Donald Pleasence: movies and TV shows
Donald Pleasence has 255 credits in the archive: 193 films and 62 TV series, from 1950 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2026 · busiest year: 1960 (17 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dr. Loomis Tapes | Dr. Loomis | Film | — | 106 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 105 |
| 2012 | Driving Lessons | Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 92 |
| 2003 | Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 1996 | Fatal Frames | Professor Robinson | Film | 4.1 | 76 |
| 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis | Film | 5.1 | 75 |
| 1995 | Signs and Wonders | Cornelius Van Damm | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1995 | Safe Haven | The Sailor | Film | 5.3 | 75 |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1994 | Guinevere | Merlin | Film | 3.3 | 74 |
| 1994 | Freeze: But is it Art? | Sinister Dentist | Film | — | 74 |
| 1993 | Femme Fatale | Victor Harty | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Phido the Vulture (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 73 |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze | Soup slurper | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Pincheon | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1992 | Dien Bien Phu | Howard Simpson | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Doctor | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 1991 | Women in Arms | Dreyfuss | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1991 | The Vulture Is a Patient Bird | Armon Shalik | Film | 5.3 | 71 |
| 1991 | Millions | Ripa | Film | 3.8 | 71 |
| 1990 | Life of General De Gaulle | Winston Churchill | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 1989 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dr. Sam Loomis | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1989 | Buried Alive | Dr. Schaeffer | Film | 4.3 | 69 |
| 1989 | River of Death | Heinrich Spaatz | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1989 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 1989 | The House of Usher | Walter Usher | Film | 4.8 | 69 |
| 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery | Jason Rafiel | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 1989 | American Rickshaw | Rev. Mortom | Film | 4.7 | 69 |
| 1989 | Paganini Horror | Mr. Pickett | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 1989 | Casablanca Express | Colonel Bats | Film | 3.8 | 69 |
| 1988 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dr. Loomis | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1988 | Nosferatu in Venice | Don Alvise | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon | TV | 5.7 | 68 |
| 1988 | Metropolitan Animals | Prof. Livingstone | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Dr. Absalon | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1988 | Phantom of Death | Inspector Datti | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 1988 | Hanna's War | Captain Thomas Rosza | Film | 5.2 | 68 |
| 1988 | The Commander | Henry Carlson | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 1988 | Last Platoon | Colonel B. Abrahams | Film | 4.6 | 68 |
| 1987 | Warrior Queen | Clodius Flaucus | Film | 3.7 | 67 |
| 1987 | Prince of Darkness | Priest | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1987 | Scoop | Lord Copper | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 1987 | Django Strikes Again | Ben Gunn | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 1987 | Gila and Rik | Joe Gardenia | Film | — | 67 |
| 1987 | Basements | Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room") | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1987 | Ground Zero | Prosper Gaffney | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1987 | Double Target | Sen. Blaster | Film | 4.6 | 67 |
| 1987 | Specters | Professor Lasky | Film | 4.2 | 67 |
| 1986 | To Kill a Stranger | Col. Kostik | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1986 | Naso di cane | Olindo Cuomo | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1986 | Into the Darkness | David Beckett | Film | 3.2 | 66 |
| 1986 | Deadheat | Aldo Rossi | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1986 | Cobra Mission | Father Lenoir | Film | 4.9 | 66 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Victor Harty | TV | 7.1 | 65 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Pincheon | TV | 7.1 | 65 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | George Hill | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1985 | Phenomena | Professor John McGregor | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1985 | Treasure of the Amazon | Klaus von Blantz | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 1985 | Nothing Underneath | Commissioner Danesi | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1985 | The Ambassador | Minister Eretz | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 1985 | The Corsican Brothers | The Chancellor | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1985 | Black Arrow | Sir Oliver Oates | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1985 | Reel Horror | Axel MacGregor (archive footage) | Film | 3.3 | 65 |
| 1984 | Master of the Game | Salomon Van der Merwe | TV | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1984 | A Breed Apart | J.P. Whittier | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1984 | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Self - Host | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Mackintosh | Film | 3.9 | 64 |
| 1984 | Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie | Victor Frankenstein / Baron Frankenstein | Film | 3.0 | 64 |
| 1983 | Warrior of the Lost World | Prossor | Film | 2.9 | 63 |
| 1983 | The Devonsville Terror | Dr. Warley | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 1983 | The Falklands Factor | Dr. Samuel Johnson | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Septimus Harding | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1982 | Alone in the Dark | Leo Bain | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution | Mr. Myers | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1982 | Computercide | George Dettler | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | President of the United States | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1981 | Halloween II | Sam Loomis | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1981 | The Monster Club | Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1981 | Race for the Yankee Zephyr | Gilbert Carson | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1980 | Blade on the Feather | John Cavendish | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1980 | Pumaman | Kobras | Film | 2.9 | 60 |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | TV | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Ignatius Slake | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Max Dechambre | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Kantorek | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1979 | Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1979 | L'Homme en colère | Albert Rumpelmayer | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Dr. Steiner | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | General Villanova | Film | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1979 | Gold of the Amazon Women | Clarence Blasko | Film | 3.7 | 59 |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Colonel Riddle | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | Halloween | Loomis | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1978 | Centennial | Sam Purchas | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Solomon Sholto | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | B.D. Brockhurst | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Dr. Todd | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1978 | Power Play | Blair | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1978 | Blood Relatives | James Doniac | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1978 | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Capt. Vladimir Popov | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1978 | Night Creature | Axel MacGregor | Film | 3.8 | 58 |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Rothko | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Melchior | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1977 | Telefon | Nicolai Dalchimsky | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Valentine De'ath (segment "Hollywood 1936") | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1977 | Oh, God! | Doctor Harmon | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Himmler | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Nat Jeffcote | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1976 | Goldenrod | John Tyler Jones | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Boxley | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1976 | The Joke | Bendel | Film | — | 56 |
| 1976 | Hindle Wakes | Nat Jeffcote | Film | 8.5 | 56 |
| 1976 | I Don't Want to Be Born | Dr. Finch | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Pontius Pilate | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1976 | The Devil's Men | Father Roche | Film | 4.1 | 56 |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Sir Giles Marley | Film | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1976 | Meriel the Ghost Girl | George Livingston | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Danglars | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Lucas Deranian | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Kuvetli | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1975 | Peep Show | TV | 7.5 | 55 | |
