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.

Filmography

• 2026The Dr. Loomis Tapes — Dr. Loomis
• 2013Halloween 6: Producer's Cut — Dr. Sam Loomis
• 1996Fatal Frames — Professor Robinson
• 1995Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers — Dr. Loomis
• 1995Safe Haven — The Sailor
• Signs and Wonders — Cornelius Van Damm
• 1994Freeze: But is it Art? — Sinister Dentist
• 1994Guinevere — Merlin
• 1993Femme Fatale — Victor Harty
• 1993The Big Freeze — Soup slurper
• 1993The Hour of the Pig — Pincheon
• 1993The Thief and the Cobbler — Phido the Vulture (voice)
• 1992Dien Bien Phu — Howard Simpson
• Donne armate — Dreyfuss
• L'avvoltoio può attendere — Armon Shalik
• 1991Millions — Ripa
• 1991Shadows and Fog — Doctor
• 1990Life of General De Gaulle — Winston Churchill
• 1989American Rickshaw — Rev. Mortom
• 1989Buried Alive — Dr. Schaeffer
• 1989Casablanca Express — Colonel Bats
• 1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers — Dr. Sam Loomis
• 1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery — Jason Rafiel
• 1989Paganini Horror — Mr. Pickett
• 1989River of Death — Heinrich Spaatz
• 1989Ten Little Indians — Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
• 1989The House of Usher — Walter Usher
• 1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers — Dr. Loomis
• 1988Hanna's War — Captain Thomas Rosza
• 1988Last Platoon — Colonel B. Abrahams
• 1988Metropolitan Animals — Prof. Livingstone
• 1988Nosferatu in Venice — Don Alvise
• 1988Phantom of Death — Inspector Datti
• 1988The Commander — Henry Carlson
• 1988The Great Escape II: The Untold Story — Dr. Absalon
• The Great Escape II: The Untold Story — Dr. Absalon
• 1987Basements — Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
• 1987Django Strikes Again — Ben Gunn
• 1987Double Target — Sen. Blaster
• 1987Gila and Rik — Joe Gardenia
• 1987Ground Zero — Prosper Gaffney
• 1987Prince of Darkness — Priest
• 1987Scoop — Lord Copper
• 1987Specters — Professor Lasky
• 1987Warrior Queen — Clodius Flaucus
• 1986Cobra Mission — Father Lenoir
• 1986Deadheat — Aldo Rossi
• 1986Into the Darkness — David Beckett
• Naso di cane — Olindo Cuomo
• 1986To Kill a Stranger — Col. Kostik
• 1985Black Arrow — Sir Oliver Oates
• 1985Nothing Underneath — Commissioner Danesi
• 1985Phenomena — Professor John McGregor
• 1985Reel Horror — Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
• Screen Two — Victor Harty, Pincheon
• 1985The Ambassador — Minister Eretz
• 1985The Corsican Brothers — The Chancellor
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — George Hill
• 1985Treasure of the Amazon — Klaus von Blantz
• 1984A Breed Apart — J.P. Whittier
• 1984Arch of Triumph — Ivon Haake
• 1984Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie — Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
• Master of the Game — Salomon Van der Merwe
• 1984Where Is Parsifal? — Mackintosh
• 1983The Devonsville Terror — Dr. Warley
• 1983The Falklands Factor — Dr. Samuel Johnson
• 1983Warrior of the Lost World — Prossor
• 1982Alone in the Dark — Leo Bain
• 1982Computercide — George Dettler
• The Barchester Chronicles — Septimus Harding
• 1982Witness for the Prosecution — Mr. Myers
• 1981Escape from New York — President of the United States
• 1981Halloween II — Sam Loomis
• 1981Race for the Yankee Zephyr — Gilbert Carson
• 1981The Monster Club — Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
• 1980Blade on the Feather — John Cavendish
• 1980Pumaman — Kobras
• 1979All Quiet on the Western Front — Kantorek
• 1979Better Late Than Never — Colonel Riddle
• Dick Turpin — Ignatius Slake
• 1979Dracula — Dr. Jack Seward
• 1979Gold of the Amazon Women — Clarence Blasko
• 1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff — Dr. Steiner
• 1979Jaguar Lives! — General Villanova
• 1979L'Homme en colère — Albert Rumpelmayer
• Mrs. Columbo
• The French Atlantic Affair — Max Dechambre
• 1978Blood Relatives — James Doniac
• Centennial — Sam Purchas
• 1978Halloween — Loomis
• 1978Last In, First Out — Rothko
• 1978Night Creature — Axel MacGregor
• 1978Power Play — Blair
• 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — B.D. Brockhurst
• The Bastard — Solomon Sholto
• The Dark Secret of Harvest Home — Narrator (voice)
• 1978The Defection of Simas Kudirka — Capt. Vladimir Popov
• 1978Tomorrow Never Comes — Dr. Todd
• Jesus of Nazareth — Melchior
• 1977Oh, God! — Doctor Harmon
• 1977Telefon — Nicolai Dalchimsky
• 1977The Uncanny — Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
• 1976Goldenrod — John Tyler Jones
• 1976Hindle Wakes — Nat Jeffcote
• 1976I Don't Want to Be Born — Dr. Finch
• Laurence Olivier Presents — Nat Jeffcote
• 1976Meriel the Ghost Girl — George Livingston
• 1976The Devil's Men — Father Roche
• 1976The Eagle Has Landed — Himmler
• 1976The Joke — Bendel
• 1976The Last Tycoon — Boxley
• 1976The Passover Plot — Pontius Pilate
• 1976Trial by Combat — Sir Giles Marley
• 1975Escape to Witch Mountain — Lucas Deranian
• 1975Hearts of the West — A.J. Nietz
• 1975Journey into Fear — Kuvetli
• Peep Show
• Shades of Greene — Puckler
