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Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (/ ˈ p l ɛ z ə n s /; [2] 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) [3] was an English actor.
Donald Pleasence. Actor: Halloween II. Balding, quietly spoken, of slight build and possessed of piercing blue eyes -- often peering out from behind round, steel-rimmed glasses -- Donald Pleasence had the essential physical attributes which make a great screen villain.
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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)
Donald Henry Pleasence [1] OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor. Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. [2] He was raised in Lincolnshire, England. [3] During his career, Pleasence was nominated for four Tony Awards. [4] 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)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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- 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.
Oct 22, 2023 · English actor Donald Pleasence is best known as Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween; he was also memorable in The Great Escape and an early James Bond movie.
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Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades.
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