Donald Pleasence

Actor

Born: October 5, 1919
Died: February 2, 1995 (age 75)
From: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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 (192)

The Dr. Loomis Tapes (2026)
Dr. Loomis
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Driving Lessons (2012)
Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest (2003)
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
Fatal Frames (1996)
Professor Robinson
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Dr. Loomis
Safe Haven
Safe Haven (1995)
The Sailor
Guinevere (1994)
Merlin
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
Sinister Dentist
The Big Freeze (1993)
Soup slurper
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Pincheon
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Phido the Vulture (voice)
Femme Fatale (1993)
Victor Harty
Dien Bien Phu (1992)
Howard Simpson
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Doctor
Millions (1991)
Ripa
Women in Arms (1991)
Dreyfuss
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1991)
Armon Shalik
Life of General De Gaulle (1990)
Winston Churchill
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
Jason Rafiel
Casablanca Express (1989)
Colonel Bats
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Dr. Sam Loomis
River of Death (1989)
Heinrich Spaatz
Ten Little Indians (1989)
Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Buried Alive (1989)
Dr. Schaeffer
Paganini Horror (1989)
Mr. Pickett
The House of Usher (1989)
Walter Usher
American Rickshaw (1989)
Rev. Mortom
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Dr. Absalon
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Dr. Loomis