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Donald Pleasence (October 5, 1919 - February 2,
1995) was an English people|English acting|actor. 
He was born in Worksop, England, the son of a
stationmaster.

Pleasence's acting career began in a 1939
production of Wuthering Heights, but was soon
interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force
and a year in a Germany|German prisoner of
war|prisoner-of-war camp.  He had been a
conscientious objector at first, but later joined
the Royal Air Force.  He was shot down and taken
prisoner. 

He returned to acting after the war, and critics
began to call him the "Man with the Hypnotic Eye".
 Perhaps because of this, and his bald head and
quiet-but-intense voice, he specialised in insane
and evil characters.  His trademark voice may be
credited to elocution lessons he had as a child.

Pleasence was married four times and is father to
five daughters. Miriam Raymond and Pleasance
produced two daughters, Angela Pleasence|Angela
and Jean in their 1941 to 1958 marriage. His 1959
to 1970 marriage to actress and singer Josephine
Martin Crombie produced two daughters, Lucy and
Polly.  He was married to Meira Shore from 1970 to
1988 and they had one daughter, Miranda.  His last
marriage to Linda (maiden name unknown) lasted
until his death in 1995.

He died in St. Paul de Vence, France from
complications from heart valve replacement
surgery.

==Filmography==

*Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
(1995).....Dr. Samuel J. 'Sam' Loomis
*Fatal Frames (movie)|Fatal Frames
(1996).....Professor Robinson
*Safe Haven (movie)|Safe Haven (1995).....The
Sailor 
*Arabian Knight (1995) (voice) 
*Signs and Wonders (1995) (TV).....Cornelius Van
Damm 
*Guinevere (1994) (TV).....Merlin
*The Big Freeze (movie)|The Big Freeze
(1993).....Soup slurper 
*Femme Fatale (1993) (TV).....Victor Harty 
*The Hour of the Pig (1993).....Pincheon
*Diên Biên Phu (1992).....Howard Simpson 
*Shadows and Fog (1992).....Doctor 
*Avvoltoio può attendere, L'  (1991).....The Art
Collector 
*Miliardi (1991).....Ripa
*American risciò (1990).....Reverend Mortom
*Edgar Allan Poe's Buried Alive (1990).....Doctor
Schaeffer
*Donne armate (1990).....Dreyfuss
*Moi, général de Gaulle (1990) (TV).....Winston
Churchill
*A Caribbean Mystery (1989) (TV).....Jason Rafiel
*Halloween (movie)|Halloween 5 (1989).....Dr. Sam
Loomis
*River of Death (1989).....Heinrich Spaatz
*Paganini Horror (1989).....Mr. Pickett
*Ten Little Indians (1989).....Mr. Justice
Lawrence Wargrave
*Angel Hill: l'ultima missione (1988).....Colonel
B. Abrams
*Casablanca Express (1988).....Col. Bats 
*The House of Usher (1988).....Walter Usher
*Hanna's War (1988).....Captain Thomas Rosza 
*The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
(TV).....Dr. Absalon 
*Halloween (movie)|Halloween 4: The Return of
Michael Myers (1988) Dr. Sam Loomis 
*Nosferatu a Venezia (1988).....Don Alvise
*Commander, Der (1988).....Henry Carlson
*Delitto poco comune, Un (1988).....Inspector
Datti
*Animali metropolitani (1987).....Prof.
Livingstone 
*Django 2: il grande ritorno (1987).....Gunn
*Naso di cane (1987) (TV) 
*Scoop (1987) (TV).....Lord Copper 
*Spettri (1987).....Professor Lasky
*Warrior Queen (1987).....Clodius Flaucus, ruler
of Pompeii 
*Prince of Darkness (1987).....Father Loomis
*Ground Zero (film)|Ground Zero (1987).....Prosper
Gaffney 
*Double Target (1987).....Senator Blaster
*Basements (1987) (TV).....Mr. Kidd (segment "The
Room") 
*Into the Darkness (1986).....David Beckett 
*Onora il padre (1986) (TV).....Aldo Rossi
*Cobra Mission (1985)......Father Lenoir
*To Kill a Stranger (198).....Col. Kostik
*Sotto il vestito niente (1985).....Commissioner
Danesi
*The Treasure of the Amazon (1985).....Klaus von
Blantz
*Arch of Triumph (1985) (TV).....Haake 
