Donald Pleasence
Date of birth: 1919-10-05
Place of birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Donald Pleasance, Don Pleasence, Donald Plesance, Donald Henry Pleasence, Дональд Генри Плезенс, Дональд Плезенс, دانلد پلزنس
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.
Movie Credits
Halloween
1978-10-24
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a menta
Escape from New York
1981-05-23
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison
THX 1138
1971-03-11
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane lif
You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers
Fantastic Voyage
1966-08-24
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973-03-07
Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealin
Will Penny
1967-12-19
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the prop
Eye of the Devil
1966-11-18
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give
1984
1956-03-06
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by fall
Death Line
1972-10-13
When a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975-10-31
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jeal
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979-11-14
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated wi
A Tale of Two Cities
1958-02-07
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto
Cul-de-sac
1966-06-17
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeb
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995-09-29
Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally celebrate Ha
The Great Escape
1963-07-03
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988-10-21
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and return
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989-10-12
After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometow
The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou
Halloween II
1981-10-30
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist D
Witness for the Prosecution
1982-12-04
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and ev
Telefon
1977-12-16
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB age
Buried Alive
1989-09-01
A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants
Warrior Queen
1987-01-26
In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen move
Oh, God!
1977-10-07
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him
The Hallelujah Trail
1965-06-23
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974-03-29
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will
The Mutations
1974-05-22
A mad scientist crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.
Pumaman
1980-02-14
Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural p
Last to Go
1969-01-01
The last of five animated shorts directed by Gerald Potterton for Pinter People, voiced by Harold Pi
Kidnapped
1971-12-22
Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to b
The Black Windmill
1974-05-17
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he ca
Prince of Darkness
1987-10-23
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a gr
Dracula
1979-07-20
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attractio
Wake in Fright
1971-07-21
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a b
Mr. Freedom
1969-01-08
Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to Fran
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993-09-23
Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protecti
Circus of Horrors
1960-04-01
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends d
The Dybbuk
1952-10-21
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated
Nosferatu in Venice
1988-09-10
Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampi
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976-02-01
A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the
Hell Is a City
1960-04-10
Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming
Fatal Frames
1996-02-15
Alex Ritt, a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella
Phenomena
1985-01-25
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Sw
Phantom of Death
1988-03-11
Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a
Soldier Blue
1970-08-12
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive privat
Tales That Witness Madness
1973-10-31
Enigmatic asylum owner Dr Tremayne houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-21
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-t
The Night of the Generals
1967-01-29
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975-03-21
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their un
The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their exp
The Last Tycoon
1976-11-18
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the whi
The Devil's Men
1976-08-11
A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax kidnaps three young people and Father Roche & Milo must save the
Nothing Underneath
1985-11-07
Bob Crane has long maintained a psychic connection to his twin sister, Jessica, who works as a fashi
River of Death
1989-09-29
An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the Lost City in the Amazon jungle. A motley cre
The Monster Club
1981-04-11
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture o
Terror in the Aisles
1984-10-26
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time
From Beyond the Grave
1974-02-21
Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "O
The Man in the Sky
1957-01-24
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two childr
The House of Usher
1989-04-13
An updated version of the classic horror tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Ryan and his girlfriend Molly are
The Wind Cannot Read
1958-06-10
A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They sta
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978-03-02
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working
Blood Relatives
1978-02-01
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
Cobra Mission
1986-07-31
Ten years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to inve
The Shakedown
1960-01-01
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar,
Look Back in Anger
1959-09-15
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life
Shadows and Fog
1991-12-05
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante g
What a Carve Up!
1961-09-15
Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ance
The Hands of Orlac
1960-12-01
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed.
