Donald Pleasence

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Donald Henry Pleasence was an English actor. He began his career on-stage in his native Britain before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape (1963), the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), SEN 5241 in THX 1138 (1971), and the deranged Clarence "Doc" Tydon in Wake in Fright (1971).

Birth Name

Donald Henry Pleasence

Born

Sunday, 05 October 1919

Died

Thursday, 02 February 1995

Actor Filmography

The Shape Lives: 40 Years of Halloween	Self	2018
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks	Pickering - Chief of the B-Squad	2014
FalconCast	The Spirit	2014
Everything or Nothing	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	2012
Halloween: The Inside Story	Self / Dr. Sam Loomis / Self (archive footage)	2010
Escape from New Jersey	The President	2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self / (archival footage)	2010
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!	Self	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Dr. Sam Loomis, Sam Loomis	2007
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film	Self	2006

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Actor Filmography

The Shape Lives: 40 Years of Halloween	Self	2018
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks	Pickering - Chief of the B-Squad	2014
FalconCast	The Spirit	2014
Everything or Nothing	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	2012
Halloween: The Inside Story	Self / Dr. Sam Loomis / Self (archive footage)	2010
Escape from New Jersey	The President	2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self / (archival footage)	2010
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!	Self	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Dr. Sam Loomis, Sam Loomis	2007
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film	Self	2006
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror	Self	2006
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest	Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis	2003
Best Ever Bond	Blofeld	2002
Halloween: Resurrection	Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis	2002
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation	Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (Halloween)	2001
Lest We Forget	Self - Introduction	2001
Cold War	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	1998
Fatal Frames	Professor Robinson	1996
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Dr. Loomis / Dr. Sam Loomis	1995
The 67th Annual Academy Awards	Self (Memorial Tribute)	1995
Century of Cinema	Doc Tydon	1995
Signs and Wonders	Cornelius Van Damm	1995
Guinevere	Merlin	1994
The Big Freeze	Soup slurper	1993
The Advocate	Pincheon	1993
The Thief and the Cobbler	Phido the Vulture (original and Majestic Films version) / Additional voices (Miramax version) / Phido the Vulture (voice)	1993
Diên Biên Phú	Howard Simpson	1992
Shadows and Fog	Doctor	1991
Millions	Ripa	1991
L'avvoltoio può attendere	Armon Shalik / The Art Collector	1991
Buried Alive	Dr. Schaeffer	1989
Casablanca Express	Colonel Bats	1989
Ten Little Indians	Judge Wargrave / Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave	1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Loomis / Dr. Loomis	1989
River of Death	Heinrich Spaatz	1989
The House of Usher	Walter Usher	1989
American Rickshaw	Reverend Mortom / Rev. Mortom	1989
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Dr. Absalon	1988
Paganini Horror	Mr. Pickett	1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Dr. Sam Loomis	1988
Vampire in Venice	Don Alvise	1988
Last Platoon	Colonel B. Abrahams / Colonel B. Abrams	1988
The Commander	Henry Carlson	1988
Hanna's War	Captain Thomas Rosza	1988
Phantom of Death	Inspector Datti	1987
Prince of Darkness	Priest / Vater Loomis	1987
Django Strikes Again	Ben Gunn	1987
Ground Zero	Prosper Gaffney	1987
Urban Animals	Prof. Livingstone	1987
Double Target	Senator Blaster	1987
Specters	Professor Lasky	1987
Scoop	Lord Copper / London - Lord Copper	1987
Warrior Queen	Clodius Flaucus / Clodius	1987
Cobra Mission	Father Lenoir	1986
American Masters	(archive footage)	1986
Lovejoy	Karel Redl	1986
Nothing Underneath	Commissioner Danesi	1985
Treasure of the Amazon	Klaus von Blantz	1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater	George Hill	1985
Phenomena	Professor John McGregor	1985
Black Arrow	Sir Oliver Oates	1985
Screen Two	Victor Harty	1985
Reel Horror	Axel MacGregor (archive footage) / Axel MacGregor	1985
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library		1984
Arch of Triumph	Haake / Ivon Haake	1984
Terror in the Aisles	Self - Host	1984
The Ambassador	Minister Eretz	1984
A Breed Apart	J.P. Whittier	1984
Master of the Game	Salomon Van der Merwe	1984
Where Is Parsifal?	Mackintosh	1984
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie	Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein / Old Baron Frankenstein	1984
To Kill a Stranger	Col. Kostik	1984
The Devonsville Terror	Dr. Warley	1983
Warrior of the Lost World	Prossor	1983
Witness for the Prosecution	Mr. Myers	1982
The Barchester Chronicles	Septimus Harding	1982
Alone in the Dark	Dr. Leo Bain / Leo Bain	1982
Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr	Gilbert Carson	1981
Escape from New York	President / President of the United States	1981
The Monster Club	Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad	1981
Halloween II	Sam Loomis	1981
The Pumaman	Kobras	1980
The French Atlantic Affair	Max Dechambre	1979
All Quiet on the Western Front	Kantorek	1979
