Editing Donald Pleasence (section)

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1954
| ''[[Private's Progress]]''
| Scotland Yard Detective
|Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Beachcomber (1954 film)|The Beachcomber]]''
| Tromp
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1955
| ''[[Orders Are Orders (1955 film)|Orders Are Orders]]''
| Corporal Martin
| Credited as Donald Plesance
|-
| ''[[Value for Money]]''
| Limpy
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1956
| ''[[1984 (1956 film)|1984]]''
| Parsons
|
|-
| ''[[The Black Tent]]''
| Ali
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1957
| ''[[The Man in the Sky]]''
| Crabtree
|
|-
| ''[[Manuela (1957 film)|Manuela]]''
| Evans
|
|-
| ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]''
| Cashier
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1958
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| John Barsad
|
|-
| ''[[Heart of a Child]]''
| Spiel
|
|-
| ''[[The Wind Cannot Read]]''
| Doctor
|
|-
| ''[[The Man Inside (1958 film)|The Man Inside]]''
| Organ-Grinder
|
|-
| ''[[The Two-Headed Spy]]''
| General Hardt
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1959
| ''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]''
| Hurst
|
|-
| ''[[Killers of Kilimanjaro]]''
| Captain
|
|-
| ''[[The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]''
| Irwin Hoffman
|
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1960
| ''[[The Shakedown (1959 film)|The Shakedown]]''
| Jessel Brown
|
|-
|''[[The Flesh and the Fiends]]''
| William Hare
|
|-
| ''[[Circus of Horrors]]''
| Vanet
|
|-
| ''[[Hell Is a City]]''
| Gus Hawkins
|
|-
| ''[[Sons and Lovers (film)|Sons and Lovers]]''
| Pappleworth
|
|-
| ''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]''
| Victor Partridge
|
|-
| ''[[Suspect (1960 film)|Suspect]]''
| Parsons / Bill Brown
|
|-
| ''[[The Hands of Orlac (1960 film)|The Hands of Orlac]]''
| Graham Coates
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1961
| ''[[No Love for Johnnie]]''
| Roger Renfrew
|
|-
| ''[[The Wind of Change (film)|The Wind of Change]]''
| 'Pop' Marley
|
|-
| ''[[A Story of David]]''
| Nabal
|
|-
| ''[[Spare the Rod (1961 film)|Spare the Rod]]''
| Mr. Jenkins
|
|-
| ''[[What a Carve Up! (film)|What a Carve Up!]]''
| Everett Sloane
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Inspector (1962 film)|The Inspector]]''
| Sergeant Wolters
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1963
| ''[[The Caretaker (film)|The Caretaker]]''
| Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
|
|-
| ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''
| Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe, "The Forger"
|
|-
| ''[[Dr. Crippen (1962 film)|Dr. Crippen]]''
| Dr. Crippen
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]''
| [[Satan]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Hallelujah Trail]]''
| Oracle Jones
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1966
| ''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]''
| George
|
|-
| ''[[Eye of the Devil]]''
| Pere Dominic
|
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''
| Dr. Michaels
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1967
| ''[[The Night of the Generals]]''
| General Kahlenberge
|
|-
| ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''
| [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
|
|-
| ''[[Matchless (film)|Matchless]]''
| Gregori Andreanu
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1968
| ''[[Will Penny]]''
| Preacher Quint
|
|-
| ''[[Sleep Is Lovely]]''
| Clive
|
|-
| ''Creature of Comfort''
| James Thorne
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1969
| ''[[Arthur? Arthur!]]''