Warrior of the Lost World
1983-01-01
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian gov
The Hour of the Pig
1993-09-25
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972-07-13
Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a t
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960-02-02
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the hum
The Traitor
1959-08-07
In wartime, an English spy must go into neutral territory to murder a fellow-Englishman who has been
Sons and Lovers
1960-06-23
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he s
Hearts of the West
1975-10-08
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west
Treasure of the Amazon
1985-05-30
An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle
Diên Biên Phu
1992-03-04
Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, betw
Casablanca Express
1989-12-22
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon d
The Uncanny
1977-08-24
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatu
The Wind of Change
1961-03-01
Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decol
Jaguar Lives!
1979-08-09
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
Django Strikes Again
1987-10-22
Former gunfighter Django has become a monk and abandoned his violent former ways. His daughter is ki
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981-11-28
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2
Trial by Combat
1976-04-01
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into
Innocent Bystanders
1972-09-01
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scienti
A Breed Apart
1984-06-01
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954-12-16
A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') be
Orders Are Orders
1954-10-01
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a l
The Devonsville Terror
1983-10-24
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three l
Night Creature
1978-06-01
A big-game hunter brings a killer leopard to his private island and turns it loose so he can hunt it
The Caretaker
1964-01-21
Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house i
Double Target
1987-06-11
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout south
Ten Little Indians
1989-09-27
Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing the
Dr. Crippen
1963-08-07
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while
Ground Zero
1987-10-01
A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test
Lonely Water
1973-07-04
Warning children not to play near 'dark and lonely' water, a horror film style look and voice-over i
Arch of Triumph
1984-12-19
A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previo
Goldenrod
1976-09-22
A champion rodeo rider receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his caree
The Passover Plot
1976-10-29
Yeshua of Nazareth carefully plans his own crucifixion — and subsequent resurrection — to strengthen
Power Play
1978-11-01
A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.
Scoop
1987-04-26
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical no
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979-04-13
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1
The Commander
1988-04-28
Lewis Collins is back to leading mercenaries on the move in Southeast Asia. This time the cast is un
Guinevere
1994-05-07
As border wars break out in Camelot, the young princess Guinevere is taken to live in safety with th
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003-08-05
Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and c
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979-03-06
An adventurer searches for the fabled Golden Cities of El Dorado and allies himself with a tribe of
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969-10-12
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the t
Matchless
1967-08-13
A secret agent possesses a ring that makes him invisible for a short time, once every 10 hours. He i
Journey into Fear
1975-08-08
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab bus
Where Is Parsifal?
1984-01-01
Tucked away in his castle, a hypochondriac inventor plays generous host to a revolving cast of wacky
The Ambassador
1985-01-11
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventi
The Inspector
1962-05-24
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palesti
Life of General De Gaulle
1990-11-08
The first fiction film about de Gaulle. At the origin of the adventure, there is a script commission
No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his li
The Pied Piper
1972-12-27
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany
Reel Horror
1985-10-01
Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.
L'Homme en colère
1979-03-14
Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the
Specters
1987-04-24
A mysterious tomb is unearthed in the catacombs under Rome, the contents of which contain evidence o
American Rickshaw
1989-01-24
After a stripper tricks him into filming a sex tape, Miami rickshaw runner Scott Edwards becomes emb
To Kill a Stranger
1986-02-06
Cristina Carver (Angelica Maria) finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976-09-28
Livingston, a psychic investigator, is asked to attend a seance. Can it be that he has finally disco
Deadheat
1986-01-01
A man travels to Siena, Italy, looking for his father, a jockey whom he has never met. The father is
Spare the Rod
1961-05-23
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a
The Rainbow Boys
1973-03-27
Struggling to subsist on negligible and infrequent gold discoveries, prospector Ralph Logan crosses
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978-01-23
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political
Suspect
1960-11-15
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list.
