Halloween1978
As Loomis
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Donald Pleasence
Born
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 (193)
The Great Escape1963
As Blythe 'The Forger'
TMDb 7.9 / 10
You Only Live Twice1967
As Ernst Stavro Blofeld
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Halloween II1981
As Sam Loomis
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Escape from New York1981
As President of the United States
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers1989
As Dr. Sam Loomis
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1988
As Dr. Loomis
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers1995
As Dr. Loomis
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Prince of Darkness1987
As Priest
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Count of Monte-Cristo1975
As Danglars
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Watch Out, We're Mad1974
As Doctor
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Fantastic Voyage1966
As Dr. Michaels
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Eagle Has Landed1976
As Himmler
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Warrior Queen1987
As Clodius Flaucus
TMDb 3.7 / 10
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
As The Dark Hermit - Satan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Buried Alive1989
As Dr. Schaeffer
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Soldier Blue1970
As Isaac Q. Cumber
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Goldenrod1976
As John Tyler Jones
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Shadows and Fog1991
As Doctor
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Breakdown: 19752025
As Self (archive footage- Escape to Witch Mountain)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Phenomena1985
As Professor John McGregor
TMDb 6.8 / 10
THX 11381971
As SEN
TMDb 6.4 / 10
All Quiet on the Western Front1979
As Kantorek
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Telefon1977
As Nicolai Dalchimsky
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Will Penny1967
As Preacher Quint
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Night of the Generals1967
As General Kahlenberge
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dracula1979
As Dr. Jack Seward
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Escape to Witch Mountain1975
As Lucas Deranian
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Thief and the Cobbler1993
As Phido the Vulture (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Horsemasters1961
As Captain Pinski
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Innocent Bystanders1972
As Loomis
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Monster Club1981
As Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
TMDb 5.8 / 10
19841956
As R. Parsons
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Manuela1957
As Evans
TMDb 6.3 / 10
River of Death1989
As Heinrich Spaatz
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Dien Bien Phu1992
As Howard Simpson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wake in Fright1971
As Doc Tydon
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Death Line1972
As Inspector Calhoun
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery1989
As Jason Rafiel
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Last Tycoon1976
As Boxley
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Alone in the Dark1982
As Leo Bain
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Black Windmill1974
As Cedric Harper
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nosferatu in Venice1988
As Don Alvise
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A Breed Apart1984
As J.P. Whittier
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Eye of the Devil1966
As Pere Dominic
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cul-de-sac1966
As George
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Witness for the Prosecution1982
As Mr. Myers
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Femme Fatale1993
As Victor Harty
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978
As B.D. Brockhurst
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979
As Dr. Steiner
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Oh, God!1977
As Doctor Harmon
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Uncanny1977
As Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936")
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hindle Wakes1976
As Nat Jeffcote
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Guinevere1994
As Merlin
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Look Back in Anger1959
As Hurst
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Scoop1987
As Lord Copper
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Warrior of the Lost World1983
As Prossor
TMDb 2.9 / 10
Tales That Witness Madness1973
As Prof. R.C. Tremayne
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Women in Arms1991
As Dreyfuss
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The House of Usher1989
As Walter Usher
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972
As Thomas Cromwell
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Flesh and the Fiends1960
As William Hare
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Treasure of the Amazon1985
As Klaus von Blantz
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Basements1987
As Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Barnacle Bill1957
As Cashier
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Hearts of the West1975
As A.J. Nietz
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Race for the Yankee Zephyr1981
As Gilbert Carson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Joke1976
As Bendel
Occupations1974
As Christo Kabak
The Madwoman of Chaillot1969
As The Prospector
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Hallelujah Trail1965
As 'Oracle' Jones
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Blood Relatives1978
As James Doniac
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Kidnapped1971
As Ebenezer Balfour
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Black Arrow1985
As Sir Oliver Oates
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Cobra Mission1986
As Father Lenoir
TMDb 4.9 / 10
From Beyond the Grave1974
As Jim Underwood
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Ambassador1985
As Minister Eretz
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Terror in the Aisles1984
As Self - Host
TMDb 6.2 / 10
L'Homme en colère1979
As Albert Rumpelmayer
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Hands of Orlac1960
As Graham Coates
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story1988
As Dr. Absalon
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Hour of the Pig1993
As Pincheon
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Mutations1974
As Professor Nolter
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Specters1987
As Professor Lasky
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Hanna's War1988
As Captain Thomas Rosza
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Phantom of Death1988
As Inspector Datti
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Double Target1987
As Sen. Blaster
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Millions1991
As Ripa
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Two-Headed Spy1958
As Gen. Hardt
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Tale of Two Cities1958
As Barsad
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Circus of Horrors1960
As Vanet
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Battle of the Sexes1960
As Irwin Hoffman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Jaguar Lives!1979
As General Villanova
