Personal Info
Birthday
October 5, 1919
Place of Birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (229)
No Backdrop
0.0
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Movie2026
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie2025
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6.0
Driving Lessons
Movie2012
6.7
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie2003
4.1
Fatal Frames
Movie1996
5.1
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Movie1995
7.0
Signs and Wonders
TV Series1995
6.8
The World of Hammer
TV Series1994
3.3
Guinevere
Movie1994
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0.0
Freeze: But is it Art?
Movie1994
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6.7
The Big Freeze
Movie1993
6.2
The Hour of the Pig
Movie1993
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie1993
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8.0
Femme Fatale
Movie1993
6.5
Dien Bien Phu
Movie1992
6.7
Shadows and Fog
Movie1991
3.8
Millions
Movie1991
6.8
Women in Arms
Movie1991
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5.3
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Movie1991
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9.0
Life of General De Gaulle
Movie1990
6.6
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie1989
3.8
Casablanca Express
Movie1989
5.3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Movie1989
5.0
River of Death
Movie1989
4.9
Ten Little Indians
Movie1989
4.3
Buried Alive
Movie1989
4.4
Paganini Horror
Movie1989
4.8
The House of Usher
Movie1989
4.7
American Rickshaw
Movie1989
5.7
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
TV Series1988
5.5
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie1988
6.2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Movie1988
5.8
Nosferatu in Venice
Movie1988
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4.6
Last Platoon
Movie1988
5.5
Metropolitan Animals
Movie1988
5.6
The Commander
Movie1988
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5.2
Hanna's War
Movie1988
5.6
Phantom of Death
Movie1988
6.8
Prince of Darkness
Movie1987
5.1
Django Strikes Again
Movie1987
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6.8
Ground Zero
Movie1987
4.6
Double Target
Movie1987
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6.8
Basements
Movie1987
5.7
Scoop
Movie1987
4.2
Specters
Movie1987
3.7
Warrior Queen
Movie1987
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Gila and Rik
Movie1987
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7.0
Naso di cane
TV Series1986
4.9
Cobra Mission
Movie1986
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5.3
To Kill a Stranger
Movie1986
6.2
Deadheat
Movie1986
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3.2
Into the Darkness
Movie1986
5.7
Nothing Underneath
Movie1985
6.9
Black Arrow
Movie1985
3.3
Reel Horror
Movie1985
4.5
Treasure of the Amazon
Movie1985
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV Series1985
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6.5
The Corsican Brothers
Movie1985
6.8
Phenomena
Movie1985
5.2
The Ambassador
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
5.2
Arch of Triumph
Movie1984
6.2
Terror in the Aisles
Movie1984
5.8
A Breed Apart
Movie1984
6.2
Master of the Game
TV Series1984
3.9
Where Is Parsifal?
Movie1984
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3.0
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie1984
4.7
The Devonsville Terror
Movie1983
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7.0
The Falklands Factor
Movie1983
2.9
Warrior of the Lost World
Movie1983
6.5
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie1982
5.9
Alone in the Dark
Movie1982
7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
TV Series1982
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7.0
Computercide
Movie1982
5.3
Wogan
TV Series1982
5.9
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Movie1981
6.6
Halloween II
Movie1981
7.1
Escape from New York
Movie1981
5.8
The Monster Club
Movie1981
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5.8
Blade on the Feather
Movie1980
2.9
Pumaman
Movie1980
7.2
The French Atlantic Affair
TV Series1979
6.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie1979
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9.0
Better Late Than Never
Movie1979
4.2
Jaguar Lives!
Movie1979
6.4
Dracula
Movie1979
5.5
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Movie1979
5.6
L'Homme en colère
Movie1979
3.7
Gold of the Amazon Women
Movie1979
6.5
Mrs. Columbo
TV Series1979
7.4
Dick Turpin
TV Series1979
7.2
Power Play
Movie1978
7.6
Halloween
Movie1978
7.7
Centennial
TV Series1978
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4.5
Last In, First Out
Movie1978
4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie1978
3.8
Night Creature
Movie1978
7.0
The Bastard
TV Series1978
5.7
Tomorrow Never Comes
Movie1978
5.7
Blood Relatives
Movie1978
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6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Movie1978
7.8
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
TV Series1978
6.6
Telefon
Movie1977
6.4
Oh, God!
