Donald Pleasence

★ Acting #1,271

1919 - 1995 (age 75) • Acting

Born: 10/5/1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Died: 2/2/1995 (age 75)

Known for: Acting

Donald Pleasence

★ Acting #1,271

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.

Known For

Halloween

76%

Loomis

1978

Escape from New York

70%

President of the United States

1981

The Great Escape

79%

Blythe 'The Forger'

1963

You Only Live Twice

66%

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1967

Halloween II

66%

Sam Loomis

1981

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

62%

Dr. Loomis

1988

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

53%

Dr. Sam Loomis

1989

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

52%

Dr. Loomis

1995

Breakdown: 1975

68%

Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

77%

Self (archive footage)

2025

Driving Lessons

60%

Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)

2012

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

66%

Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)

2003

Fatal Frames

41%

Professor Robinson

1996

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

52%

Dr. Loomis

1995

Signs and Wonders

70%

Cornelius Van Damm

1995

Safe Haven

53%

The Sailor

1995

The World of Hammer

68%

Self (archive footage)

1994

Guinevere

33%

Merlin

1994

49%

Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

1989

Buried Alive

43%

Dr. Schaeffer

1989

Paganini Horror

44%

Mr. Pickett

1989