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Acting

Donald Pleasence

Career: Active from 1952 to 2026, with a break from 1996 to 2025, busiest in 1976 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles: 104
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: The Great Escape
87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

BAFTA Awards · Best Actor
1959 · Won
Source: Wikidata

Characters

11

The characters Donald Pleasence played, best-known titles first.

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis

Donald Pleasence as Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"

Donald Pleasence as President of the United States

Donald Pleasence as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis

Donald Pleasence as SEN

Donald Pleasence as Loomis

Donald Pleasence as Professor John McGregor

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Michaels

Donald Pleasence as Ian A. Morly

Donald Pleasence as Salomon Van der Merwe

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 137 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Donald Pleasence Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Wholesome
2.0, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 14
Political Intrigue 11
Psychological Thriller 10
Character-Driven 9
Gothic Horror 6
Claustrophobic Atmosphere 5
Cult Classic 5
Historical Drama 5
Historical Setting 4
Psychological Drama 4
Character Study 4
Slow Burn 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

230

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

The Dr. Loomis Tapes

as Dr. Loomis

1990s

17 titles · average score 49

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

26

as Dr. Loomis

Signs and Wonders

TV show · as Cornelius Van Damm

as The Sailor

Guinevere

36

as Merlin

The Hour of the Pig

71

as Pincheon

The Thief and the Cobbler

64

as Phido the Vulture (voice)

Femme Fatale

as Victor Harty

The Big Freeze

as Soup slurper

Dien Bien Phu

67

as Howard Simpson

Millions

37

as Ripa

Shadows and Fog

58

as Doctor

Life of General De Gaulle

as Winston Churchill

1980s

59 titles · average score 50

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

32

as Dr. Sam Loomis

Buried Alive

41

as Dr. Schaeffer

Ten Little Indians

46

as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

70

as Jason Rafiel

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

48

as Dr. Loomis

Prince of Darkness

61

as Priest

Warrior of the Lost World

24

as Prossor

The Barchester Chronicles

77

TV show · as Septimus Harding

Alone in the Dark

59

as Leo Bain

Halloween II

49

as Dr Samuel Loomis

Escape from New York

72

as President of the United States

The Monster Club

49

as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad

1970s

73 titles · average score 60

All Quiet on the Western Front

85

as Kantorek

Dracula

65

as Dr. Jack Seward

Halloween

87

as Loomis

Telefon

52

as Nicolai Dalchimsky

Escape to Witch Mountain

68

as Lucas Deranian

From Beyond the Grave

64

as Jim Underwood

The Black Windmill

47

as Cedric Harper

Death Line

71

as Inspector Calhoun

Innocent Bystanders

68

as Loomis

THX 1138

70

as SEN

Wake in Fright

83

as Doc Tydon

Soldier Blue

53

as Isaac Q. Cumber

1960s

48 titles · average score 64

You Only Live Twice

66

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Will Penny

81

as Preacher Quint

The Night of the Generals

56

as General Kahlenberge

Cul-de-sac

74

as George

Fantastic Voyage

74

as Dr. Michaels

Eye of the Devil

61

as Pere Dominic

The Caretaker

72

as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins

The Great Escape

87

as Blythe 'The Forger'

Dr. Crippen

62

as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

What a Carve Up!

64

as Everett Sloane

The Flesh and the Fiends

67

as William Hare

Hell Is a City

68

as Gus Hawkins

1950s

32 titles · average score 66

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Ellis Fowler

One Step Beyond

67

TV show · as Harvey Laurence

Heart of a Child

as Spiel

The Greatest Man in the World

as US President

Manuela

62

as Evans

1984

67

as R. Parsons

The Black Tent

56

as Ali

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Prince John

Nineteen Eighty-Four

72

as Syme

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Captain Pinski / Lucas Deranian

The Beachcomber

62

as Tromp

The Dybbuk

as Second batlon