Donald Pleasence.
An actor of variety, Donald Pleasence excelled at playing both villains and anti heroes. He has become an icon of both extravagant and lower budget movies, totalling something in the region of 135 films and numerous TV appearances. Apart from America and Great Britain, the actor worked in countries like Iran, France, Italy, Australia amongst others. In addition, he was always keen to return to acting in the theatre, with his final stage appearance being in 1991.
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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJamie Lee CurtisDonald PleasenceCharles CyphersWhile Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsDonald PleasenceEllie CornellDanielle HarrisTen years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
- DirectorDominique Othenin-GirardStarsDonald PleasenceDanielle HarrisEllie CornellOne year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.
- DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsDonald PleasencePaul RuddMarianne HaganSix years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsFrank LangellaLaurence OlivierDonald PleasenceIn 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsVincent PriceJohn CarradineAnthony SteelA writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsSuzanna LoveRobert Walker Jr.Donald PleasenceDr. Worley probes a witch's curse in Devonsville after three women arrive, angering misogynistic leaders. One is the reincarnated witch seeking vengeance on men. It follows the clash with the patriarchal town and curse investigation.
- DirectorKostas KaragiannisStarsDonald PleasencePeter CushingLuan PetersTourists are kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult, and a priest tries desperately to save them. A gruesome tale of the devil and human sacrifice.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsPeter CushingJune LaverickDonald PleasenceIn 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsDonald PleasenceSamantha EggarCoral BrowneThe real-life story of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was hanged in London in 1910 for poisoning his wife so he could be with his young lover. But was he truly guilty of murder?
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsAnton DiffringErika RembergYvonne MonlaurDr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.
- DirectorAugusto CaminitoKlaus KinskiStarsKlaus KinskiBarbara De RossiYorgo VoyagisProfessor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.
- DirectorGérard KikoïneStarsRobert VaughnDonald PleasenceKaren LorreA new teacher at a facility for juvenile delinquent girls starts to suspect foul play when girls begin to inexplicably disappear one by one.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceLisa BlountJameson ParkerA group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
- DirectorDenis HérouxStarsPeter CushingRay MillandJoan GreenwoodWilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsPeter CushingIan BannenIan CarmichaelAn anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack HawkinsDonald PleasenceGeorgia BrownA psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsDonald PleasenceTom BakerBrad HarrisA scientist experiments with crossing humans and plants, for which he uses his students.
- DirectorGary ShermanStarsDonald PleasenceNorman RossingtonDavid LaddWhen a government official disappears in the London tunnels, after several reports of missing people in the same location, Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously, along with a couple who stumble into a victim by accident.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsJack PalanceDonald PleasenceMartin LandauA few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsWalter George AltonDonald PleasenceMiguel Ángel FuentesThousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls upon the wrong hands.
- DirectorLee MaddenStarsDonald PleasenceNancy KwanRoss HagenA big-game hunter brings a killer leopard to his private island and turns it loose so he can hunt it down. However, unexpected visitors arrive at the island and interrupt his hunt. Meanwhile, the leopard begins to hunt the inhabitants of the island.
- DirectorMyron J. GoldStarsDonald PleasenceYvonne FurneauxJune WilkinsonThe descendants of Baron Frankenstein return to the family castle to search for the family fortune that is supposed to be hidden there.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenSharon TateDeborah KerrWorkers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.
- DirectorMarcello AvalloneStarsJohn R. PepperTrine MichelsenDonald PleasenceA US professor of archaeology and his young research team uncover a sealed ancient pagan tomb under the mausoleum of the real life Roman Emperor Domitian. This unleashes an evil deity that starts haunting people involved with the dig.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsOliver ReedDonald PleasenceRomy WalthallAn engaged couple going to the man's uncle's house get into a car accident. The woman becomes trapped in the house with deranged residents and weird happenings.
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsMel FerrerChristopher LeeDany CarrelA pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowMichael KirbyWith a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMichael YorkEdwige FenechDonald PleasenceIn Italy, a pianist suffering from the Progeria genetic disease becomes distraught and goes on a mad killing spree prompting a police inspector to investigate.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsStephen BoydRaquel WelchEdmond O'BrienWhen a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsPeter O'TooleOmar SharifTom CourtenayIn 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsKeith MichellDonald PleasenceCharlotte RamplingOn his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardLawrence DouglasIn eighteenth century Scotland, during the Jacobite Rebellion, David Balfour claims his inheritance from his uncle who has him shanghaied on a ship where David meets fugitive Jacobite rebel Alan Breck.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsMichael CaineDonald PleasenceDelphine SeyrigA British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsStanley BakerGeraldine ChaplinDonald PleasenceExperienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDonald PleasenceJohnny BriggsAnn LynnFrank is an unemployed, discontented and rebellious teenage, living at home with his mild-mannered father, domineering mother and sister Josie. Frank harbors a deep-seated resentment and hatred towards the black people he sees as flooding Notting Hill and taking all the jobs. He spends his time hanging around with a gang of similar youths who all share his racist views.