| 1975 | Shades of Greene | Puckler | TV | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West | A.J. Nietz | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | George Livingston | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Bendel | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Aaron | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1974 | Watch Out, We're Mad | Doctor | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Black Windmill | Cedric Harper | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1974 | Occupations | Christo Kabak | Film | — | 54 |
| 1974 | From Beyond the Grave | Jim Underwood | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Mutations | Professor Nolter | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Cafeteria | Aaron | Film | — | 54 |
| 1974 | House of the Damned | Martin Zayas | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Erich Count von Plasma | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Cawser | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1973 | Lonely Water | The Spirit (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Prof. R.C. Tremayne | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1973 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Fred Smudge | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1973 | Malachi's Cove | Malachi | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1973 | The Rainbow Boys | Ralph Logan | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | Loomis | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | The Baron | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1972 | Death Line | Inspector Calhoun | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1972 | The Man Outside | Victor Cobb | TV | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1972 | Wedding in White | Jim Dougall, Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Thomas Cromwell | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1972 | The Jerusalem File | Major Samuels | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Adrian Carsini | TV | 8.1 | 51 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Carnacki | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1971 | THX 1138 | SEN | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1971 | Wake in Fright | Doc Tydon | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Ebenezer Balfour | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1971 | The Fox Trot | Tom | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1971 | Skin Deep | Gerry Muddiman | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Samuel Johnson | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Gerry Muddiman | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1970 | Confession | Sergeant Hurby | TV | — | 50 |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue | Isaac Q. Cumber | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Prospector | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1969 | Mr. Freedom | Dr. Freedom | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon | Film | 3.8 | 49 |
| 1969 | Last to Go | Film | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Hans Vogler | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Sleep is Lovely | Clive | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | Creature of Comfort | James Thorne | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | The News-Benders | J.G. | Film | 9.5 | 48 |
| 1967 | Will Penny | Preacher Quint | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Kahlenberge | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television | (voice) | TV | — | 47 |
| 1967 | Call Me Daddy | Ben Hoffman | Film | — | 47 |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Albert Dussel | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1967 | Matchless | Gregori Andreanu | Film | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | George | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Michaels | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Pere Dominic | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Richard Pratt | TV | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | J.G. | TV | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | The Dark Hermit - Satan | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | 'Oracle' Jones | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | The Head Waiter | TV | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1964 | The Caretaker | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Max Pfeiffer | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Harold J. Finley | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Blythe 'The Forger' | Film | 7.9 | 43 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Escalon | TV | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1963 | Dr. Crippen | Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1962 | The Inspector | Wolters | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Byron Saul | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1961 | The Horsemasters | Captain Pinski | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Renfrew | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Everett Sloane | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1961 | Spare the Rod | Mr. Jenkins | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1961 | The Wind of Change | Pop | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Nikolides | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Captain Aldrich | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Admiral Vespery | TV | — | 40 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Host | TV | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes | Irwin Hoffman | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors | Vanet | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | William Hare | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1960 | Hell Is a City | Gus Hawkins | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | Graham Coates | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1960 | Suspect | Parsons, alias Bill Brown | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Big Day | Victor Partridge | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1960 | Sons and Lovers | Mr. Pappleworth | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1960 | A Story of David | Nabal | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1960 | Toff and Fingers | Self/Host | Film | — | 40 |
| 1960 | The Shakedown | Jessel Brown | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Cupboard | Fred Watson | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1960 | Alice Through the Looking Box | Caterpillar | Film | — | 40 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Ellis Fowler | TV | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Harvey Laurence | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Karl Haussman | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Hurst | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Captain | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Traitor | Grantley Caypor | Film | — | 39 |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | TV | 6.8 | 38 | |
| 1958 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Hardt | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Barsad | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Man Inside | Organ Grinder | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Wind Cannot Read | Doctor | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1958 | Heart of a Child | Spiel | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Telltale Heart | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1958 | The Greatest Man in the World | US President | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1957 | Manuela | Evans | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky | Crabtree | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Cashier | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 36 |
| 1956 | 1984 | R. Parsons | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | President of the USA | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Fred Watson | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Ben Hoffman | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Ali | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John | TV | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week | Supt. Smith | TV | 4.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | The Moment of Truth | The Foreign Minister | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | Value for Money | Limpy | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1955 | Round the World in 80 Days | Voices | Film | — | 35 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Captain Pinski | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Lucas Deranian | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Syme | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1954 | Orders Are Orders | Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance) | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber | Tromp | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1952 | The Dybbuk | Second batlon | Film | — | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kantorek | TV | 8.8 | 31 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Myers | TV | 8.8 | 31 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Chancellor | TV | 8.8 | 31 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Syme | TV | 3.5 | 30 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Corporal | TV | 3.5 | 30 |
| New Line: Independent Legacies | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | — |