Donald Pleasence
Gender: Male
Born: 5th October 1919
Died: 2nd February 1995
Nationality: United Kingdom
TV programs: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Barchester Chronicles, Centennial, The Foxtrot, The Adventures of William Tell, Jesus of Nazareth, Blade on the Feather
Movies: Cul-de-Sac, Dien Bien Phu, Dracula, Escape from New York, Eye of the Devil, Fantastic Voyage, Halloween, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween II, Halloween 6, Oh, God!, Prince of Darkness, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Soldier Blue, Telefon, The Black Windmill, The Eagle Has Landed, The Great Escape, THX 1138, Will Penny, Master of the Game, Alone in the Dark, 1984, The Eagle Has Landed, Escape to Witch Mountain, Nosferatu in Venice, Terror in the Aisles, The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Phenomena, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Jesus of Nazareth, The Night of the Generals, The Last Tycoon, The Thief and the Cobbler, Mr. Freedom, Wake in Fright, The Hallelujah Trail, Witness for the Prosecution, Hell Is a City, Sons and Lovers, Shadows and Fog, Warrior of the Lost World, The Advocate, The Pumaman, Death Line, Buried Alive, The Monster Club, Arch of Triumph, Circus of Horrors, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Devonsville Terror, Ten Little Indians, Ground Zero, Power Play, Where Is Parsifal?, Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138, Look Back in Anger, Night Creature, Treasure of the Amazon, Gold of the Amazon Women, Escape to Witch Mountain, From Beyond the Grave, You Only Live Twice, The Flesh and the Fiends, Tales That Witness Madness, The Ambassador, The Black Tent, The Beachcomber, The Shakedown, The Caretaker, Blade on the Feather, Hearts of the West, Journey into Fear, The Uncanny, Scoop, Django, Jig-Saw, The Pied Piper, Wedding in White, Guinevere, The Mutations, Millions, Concorde Affaire '79, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Wind of Change, Casablanca Express, Blood Relatives, Spare the Rod, A Breed Apart, I Don't Want to Be Born, Matchless, Black Arrow, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Arthur! Arthur!, Trial by Combat, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was a British actor who achieved more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Known for his piercing blue eyes and bald head, Pleasence is arguably best remembered for his work in the Halloween and James Bond franchises.
Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway stationmaster. He was brought up as a strict Methodist in the small village of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire. Pleasence attended Ecclesfield Grammar School, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and subsequently dropped out to work as a railway clerk, while looking for a job as an actor. During World War II Pleasence was initially a conscientious objector, but later changed his stance and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, serving with 166 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command. His Avro Lancaster was shot down on 31 August 1944, during a raid on Agenville. He was taken prisoner and placed in a German prisoner-of-war camp, where he produced and acted in plays. He would later play Flight Lt. Colin Blythe in The Great Escape where much of the story takes place inside
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