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Journey into Fear1975
As Kuvetli
TMDb 6.0 / 10
What a Carve Up!1961
As Everett Sloane
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Django Strikes Again1987
As Ben Gunn
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Pumaman1980
As Kobras
TMDb 2.9 / 10
Malachi's Cove1973
As Malachi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Power Play1978
As Blair
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Pied Piper1972
As The Baron
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Nothing Underneath1985
As Commissioner Danesi
TMDb 5.7 / 10
To Kill a Stranger1986
As Col. Kostik
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Dybbuk1952
As Second batlon
Paganini Horror1989
As Mr. Pickett
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Commander1988
As Henry Carlson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Fatal Frames1996
As Professor Robinson
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Trial by Combat1976
As Sir Giles Marley
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest2003
As Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Reel Horror1985
As Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Computercide1982
As George Dettler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nineteen Eighty-Four1954
As Syme
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hell Is a City1960
As Gus Hawkins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
New Line: Independent Legacies
New Line: Independent LegaciesRelease date TBA
As Self (archive footage)
Ground Zero1987
As Prosper Gaffney
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973
As Fred Smudge
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ten Little Indians1989
As Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Devil's Men1976
As Father Roche
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Better Late Than Never1979
As Colonel Riddle
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Killers of Kilimanjaro1959
As Captain
TMDb 6.3 / 10
I Don't Want to Be Born1976
As Dr. Finch
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Defection of Simas Kudirka1978
As Capt. Vladimir Popov
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sons and Lovers1960
As Mr. Pappleworth
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Black Tent1956
As Ali
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Man Inside1958
As Organ Grinder
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Wind Cannot Read1958
As Doctor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own1974
As Erich Count von Plasma
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Wedding in White1972
As Jim Dougall, Sr.
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Value for Money1955
As Limpy
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Suspect1960
As Parsons, alias Bill Brown
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Freeze: But is it Art?1994
As Sinister Dentist
The Caretaker1964
As Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Gold of the Amazon Women1979
As Clarence Blasko
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Gila and Rik1987
As Joe Gardenia
Arch of Triumph1984
As Ivon Haake
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Blade on the Feather1980
As John Cavendish
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Devonsville Terror1983
As Dr. Warley
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Diary of Anne Frank1967
As Albert Dussel
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Casablanca Express1989
As Colonel Bats
TMDb 3.8 / 10
American Rickshaw1989
As Rev. Mortom
TMDb 4.7 / 10
No Love for Johnnie1961
As Renfrew
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Big Day1960
As Victor Partridge
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Man in the Sky1957
As Crabtree
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Wind of Change1961
As Pop
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Falklands Factor1983
As Dr. Samuel Johnson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Where Is Parsifal?1984
As Mackintosh
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Sleep is Lovely1968
As Clive
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Spare the Rod1961
As Mr. Jenkins
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Last In, First Out1978
As Rothko
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie1984
As Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The Big Freeze1993
As Soup slurper
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Inspector1962
As Wolters
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Shakedown1960
As Jessel Brown
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Heart of a Child1958
As Spiel
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Meriel the Ghost Girl1976
As George Livingston
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Story of David1960
As Nabal
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Greatest Man in the World
The Greatest Man in the World1958
As US President
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Moment of Truth1955
As The Foreign Minister
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Matchless1967
As Gregori Andreanu
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Night Creature1978
As Axel MacGregor
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Corsican Brothers1985
As The Chancellor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mr. Freedom1969
As Dr. Freedom
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Metropolitan Animals1988
As Prof. Livingstone
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dr. Crippen1963
As Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Into the Darkness1986
As David Beckett
TMDb 3.2 / 10
House of the Damned1974
As Martin Zayas
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Life of General De Gaulle1990
As Winston Churchill
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Deadheat1986
As Aldo Rossi
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Orders Are Orders1954
As Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Beachcomber1954
As Tromp
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Last Platoon1988
As Colonel B. Abrahams
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird1991
As Armon Shalik
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Jerusalem File1972
As Major Samuels
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Rainbow Boys1973
As Ralph Logan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Safe Haven
Safe Haven1995
As The Sailor
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Call Me Daddy
Call Me Daddy1967
As Ben Hoffman
Arthur? Arthur!1969
As Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Tomorrow Never Comes1978
As Dr. Todd
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Toff and Fingers
Toff and Fingers1960
As Self/Host
The Fox Trot1971
As Tom
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Passover Plot1976
As Pontius Pilate
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Skin Deep1971
As Gerry Muddiman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Creature of Comfort1968
As James Thorne
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Dr. Loomis Tapes2026
As Dr. Loomis
Alice Through the Looking Box1960
As Caterpillar
The Cupboard1960
As Fred Watson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Driving Lessons2012
As Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Cafeteria1974
As Aaron
The Traitor
The Traitor1959
As Grantley Caypor
The News-Benders1968
As J.G.
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Last to Go1969
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Round the World in 80 Days
Round the World in 80 Days1955
As Voices
HALLOWEEN 6: PRODUCER'S CUT2014
As Samuel Loomis
Filmography and biography: TMDb