• 1975The Count of Monte-Cristo — Danglars
• 1974Barry McKenzie Holds His Own — Erich Count von Plasma
• 1974From Beyond the Grave — Jim Underwood
• 1974House of the Damned — Martin Zayas
• 1974Occupations — Christo Kabak
• Playhouse — George Livingston, Bendel, Aaron
• 1974The Black Windmill — Cedric Harper
• 1974The Cafeteria — Aaron
• 1974The Mutations — Professor Nolter
• 1974Watch Out, We're Mad — Doctor
• 1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Fred Smudge
• 1973Malachi's Cove — Malachi
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries — Cawser
• 1973Tales That Witness Madness — Prof. R.C. Tremayne
• 1973The Rainbow Boys — Ralph Logan
• 1972Death Line — Inspector Calhoun
• 1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives — Thomas Cromwell
• 1972Innocent Bystanders — Loomis
• 1972The Jerusalem File — Major Samuels
• The Man Outside — Victor Cobb
• 1972The Pied Piper — The Baron
• 1972Wedding in White — Jim Dougall, Sr.
• Columbo — Adrian Carsini
• 1971Kidnapped — Ebenezer Balfour
• 1971Skin Deep — Gerry Muddiman
• 1971THX 1138 — SEN
• 1971The Fox Trot — Tom
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Carnacki
• 1971Wake in Fright — Doc Tydon
• Confession — Sergeant Hurby
• Play for Today — Samuel Johnson, Gerry Muddiman
• 1970Soldier Blue — Isaac Q. Cumber
• 1969Arthur? Arthur! — Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
• Hawaii Five-O — Hans Vogler
• 1969Last to Go
• 1969Mr. Freedom — Dr. Freedom
• 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot — The Prospector
• 1968Creature of Comfort — James Thorne
• 1968Sleep is Lovely — Clive
• 1968The News-Benders — J.G.
• 1967Call Me Daddy — Ben Hoffman
• 1967Matchless — Gregori Andreanu
• NBC Experiment in Television — (voice)
• 1967The Diary of Anne Frank — Albert Dussel
• 1967The Night of the Generals — General Kahlenberge
• 1967Will Penny — Preacher Quint
• 1967You Only Live Twice — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
• 1966Cul-de-sac — George
• 1966Eye of the Devil — Pere Dominic
• 1966Fantastic Voyage — Dr. Michaels
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — The Dark Hermit - Satan
• 1965The Hallelujah Trail — 'Oracle' Jones
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Richard Pratt, J.G.
• 1964The Caretaker — Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
• The Wednesday Play — The Head Waiter
• 1963Dr. Crippen — Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
• Espionage — Escalon
• The Fugitive — Max Pfeiffer
• 1963The Great Escape — Blythe 'The Forger'
• The Outer Limits — Harold J. Finley
• 1962The Inspector — Wolters
• 1961No Love for Johnnie — Renfrew
• 1961Spare the Rod — Mr. Jenkins
• The Defenders — Dr. Byron Saul
• 1961The Horsemasters — Captain Pinski
• 1961The Wind of Change — Pop
• 1961What a Carve Up! — Everett Sloane
• 1960A Story of David — Nabal
• 1960Alice Through the Looking Box — Caterpillar
• Armchair Mystery Theatre — Host
• 1960Circus of Horrors — Vanet
• Danger Man — Nikolides, Captain Aldrich
• 1960Hell Is a City — Gus Hawkins
• 1960Sons and Lovers — Mr. Pappleworth
• Sunday-Night Play — Admiral Vespery
• 1960Suspect — Parsons, alias Bill Brown
• 1960The Battle of the Sexes — Irwin Hoffman
• 1960The Big Day — Victor Partridge
• 1960The Cupboard — Fred Watson
• 1960The Flesh and the Fiends — William Hare
• 1960The Hands of Orlac — Graham Coates
• 1960The Shakedown — Jessel Brown
• 1960Toff and Fingers — Self/Host
• Interpol Calling — Karl Haussman
• 1959Killers of Kilimanjaro — Captain
• 1959Look Back in Anger — Hurst
• One Step Beyond — Harvey Laurence
• 1959The Traitor — Grantley Caypor
• The Twilight Zone — Ellis Fowler
• 1958A Tale of Two Cities — Barsad
• 1958Heart of a Child — Spiel
• The Adventures of William Tell
• 1958The Greatest Man in the World — US President
• 1958The Man Inside — Organ Grinder
• 1958The Telltale Heart — Writer
• 1958The Two-Headed Spy — Gen. Hardt
• 1958The Wind Cannot Read — Doctor
• 1957Barnacle Bill — Cashier
• 1957Manuela — Evans
• 1957The Man in the Sky — Crabtree
• 19561984 — R. Parsons
• Armchair Theatre — President of the USA, Fred Watson, Ben Hoffman
• 1956The Black Tent — Ali
• ITV Play of the Week — Supt. Smith
• 1955Round the World in 80 Days — Voices
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Prince John
• 1955The Moment of Truth — The Foreign Minister
• 1955Value for Money — Limpy
• 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four — Syme
• 1954Orders Are Orders — Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
• 1954The Beachcomber — Tromp
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Captain Pinski, Lucas Deranian
• 1952The Dybbuk — Second batlon
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Kantorek, Myers, The Chancellor
• Sunday Night Theatre — Syme, Corporal

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest — Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
• 1997The Making of Fatal Frames — self
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
• 1984Terror in the Aisles — Self - Host
• Wogan — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)