | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | The Big Day | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | The Four Just Men | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | The Risk | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | The Unforeseen | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Unknown | 1960-10-23 |
| Movie | Alice Through the Looking Box | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | Circus of Horrors | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | Hell Is a City | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | The Flesh and the Fiends | Unknown | 1960 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | William Tell | Unknown | 1959 |
| Movie | Look Back in Anger | Hurst | 1959-10-09 |
| Series | Interpol Calling | Unknown | 1959 |
| Movie | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Unknown | 1959 |
| Movie | The Traitor | Unknown | 1959 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959 |
| Series | The Scarf | Unknown | 1959 |
| Series | Rendezvous | Unknown | 1958 |
| Series | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | The Wind Cannot Read | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | Heart of a Child | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | I Spy | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | The Man Inside | Unknown | 1958 |
| Series | The Killing Stones | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | Granite | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | The Two-Headed Spy | Unknown | 1958 |
| Movie | Decision Against Time | Unknown | 1957 |
| Series | Assignment Foreign Legion | Unknown | 1957 |
| Movie | Stowaway Girl | Unknown | 1957 |
| Movie | All at Sea | Unknown | 1957 |
| Movie | The Black Tent | Unknown | 1956 |
| Movie | 1984 | R. Parsons | 1956-09-01 |
| Series | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | Unknown | 1956 |
| Movie | Value for Money | Unknown | 1955 |
| Series | The Grove Family | Unknown | 1955 |
| Movie | The Runaway Slave | Unknown | 1954 |
| Movie | The Coiners | Unknown | 1954 |
| Movie | The Beachcomber | Unknown | 1954 |
| Movie | Orders Are Orders | Unknown | 1954 |
| Movie | The Face of Love | Unknown | 1954 |
| Series | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Unknown | 1954-10-27 |
| Movie | Montserrat | Unknown | 1954 |
| Series | On Camera | Unknown | 1954-10-02 |
| Series | Encounter | Unknown | 1952-10-23 |
| Movie | The Dybbuk | Unknown | 1952 |
| Movie | I Want to Be a Doctor | Unknown | 1947 |