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsMax BygravesDonald PleasenceGeoffrey KeenIt is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
- DirectorErnest PintoffStarsJoe LewisChristopher LeeDonald PleasenceThe world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsPeter FramptonBarry GibbRobin GibbA small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsEllen BurstynMaruschka DetmersAnthony AndrewsDuring WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsMichael DudikoffDonald PleasenceRobert VaughnIn 1965 a guide in the Amazon leads people to a lost city in search of a mad Nazi doctor.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsBruce DavisonNicol WilliamsonDaria HalprinAn American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around the time of Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRichard BurtonClaire BloomMary UreA disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips RaffertyAfter a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsDonald PleasenceFrançoise DorléacLionel StanderIn search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsSean ConneryAkiko WakabayashiMie HamaJames Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsCharlton HestonJoan HackettDonald PleasenceAging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by an abandoned woman traveler and her young son.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCandice BergenPeter StraussDonald PleasenceAfter a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsAlan BatesDonald PleasenceRobert ShawWhile renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsEddie AlbertRay MillandDonald PleasenceTwo mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsOliver ReedSusan GeorgeRaymond BurrComing back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. In the course of fighting over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police. As the negotiators try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsAlec GuinnessHarry LockeFrederick PiperA seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsPeter SellersRobert MorleyConstance CummingsAngela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsBrian ReeceMargot GrahameRaymond HuntleyAn American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBurt LancasterLee RemickJim HuttonOn its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsStanley BakerJohn CrawfordDonald PleasenceIn Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
- DirectorMartyn BurkeStarsPeter O'TooleDavid HemmingsDonald PleasenceIn an unnamed country rife with internal troubles, Narriman, a loyal army colonel, has his conscience pricked into planning a coup d'etat, under the influence of a dissident intellectual.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsSam WaterstonZero MostelYvette MimieuxAn American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkey. Several assassins are sent to eliminate him, but they all fail. He eventually boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is an undercover assassin.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsHarry AndrewsHugh GriffithZalman KingDramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. In this version, Jesus planned for His crucifixion by taking a drug that would simulate death. After His unconscious body was placed in the tomb, a religious sect known as the Zealots would secretly steal Christ's body from the tomb, then spread the rumor that He had risen, thus fulfilling Biblical prophecy.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsMichael CaineDonald SutherlandRobert DuvallA German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
- DirectorNello RossatiStarsFranco NeroChristopher ConnellyLicinia LentiniA monk returns to his former life as a gunfighter when his estranged daughter is kidnapped by a Hungarian slaver.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRobert DuvallDonald PleasenceDon Pedro ColleyIn the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsDonald PleasenceBrenda VaccaroFrank StalloneTen people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsLewis CollinsLee Van CleefDonald PleasenceA Major leads a group of mercenaries whose mission is to protect a disc full of secrets, located in South Asia.
- DirectorIgnazio DolceStarsRichard HatchVassili KarisDavid LightAfter ex-cop and highly decorated war hero Chet Costa's Vietnamese girlfriend disappears, he accepts a risky mission: he shall blow up a bridge at the Vietnamese border to close the Vietcong's line of communication. He's given a group of prisoners to accompany him. Already on the way there their helicopter is shot down; a march through the wilderness begins. When his soldiers recognize that they're effectively on a suicide mission, they decide to get rid of their Sergeant and to flee to Bangkok.
- DirectorDavid WorthStarsRobert GintyPersis KhambattaDonald PleasenceA nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
- DirectorDavid HemmingsStarsKen WahlLesley Ann WarrenDonald PleasenceA drunken deer hunter, his pilot colleague and his daughter compete with a treasure hunter to reach a lake in New Zealand and uncover a WWII-era plane wreck carrying a fortune in gold.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsJason ConneryFrancesco QuinnJinny SteffanIn 1942, a commando is assigned to protect Winston Churchill when it is learned that the Nazis are plotting to kidnap him.
- DirectorAl FestaStarsStefania StellaRick GianasiDavid WarbeckAlex Ritt (Rick Gianasi), a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest BorgnineIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
- DirectorStenoStarsDonald PleasenceSenta BergerNinetto DavoliIn the year 2030 mankind has regressed to ape form. In order to explain this, a scientist shows a 20th century film about a Roman couple in a society gone mad slightly more than usual to his audience.
- DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsMiles O'KeeffeDonald PleasenceBo SvensonAfter several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the truth, the U.S. army calls upon a former commando who is looking for his long-lost son in Vietnam. While his military commanders want to see the commando succeed in his mission, his political overseers have a different set of plans.
- DirectorClaude d'AnnaStarsBruno CremerDonald PleasenceDennis HopperA woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factions who are traveling on the same line.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsDonald SutherlandAude LandryLisa LangloisHomicide detective Steve Carella is trying to solve the brutal murder of 17-year-old Muriel Stark. Her younger cousin Patricia, who saw the killer and barely escaped with her life, helps him. However, the case soon takes a bizarre turn.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsJohn DenverGeorge BurnsTeri GarrWhen God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsRutger HauerPowers BootheKathleen TurnerA conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJennifer ConnellyDonald PleasenceDaria NicolodiA young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
- DirectorDebbie ShuterStarsAllie ByrneMiranda PleasenceJeremy SheffieldDanger and betrayal attend two sisters and their boyfriends on a remote Scottish island.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsJohn MillsDonald PleasenceBarbara HersheyA group of British aristocrats, who call themselves "Knights of Avalon", isn't content with the system of justice and executes judgment themselves. Instead of just killing the people they believe guilty, they give them a chance in traditional combat. When one day, Sir Edward Gifford (Peter Cushing) witnesses their sessions, they have to remove him too. His son and heir, Sir John Gifford (David Birney) from America, starts to investigate with help from Ms. Marion Evans (Barbara Hershey) and Colonel Bertie Cook (Sir John Mills) from Scotland Yard.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsCharles BronsonLee RemickDonald PleasenceA Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
- DirectorMarcello FondatoStarsTerence HillBud SpencerJohn SharpAfter a tied first place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide which of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsBarry CrockerBarry HumphriesDonald PleasenceBarry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsDonald PleasenceDavid BradleyVeronica QuilliganA tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.
- DirectorGerald PottertonStarsDonald PleasenceKate ReidDon CalfaThree bickering people search after the gold mine the father of one of them owned.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsKatharine HepburnCharles BoyerClaude DauphinNice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
- DirectorCarlo VanzinaStarsTom SchanleyRenée SimonsenNicola PerringA park ranger from Wyoming, whose twin sister is a fashion model in Milan, Italy, strongly senses that his sister is in mortal danger. Once he arrives in Milan, he discovers that his sister has disappeared.
- DirectorFabrizio De AngelisStarsOliver TobiasChristopher ConnellyManfred LehmannTen years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to investigate reports of American POWs still being held there. These four include Roger, whose daughter's just been married, the unemployed James, Mark, who's quit his job at an Arizona roadside tavern, and Richard, recently a patient at a mental hospital. In the jungles of S.E. Asia they discover American POWs but also find out about a U.S. Government plot to keep this knowledge a secret.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsSidney JamesKenneth ConnorShirley EatonErnie's uncle has just died, but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsPeter FinchStanley HollowayMary PeachAfter winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
- DirectorPhilip DunneStarsStephen BoydDolores HartLeo McKernAt the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsAnne HeywoodDonald PleasenceRobert VaughnAn abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
- DirectorClaude PinoteauStarsLino VenturaAngie DickinsonLaurent MaletA man goes to Canada looking for his son. The corpse of his son is later discovered by the Canadian police.
- DirectorJuan López MoctezumaStarsAngélica MaríaDean StockwellDonald PleasenceThe wife of an American journalist on an assignment in an unnamed South American country run by a military junta is sexually assaulted by a stranger there. However, she manages to fight back, which leads to unexpected consequences.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsTony Lo BiancoDonald PleasenceGloria CarlinJesse Gifford, a champion rodeo rider, receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his career. After his wife Shirley deserts him, he's left with the responsibility of raising two young sons with no job and no prospects.
- DirectorGonzalo SuárezStarsCarmen SevillaDonald PleasenceMichael DunnA young woman just released from a mental institution returns home to her mansion and faces a new set of horrors.
- DirectorJohn LemontStarsTerence MorganHazel CourtDonald PleasenceAfter being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. When the authorities get wind of his activities, they send in an undercover police woman, but when she is recognised, the police need to move in on the operation, before Cortona can take his revenge.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsDonald PleasenceAndree MellyColin GordonThree very different men compete for a top job; the result of the interviews comes as a surprise to everyone.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.