House of the Damned
1974-09-08
A young woman just released from a mental institution returns home to her mansion and faces a new se
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991-01-02
A brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker; a beautiful seductress; an expert young hunter and an ace pil
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974-12-12
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern
The Jerusalem File
1972-02-02
An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However
The Big Freeze
1993-11-17
A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-fol
The Corsican Brothers
1985-02-05
In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feel
Last In, First Out
1978-08-30
A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factio
Creature of Comfort
1968-01-01
A series of vignettes are tied together by a story involving a carnivorous entity which masquerades
Metropolitan Animals
1988-05-09
In the year 2030 mankind has regressed to ape form. In order to explain this, a scientist shows a 20
The Greatest Man in the World
1958-11-09
Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. H
Computercide
1982-08-01
The year is 1995 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is assigned
Basements
1987-05-12
Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Du
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988-11-05
Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis
Wedding in White
1972-10-20
A young girl's brother comes home from the army, and brings an army buddy with him. The three of the
The Bastard
1978-05-22
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to Engla
Barnacle Bill
1957-12-17
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as '
Last Platoon
1988-08-21
After ex-cop and highly decorated war hero Chet Costa's Vietnamese girlfriend disappears, he accepts
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984-01-01
The descendants of Baron Frankenstein return to the family castle to search for the family fortune t
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994-02-22
In 1988, art student Damien Hirst and a group of like-minded associates mounted an exhibition in a b
Occupations
1974-09-01
In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of t
Women in Arms
1991-01-09
Nadia Cossa is a political prisoner who manages to escape during a transfer to a new prison. The you
Paganini Horror
1989-06-06
A female rock band acquires an infamous composition by Niccolò Paganini that was used in satanic rit
The Cupboard
1960-12-11
When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his be
Femme Fatale
1993-02-07
Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempe
Toff and Fingers
1960-07-03
Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware.
Call Me Daddy
1967-04-08
A lonely middle-aged businessman blackmails a typist into spending the weekend at his large house in
Manuela
1957-07-18
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship
Round the World in 80 Days
1955-01-01
Animation. Part of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days", depicting scenes in the Reform Club
Hanna's War
1988-04-14
Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960-12-25
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
The Big Day
1960-07-01
A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suita
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959-10-01
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his pred
Millions
1991-02-01
A pack of money-grabbing relatives try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Blade on the Feather
1980-10-19
A reclusive author is visited by a young admirer - but both men are more than they claim to be.
A Story of David
1960-12-01
Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who lon
Black Arrow
1985-10-09
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival hous
The Horsemasters
1961-10-01
American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox i
The Black Tent
1956-04-09
During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedou
Hindle Wakes
1976-12-19
In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a North England mill town are overt
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967-11-26
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in
Into the Darkness
1986-01-01
A bevy of beautiful models arrives on a tropical island for a photo shoot, but soon they are being k
The Beachcomber
1954-08-10
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are f
Skin Deep
1971-11-25
Gerry Muddiman works for a large American corporation, supposedly modern and forward-thinking, but w
The Fox Trot
1971-04-29
The first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with nostal
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989-12-25
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the appa
The Man Inside
1958-09-07
A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.
Safe Haven
1995-01-01
Danger and betrayal attend two sisters and their boyfriends on a remote Scottish island.
Arthur? Arthur!
1969-10-01
The inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life that he creates a second identity, tha
Better Late Than Never
1979-10-17
Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement ho
Gila and Rik
1987-01-01
The film tells the birth of a love story and its evolution between the vicissitudes, the frenzies an
Sleep is Lovely
1968-09-01
Peter can't get over his ex-girlfriend Elsa even though they broke up over a year ago. He spends all
Heart of a Child
1958-04-30
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the l
Malachi's Cove
1973-10-01
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She suppor
Naso di cane
1986-12-11
Alone in the Dark
1982-11-12
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay si
The News-Benders
1968-01-10
An idealistic young television producer is approached by the representative of a clandestine agency
The Falklands Factor
1983-04-26
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to
Value for Money
1955-08-09
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to t
The Two-Headed Spy
1958-11-17
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobio
The Cafeteria
1974-08-13
An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparantly delusional young woman and her i
The Joke
1976-05-26
Bendel is known for his practical jokes and his self-confidence. But when Dr Walden, one of his vict
Driving Lessons
2012-09-30
In John Carpenter's 1978 classic HALLOWEEN, Michael Myers was suddenly able to drive a car after hav
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