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Donald Pleasence
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…
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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.
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2026
The Dr. Loomis Tapes
Movie Dr. Loomis
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2025
Breakdown: 1975
Movie Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT
Movie Samuel Loomis
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2012
Driving Lessons
Movie Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
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2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
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1996
Fatal Frames
Movie Professor Robinson
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1995
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Movie Dr. Loomis
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1995
Signs and Wonders
TV show Cornelius Van Damm
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1995
Safe Haven
Movie The Sailor
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1994
The World of Hammer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1994
Guinevere
Movie Merlin
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1994
Freeze: But is it Art?
Movie Sinister Dentist
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1993
The Big Freeze
Movie Soup slurper
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1993
The Hour of the Pig
Movie Pincheon
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1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie Phido the Vulture (voice)
More credits
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1993
Femme Fatale
Movie Victor Harty
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1992
Dien Bien Phu
Movie Howard Simpson
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1991
Shadows and Fog
Movie Doctor
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1991
Millions
Movie Ripa
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1991
Women in Arms
Movie Dreyfuss
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1991
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Movie Armon Shalik
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1990
Life of General De Gaulle
Movie Winston Churchill
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1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Movie Jason Rafiel
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1989
Casablanca Express
Movie Colonel Bats
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1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Movie Dr. Sam Loomis
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1989
River of Death
Movie Heinrich Spaatz
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1989
Ten Little Indians
Movie Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
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1989
Buried Alive
Movie Dr. Schaeffer
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1989
Paganini Horror
Movie Mr. Pickett
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1989
The House of Usher
Movie Walter Usher
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1989
American Rickshaw
Movie Rev. Mortom
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1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
TV show Dr. Absalon
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1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie Dr. Absalon
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1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Movie Dr. Loomis
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1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Movie Don Alvise
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1988
Last Platoon
Movie Colonel B. Abrahams
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1988
Metropolitan Animals
Movie Prof. Livingstone
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1988
The Commander
Movie Henry Carlson
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1988
Hanna's War
Movie Captain Thomas Rosza