Movie1977
5.9
The Uncanny
Movie1977
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
TV Series1977
6.6
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie1976
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8.5
Hindle Wakes
Movie1976
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7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV Series1976
6.3
The Last Tycoon
Movie1976
4.7
The Passover Plot
Movie1976
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8.0
Meriel the Ghost Girl
Movie1976
9.0
Goldenrod
Movie1976
4.1
The Devil's Men
Movie1976
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0.0
The Joke
Movie1976
7.8
Trial by Combat
Movie1976
5.1
I Don't Want to Be Born
Movie1976
6.9
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
5.6
Hearts of the West
Movie1975
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8.5
Shades of Greene
TV Series1975
6.0
Journey into Fear
Movie1975
6.4
Escape to Witch Mountain
Movie1975
5.4
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Movie1974
5.1
House of the Damned
Movie1974
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0.0
Occupations
Movie1974
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0.0
The Cafeteria
Movie1974
4.9
The Mutations
Movie1974
6.3
The Black Windmill
Movie1974
7.5
Watch Out, We're Mad
Movie1974
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7.0
Playhouse
TV Series1974
6.5
From Beyond the Grave
Movie1974
5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
Movie1973
6.6
Malachi's Cove
Movie1973
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV Series1973
5.7
Lonely Water
Movie1973
7.0
The Rainbow Boys
Movie1973
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6.3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie1973
6.0
The Pied Piper
Movie1972
6.8
Wedding in White
Movie1972
5.8
Death Line
Movie1972
7.8
Innocent Bystanders
Movie1972
5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie1972
4.0
The Jerusalem File
Movie1972
6.3
Kidnapped
Movie1971
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7.0
Skin Deep
Movie1971
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV Series1971
8.1
Columbo
TV Series1971
7.3
Wake in Fright
Movie1971
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9.0
The Fox Trot
Movie1971
6.4
THX 1138
Movie1971
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
6.8
Soldier Blue
Movie1970
7.3
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Movie1969
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3.8
Arthur? Arthur!
Movie1969
5.2
Mr. Freedom
Movie1969
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6.0
Last to Go
Movie1969
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
TV Series1968
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9.0
Sleep is Lovely
Movie1968
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9.5
The News-Benders
Movie1968
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10.0
Creature of Comfort
Movie1968
6.7
Will Penny
Movie1967
8.0
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie1967
4.3
Matchless
Movie1967
6.6
You Only Live Twice
Movie1967
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0.0
NBC Experiment in Television
TV Series1967
6.8
The Night of the Generals
Movie1967
6.1
Eye of the Devil
Movie1966
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
Movie1966
6.7
Cul-de-sac
Movie1966
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4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV Series1965
6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
Movie1965
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie1965
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5.2
The Wednesday Play
TV Series1964
7.4
The Caretaker
Movie1964
10.0
Espionage
TV Series1963
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
TV Series1963
6.0
Dr. Crippen
Movie1963
7.9
The Great Escape
Movie1963
7.1
The Inspector
Movie1962
7.0
The Horsemasters
Movie1961
6.3
The Defenders
TV Series1961
7.0
What a Carve Up!
Movie1961
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6.2
Spare the Rod
Movie1961
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10.0
The Wind of Change
Movie1961
6.7
No Love for Johnnie
Movie1961
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0.0
Alice Through the Looking Box
Movie1960
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10.0
The Cupboard
Movie1960
4.4
The Hands of Orlac
Movie1960
5.4
A Story of David
Movie1960
6.9
Suspect
Movie1960
7.4
Danger Man
TV Series1960
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7.5
The Big Day
Movie1960
6.5
Sons and Lovers
Movie1960
6.6
Hell Is a City
Movie1960
5.8
Circus of Horrors
Movie1960
6.6
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie1960
6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie1960
6.0
The Shakedown
Movie1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
6.3
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Movie1959
6.7
Look Back in Anger
Movie1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
TV Series1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
TV Series1959
6.3
The Two-Headed Spy
Movie1958
6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
TV Series1958
6.1
The Man Inside
Movie1958
6.4
The Wind Cannot Read
Movie1958
6.7
Heart of a Child
Movie1958
6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie1958
6.6
Barnacle Bill
Movie1957
6.3
Manuela
Movie1957
7.5
The Man in the Sky
Movie1957
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6.0
Armchair Theatre
TV Series1956
6.4
The Black Tent
Movie1956
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0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
6.5
1984
Movie1956
No Backdrop
4.0
ITV Play of the Week
TV Series1955
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV Series1955
6.9
Value for Money
Movie1955
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7.0
The Moment of Truth
Movie1955
7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Series1954
6.6
Orders Are Orders
Movie1954
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6.2
The Beachcomber
Movie1954
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0.0
The Dybbuk
Movie1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
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3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
TV Series1950