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Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (/ ˈ p l ɛ z ə n s /; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor.
IMDb profile of Donald Pleasence, a versatile British actor who played villains, heroes and everything in between. Learn about his life, career, roles, awards and trivia.
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- Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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- Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Donald Pleasence in Jesus of Nazareth (1977)- Robert De Niro and Donald Pleasence in The Last Tycoon (1976)
- Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)
- Donald Pleasence, Patrick O'Neal, and Ira von Fürstenberg in Matchless (1967)
- Woody Allen and Donald Pleasence in Shadows and Fog (1991)
Nov 7, 2023 · The actor, who played Dr. Loomis in Halloween, was a RAF wireless operator and a prisoner of war during World War II. He met some of the escape artists from Stalag Luft III, the basis of the 1963 movie, and shared his advice with the director.
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor. Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He was raised in Lincolnshire, England. During his career, Pleasence was nominated for four Tony Awards. He won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in 1959.
YearMovieRoleNotes1952The DybbukSecond BatlonTV movie1952-1959BBC Sunday-Night TheatreCorporalTV series, episode Arrow to the Heart (I) ...1952-1959BBC Sunday-Night TheatreChamberlainEpisode Such Men are Dangerous (1954)1952-1959BBC Sunday-Night TheatreSymeEpisode Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)- The Caretaker (1963) Director: Clive Donner. Both Pleasence and co-star Alan Bates reprised the roles they’d played at the Arts Theatre for the first screen adaptation of Harold Pinter’s breakthrough play.
- The Great Escape (1963) Director: John Sturges. John Sturges’ PoW classic may have ossified over the years through its reputation as the ultimate dad-movie, easing fathers everywhere into their post-Christmas lunch snooze, but it remains a thrilling adventure yarn.
- Cul-de-sac (1966) Director: Roman Polanski. There are shades of Pinter again for Pleasence in this third feature (the second in English) from Roman Polanski.
- Fantastic Voyage (1966) Director: Richard Fleischer. “So far someone’s tried to sabotage this mission twice!” The mission? To shrink a submarine to the size of a microbe, and travel through the arterial vessels of a Soviet spy to zap the blood clot that’s rendered him comatose and unable to defect.
Dec 3, 2023 · This article explores the remarkable journey of British actor Donald Pleasence, who went from being a real-life prisoner of war (POW) to portraying one in the iconic film 'The Great Escape'...
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Feb 3, 1995 · Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's...