*The Corsican Brothers (1985) (TV).....The
Chancellor
*Phenomena (1985).....Prof. John McGregor
*Black Arrow (1985) (TV).....Sir Oliver Oates
*A Breed Apart (1984).....J.P. Whittier 
*Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
(1984).....Victor Frankenstein/Old Baron
Frankenstein 
*The Ambassador (1984).....Minister Eretz
*Master of the Game (1984) (TV), Salomon Van der
Merwe 
*Warrior of the Lost World (1983).....Prossor
*Where Is Parsifal? (1983).....Mackintosh 
*The Devonsville Terror (1983).....Dr. Warley 
*Witness for the Prosecution (1982) (TV).....Mr.
Myers 
*Alone in the Dark (1982 movie)|Alone in the Dark
(1982).....Dr. Leo Bain 
*The Barchester Chronicles (1982) (TV), Rev.
Septimus Harding 
*Computercide (1982) (TV).....George Dettler
*Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981).....Gilbert
Carson
*Halloween II (movie)|Halloween II (1981).....Dr.
Sam Loomis
*Escape from New York (1981)......President of the
United States|U.S. President
*The Monster Club (1980).....Pickering
*Blade on the Feather (1980) (TV).....Professor
Jason Cavendish
*Puma Man (1980).....Kobras
*Jaguar Lives! (1979).....Gen. Villanova
*The French Atlantic Affair (1979) (TV), Max
Dechambre 
*All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
(TV).....Kantorek 
*Better Late Than Never (1979) (TV).....Colonel
Riddle 
*Dracula (1979).....Dr. Jack Seward 
*Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979).....Dr. Steiner
*Homme en colère, L'  (1979).....Albert
Pumpelmeyer
*Gold of the Amazon Women (1979) (TV).....Clarence
Blasko
*Halloween (movie)|Halloween (1978).....Dr. Sam
Loomis
*Centennial (1978) (TV), Samuel Purchase 
*Ordre et la sécurité du monde, L' 
(1978).....Rothko
*Power Play (1978).....Blair
*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(movie)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1978).....B.D. Hoffler
*The Bastard (1978) (TV).....Solomon Sholto
*Tomorrow Never Comes (1978).....Dr. Todd 
*Liens du sang, Les (1978).....James Doniac
*"The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" (1978) (TV),
Narrator 
*The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978) (TV)
Captain Vladimir Popov 
*Night Creature (1977).....Axel MacGregor
*Telefon (1977).....Nicolai Dalchimsky 
*Oh, God! (1977).....Doctor Harmon 
*The Uncanny (1977).....Valentine De'ath 
*Jesus of Nazareth (movie)|Jesus of Nazareth
(1977) (TV), Melchior
*The Eagle Has Landed (1976).....Heinrich Himmler 
*The Last Tycoon (film)|The Last Tycoon
(1976).....Boxley 
*The Passover Plot (1976).....Pontius Pilate 
*Trial by Combat (1976).....Sir Giles Marley
*Meriel, the Ghost Girl (1976) (TV).....George
Livingston
*Goldenrod (1976).....John Tyler Jones 
*Land of the Minotaur (1976).....Father Roche
*I Don't Want to Be Born (1975).....Dr. Finch
*Hearts of the West (1975).....A.J. Neitz
*Journey Into Fear (1975).....Kuvetli
*Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).....Lucas
Deranian 
*The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
(TV).....Danglars
*Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974).....Erich
Count von Plasma 
*Malachi's Cove (1974).....Malachi
*Loba y la Paloma, La (1974).....Martin Zayas
*Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo (1974).....The Doctor
*The Cafeteria (1974) (TV).....Aaron
*The Black Windmill (1974).....Cedric Harper 
*From Beyond the Grave (1973).....Jim Underwood
(segment "An Act of Kindness")
*Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Joke (1973)
(TV).....Bendel
*The Mutations (1973).....Professor Nolter
*Tales That Witness Madness (1973).....Dr. R.C.
Tremayne
*Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)
(TV).....Adrian Carsini 
*The Rainbow Boys (1973).....Ralph Logan
*Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) (TV).....Fred
