Biography: life and films
Donald Pleasence was an English actor. He was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England on 5th October 1919 and died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France on 2nd February 1995, aged 75.His best films as an actor include John Gilling's thriller The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), Roman Polanski's comedy-thriller Cul-de-sac (1966), Richard Fleischer's Fantastic Voyage (1966), George Lucas's THX 1138 (1971) and John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).
Donald Pleasence appeared in 143 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ralph Thomas (3 films), John Sturges (3), John Carpenter (3), Sergio Martino (2), Rick Rosenthal (2), Peter Collinson (2), Kevin Connor (2), John Gilling (2), Jack Cardiff (2), J. Lee Thompson (2), Don Siegel (2), Charles Crichton (2), Carlo Vanzina (2), Alan Birkinshaw (2) and Al Festa (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (57 films), Thriller (43), Horror (39), comedy (22), War (14), crime-thriller (9), Fantasy (9), comedy-thriller (6), romance (5), history (5), comedy-drama (5), Western (5) and Biography (3).
Our average rating for Donald Pleasence over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Orders Are Orders (1954) [a]
The Beachcomber (1954) [a]
Value for Money (1955) [a]
1984 (1956) [a]
The Black Tent (1956) [a]
Barnacle Bill (1957) [a]
Manuela (1957) [a]
The Man in the Sky (1957) [a]
A Tale of Two Cities (1958) [a]
Heart of a Child (1958) [a]
The Man Inside (1958) [a]
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) [a]
The Wind Cannot Read (1958) [a]
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) [a]
The Battle of the Sexes (1959) [a]
The Shakedown (1959) [a]
Hell Is a City (1960) [a]
Suspect (1960) [a]
The Big Day (1960) [a]
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) [a]
A Story of David (1961) [a]
No Love for Johnnie (1961) [a]
Spare the Rod (1961) [a]
The Wind of Change (1961) [a]
Dr. Crippen (1962) [a]
The Inspector (1962) [a]
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) [a]
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) [a]
Matchless (1967) [a]
The Night of the Generals (1967) [a]
You Only Live Twice (1967) [a]
Creature of Comfort (1968) [a]
The Other People (1968) [a]
Will Penny (1968) [a]
Arthur! Arthur! (1969) [a]
Mr. Freedom (1969) [a]
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) [a]
Soldier Blue (1970) [a]
Kidnapped (1971) [a]
THX 1138 (1971) [a]
Wake in Fright (1971) [a]
Death Line (1972) [a]
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) [a]
Innocent Bystanders (1972) [a]
The Jerusalem File (1972) [a]
The Pied Piper (1972) [a]
Wedding in White (1972) [a]
From Beyond the Grave (1973) [a]
Tales That Witness Madness (1973) [a]
The Rainbow Boys (1973) [a]
Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo (1974) [a]
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) [a]
La Loba y la Paloma (1974) [a]
Malachi's Cove (1974) [a]
The Mutations (1974) [a]
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) [a]
Hearts of the West (1975) [a]
I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) [a]
Journey Into Fear (1975) [a]
Goldenrod (1976) [a]
The Devil's Men (1976) [a]
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) [a]
The Last Tycoon (1976) [a]
The Passover Plot (1976) [a]
Trial by Combat (1976) [a]
Oh, God! (1977) [a]
Telefon (1977) [a]
Halloween (1978) [a]
L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde (1978) [a]
Night Creature (1978) [a]
Power Play (1978) [a]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) [a]
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) [a]
Dracula (1979) [a]
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) [a]
Jaguar Lives! (1979) [a]
L'Uomo puma (1980) [a]
Escape from New York (1981) [a]
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) [a]
Alone in the Dark (1982) [a]
The Devonsville Terror (1983) [a]
Warrior of the Lost World (1983) [a]
Where Is Parsifal? (1983) [a]
A Breed Apart (1984) [a]
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984) [a]
Terror in the Aisles (1984) [a]
The Ambassador (1984) [a]
Phenomena (1985) [a]
Reel Horror (1985) [a]
Sotto il vestito niente (1985) [a]
The Treasure of the Amazon (1985) [a]
To Kill a Stranger (1985) [a]
Cobra Mission (1986) [a]
Into the Darkness (1986) [a]
Animali metropolitani (1987) [a]
Django 2: il grande ritorno (1987) [a]
Double Target (1987) [a]
Ground Zero (1987) [a]
Prince of Darkness (1987) [a]
Spettri (1987) [a]
Warrior Queen (1987) [a]
Angel Hill: l'ultima missione (1988) [a]
Der Commander (1988) [a]
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) [a]
Hanna's War (1988) [a]
Nosferatu a Venezia (1988) [a]
Un Delitto poco comune (1988) [a]
Casablanca Express (1989) [a]
Halloween 5 (1989) [a]
Paganini Horror (1989) [a]
River of Death (1989) [a]
Ten Little Indians (1989) [a]
American risciò (1990) [a]
Buried Alive (1990) [a]
Donne armate (1990) [a]
L'Avvoltoio può attendere (1991) [a]
Miliardi (1991) [a]
Diên Biên Phu (1992) [a]
The Big Freeze (1993) [a]
The Hour of the Pig (1993) [a]
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) [a]
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) [a]
Safe Haven (1995) [a]
Fatal frames: Fotogrammi mortali (1996) [a]
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) [a]
Escape from New Jersey (2010) [a]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
The greatest French film directors