Jaguar Lives!	General Villanova	1979
Dracula	Dr. Jack Seward	1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Dr. Steiner	1979
L'homme en colère	Albert Rumpelmayer	1979
Gold of the Amazon Women	Clarence Blasko	1979
Mrs. Columbo	Ian A. Morly	1979
Dick Turpin	Ignatius Slake	1979
Power Play	Blair	1978
Halloween	Loomis	1978
Centennial	Sam Purchas, Sam Purchas / Sam Purchas (credit only)	1978
Last In, First Out	Rothko	1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	B.D. Hoffler / B.D. Brockhurst	1978
Night Creature	Axel MacGregor	1978
The Bastard	Solomon Sholto	1978
Blood Relatives	James Doniac	1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka	Captain Vladimir Popov	1978
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home	Narrator	1978
Tomorrow Never Comes	Dr. Todd	1978
Telefon	Nicolai Dalchimsky	1977
Oh, God!	Doctor Harmon	1977
The Uncanny	Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") / Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")	1977
Jesus of Nazareth	Melchior	1977
The Eagle Has Landed	Himmler / Heinrich Himmler	1976
Hindle Wakes	Nat Jeffcote	1976
The Last Tycoon	Boxley	1976
The Passover Plot	Pontius Pilate	1976
Goldenrod	John Tyler Jones	1976
The Devil's Men	Father Roche	1976
Saturday Night Live	Various / Self - Host	1975
Hearts of the West	A.J. Nietz	1975
Arena	Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins (archive footage), Self - Mourner, Self	1975
Journey Into Fear	Kuvetli	1975
Escape to Witch Mountain	Lucas Deranian / Deranian	1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo	Danglars	1975
Sharon's Baby	Dr. Finch	1975
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own	Erich Count von Plasma	1974
The Freakmaker	Professor Nolter	1974
La loba y la Paloma	Martin Zayas	1974
The Black Windmill	Cedric Harper	1974
Watch Out, We're Mad	The Doctor	1974
BBC2 Playhouse	Aaron, Bendel, George Livingston	1974
From Beyond the Grave	Jim Underwood / Jim Underwood (Segment 2 "An Act of Kindness")	1974
Tales That Witness Madness	Tremayne (segment "Clinic Link Episodes") / Prof. R.C. Tremayne	1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries	Cawser	1973
The Rainbow Boys	Ralph Logan	1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Fred Smudge	1973
The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water	The Spirit	1973
Wedding in White	Jim Dougall, Sr.	1972
Death Line	Inspector Calhoun	1972
Innocent Bystanders	Loomis	1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives	Thomas Cromwell	1972
The Pied Piper	Baron / The Baron	1972
The Jerusalem File	Major Samuels	1972
Kidnapped	Ebenezer Balfour	1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Carnacki	1971
Wake in Fright	Doc Tydon	1971
THX 1138	SEN	1971
Columbo	Adrian Carsini	1971
Play for Today	Gerry Muddiman, Samuel Johnson, Tom	1970
Soldier Blue	Isaac Q. Cumber / Cumber	1970
The Madwoman of Chaillot	The Prospector	1969
The David Frost Show	Self	1969
Mr. Freedom	Dr. Freedom	1969
Hawaii Five-O	Hans Vogler	1968
The Skitch Henderson Show	Self	1968
Creature of Comfort	James Thorne	1968
Will Penny	Preacher Quint	1967
Matchless	Gregori Andreanu	1967
You Only Live Twice	Blofeld / Ernst Stavro Blofeld	1967
NBC Experiment in Television	(voice)	1967
The Night of the Generals	General Kahlenberge	1967
Eye of the Devil	Pere Dominic	1966
Fantastic Voyage	Dr. Michaels	1966
Cul-de-sac	George	1966
Call My Bluff	Self	1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre	J.G., Richard Pratt	1965
The Hallelujah Trail	'Oracle' Jones	1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told	The Dark Hermit - Satan	1965
The Wednesday Play	The Head Waiter	1964
The Guest	Bernard Jenkins / Mac Davies	1964
Espionage	Escalon	1963
The Fugitive	Max Pfeiffer	1963
The Outer Limits	Harold J. Finley	1963
Dr. Crippen	Dr. Crippen / Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen	1963
The Great Escape	Blythe 'The Forger'	1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest	1962
Lisa	Sgt. Wolters / Wolters	1962
The Defenders	Dr. Byron Saul	1961
No Place Like Homicide!	Everett Sloane	1961
Spare the Rod	Mr. Jenkins	1961
The Wind of Change	'Pop' Marley / Pop	1961
No Love for Johnnie	Roger Renfrew / Renfrew	1961
The Hands of Orlac	Graham Coates	1960
A Story of David: The Hunted	Nabal	1960
Danger Man	Captain Aldrich, Nikolides	1960
Sons and Lovers	Pappleworth / Mr. Puppleworth	1960
Hell Is a City	Gus Hawkins	1960
Circus of Horrors	Vanet	1960
The Battle of the Sexes	Irwin Hoffman	1960
The Flesh and the Fiends	William Hare	1960
The Shakedown	Jessel / Jessel Brown	1960
The Risk	Parsons, alias Bill Brown	1960
The Twilight Zone	Professor Ellis Fowler	1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro	Captain	1959
Look Back in Anger	Hurst	1959
Interpol Calling	Karl Haussman	1959
One Step Beyond	Harvey Laurence	1959
The Two-Headed Spy	Gen. Hardt	1958
William Tell	The Spider	1958
The Man Inside	Organ Grinder	1958
The Wind Cannot Read	The Doctor / Doctor	1958
Heart of a Child	Spiel	1958
A Tale of Two Cities	Barsad	1958
Rendezvous	Potter	1958
All at Sea	Cashier	1957
Stowaway Girl	Evans	1957
Decision Against Time	Crabtree	1957
Armchair Theatre	Arthur Gladwell, Ben Hoffman, Fred Watson, President of the USA	1956
The Black Tent	Ali	1956
1984	R. Parsons	1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood	Prince John, Bailiff Baldwin	1955
Value for Money	Limpy	1955
This Is Your Life	Self	1955
Orders Are Orders	L / Cpl. Martin / Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)	1955
The Magical World of Disney	Captain Pinski, Lucas Deranian	1954
The Beachcomber	Tromp	1954