Smudge 
*Death Line (1972).....Inspector Calhoun
*Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972).....Thomas
Cromwell 
*Wedding in White (1972).....Jim Dougall, Sr.
*Innocent Bystanders (1972).....Loomis 
*The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1972).....The Baron
*The Jerusalem File (1972).....Major Samuels
*Kidnapped (1971 film)|Kidnapped
(1971).....Ebenezer Balfour 
*Play for Today: Skin Deep (1971) (TV).....Gerry
Muddiman
*Wake in Fright (1971).....'Doc' Tydon
*Play for Today: The Foxtrot (1971) (TV).....Tom
*THX 1138 (1971).....SEN 5241 
*Soldier Blue (1970).....Isaac Q. Cumber
*Arthur! Arthur! (1969).....Arthur 
*The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969).....The
Prospector 
*Mr. Freedom (1969).....Dr. Freedom 
*Creature of Comfort (1968).....James Thorne 
*The Other People (1968).....Elsa's father
*Will Penny (1968).....Preacher Quint 
*Thirty-Minute Theatre: The News-Benders (1968)
(TV).....J.G.
*The Diary of Anne Frank (1967) (TV).....Mr.
Dusseli 
*You Only Live Twice (1967).....Ernst Stavro
Blofeld
*Eye of the Devil (1967).....Pere Dominic
*The Night of the Generals (1967).....Maj. Gen.
Kahlenberg
*Thirty-Minute Theatre: Taste (1967) (TV)
*Matchless (1966).....Gregori Andreanu 
*Wednesday Play: The Head Waiter (1966) (TV) The
Head Waiter
*Fantastic Voyage (1966).....Dr. Michaels
*Cul-de-sac (1966).....George 
*The Hallelujah Trail (1965).....'Oracle' Jones 
*The Greatest Story Ever Told  (1965).....The Dark
Hermit - Satan
*The Great Escape (1963).....Flight Lt. Colin 'The
Forger' Blythe 
*The Caretaker (1963).....Mac Davies/Bernard
Jenkins
*Dr. Crippen (1962).....Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen 
*What a Carve Up (1962).....Everett Sloane
*Lisa (1962).....Sgt. Wolters
*Spare the Rod (1961).....Mr. Jenkins 
*The Wind of Change (1961).....Pop 
*The Horsemasters (1961) (TV).....Capt. Pinski 
*No Love for Johnnie (1961).....Roger Renfrew 
*The Hands of Orlac (1961).....Graham Coates
*The Big Day (1960).....Victor Partridge 
*A Story of David (1960).....Nabal 
*Suspect (1960).....Parsons, alias Bill Brown
*The Cupboard (1960) (TV).....Fred Watson 
*Circus of Horrors (1960).....Vanet
*Sons and Lovers (1960).....Mr. Puppleworth 
*Hell Is a City (1960).....Gus Hawkins
*The Battle of the Sexes (1959) (as Donald
Pleasance).....Irwin Hoffman 
*The Flesh and the Fiends (1959).....William Hare
*The Shakedown (1959).....Jessel Brown 
*Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959).....Captain
*The Scarf (1959) TV Series....Det. Insp. Harry
Yates 
*Heart of a Child (1958).....Spiel 
*Look Back in Anger (1958).....Hurst 
*The Two-Headed Spy (1958).....General Hardt 
*The Man Inside (1958).....Organ-grinder 
*The Wind Cannot Read (1958).....Doctor 
*A Tale of Two Cities (1958).....John Barsad 
*Barnacle Bill (1957).....Bank teller
*Man in a Moon (1957) (TV) 
*Manuela (1957).....Evans
*The Man in the Sky (1957).....Crabtree
*1984 (1956 movie)|1984 (1956).....R. Parsons 
*The Black Tent (1956).....Ali 
*One (1956) (TV).....Burden 
*The Adventures of Robin Hood (series)|The
Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) TV Series Prince
John (1955-58)
*The Moment of Truth (1955) (TV) 
*Value for Money (1955).....Limpy 
*The Beachcomber (1954).....Tromp 
*Orders Are Orders (1954).....Cpl. Martin

== Television ==
His first role was on television, as Syme in the
BBC's highly-acclaimed 1954 adaptation of George
Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (TV
programme)|Nineteen Eighty-Four, which starred
Peter Cushing - another actor who would go on to
find fame in many horror film roles.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000587|name=Donald Pleasence
*http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/499914/
Donald Pleasence at screenonline