| Arthur Brownjohn
|
|-
| ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot (film)|The Madwoman of Chaillot]]''
| Prospector
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Soldier Blue]]''
| Isaac Q. Cumber
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971
| ''[[THX 1138]]''
| SEN 5241
|
|-
| ''[[Wake in Fright]]''
| Clarence 'Doc' Tydon
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1972
| ''[[Death Line]]''
| Inspector Calhoun
|
|-
| ''[[The Jerusalem File]]''
| Major Samuels
|
|-
| ''[[The Pied Piper (1972 film)|The Pied Piper]]''
| Baron
|
|-
| ''[[Henry VIII and His Six Wives]]''
| Thomas Cromwell
|
|-
| ''[[Innocent Bystanders (film)|Innocent Bystanders]]''
| Loomis
|
|-
| ''[[Wedding in White]]''
| Jim Dougall
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1973
| ''[[Kidnapped (1971 film)|Kidnapped]]''
| Ebenezer Balfour
|
|-
| ''The Rainbow Boys''
| Ralph Logan
|
|-
| ''[[Lonely Water]]''
| The Spirit (voice)
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Malachi's Cove]]''
| Malachi
|
|-
|''[[Tales That Witness Madness]]''
| Professor Tremayne
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1974
| ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]''
| Jim Underwood
| Segment: "An Act of Kindness"
|-The Freakmaker
| ''[[Watch Out, We're Mad!]]''
| Doctor
|
|-
| ''[[The Black Windmill]]''
| Cedric Harper
|
|-
| ''House of the Damned''
| Martin Zayas
|
|-
| ''[[The Mutations]]''
| Professor Nolter
|
|-
| ''[[Barry McKenzie Holds His Own]]''
| Count Plasma
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1975
| ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
| Baron Danglars
|
|-
| ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)|Escape to Witch Mountain]]''
| Lucas Deranian
|
|-
| ''[[I Don't Want to Be Born]]''
| Dr. Finch
|
|-
| ''[[Journey into Fear (1975 film)|Journey into Fear]]''
| Kuvelti
|
|-
| ''[[Hearts of the West]]''
| A.J. Neitz
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1976
| ''[[Trial by Combat]]''
| Sir Giles Marley
|
|-
| ''[[Land of the Minotaur]]''
| Father Roche
|
|-
| ''[[Goldenrod (film)|Goldenrod]]''
| John Tyler Jones
|
|-
| ''[[The Passover Plot (film)|The Passover Plot]]''
| [[Pontius Pilate]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Tycoon (1976 film)|The Last Tycoon]]''
| [[Boxley]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]''
| [[Heinrich Himmler]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| ''[[The Uncanny (film)|The Uncanny]]''
| Valentine De'ath
| Segment: "Hollywood 1936"
|-
| ''[[Oh, God! (film)|Oh, God!]]''
| Dr. Harmon
|
|-
| ''[[Telefon (film)|Telefon]]''
| Nikolai Dalchimsky
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1978
| ''[[Blood Relatives (film)|Blood Relatives]]''
| James Doniac
|
|-
| ''[[Tomorrow Never Comes]]''
| Dr. Todd
|
|-
| ''[[Out of the Darkness (1978 film)|Night Creature]]''
| Axel MacGregor
|
|-
| ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
| B.D. Hoffler
|
|-
| ''[[Power Play (1978 film)|Power Play]]''
| Blair
|
|-
| ''[[CIA contro KGB|L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde]]''
| Rothko
|
|-
| ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''
| [[Samuel Loomis|Dr. Sam Loomis]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1979
| ''[[Jigsaw (1979 film)|Jigsaw]]''
| Albert Rumpelmayer
|
|-
| ''[[Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff]]''
| Dr. Steiner
|
|-
| ''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]''
| Dr. [[Jack Seward (Dracula)|Jack Seward]]
|
|-
| ''[[Jaguar Lives!]]''
| General Villanova
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
| ''[[The Pumaman]]''
| Dr. Kobras
|
|-
| ''[[The Monster Club]]''
| Pickering
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1981
| ''[[Escape from New York]]''
| The President of the United States
|
|-
| ''[[Halloween II (1981 film)|Halloween II]]''
| Dr. Sam Loomis
|
|-
| ''[[Race for the Yankee Zephyr]]''
| Gilbert 'Gibbie' Carson
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Alone in the Dark (1982 film)|Alone in the Dark]]''
| Dr. Leo Bain
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1983
| ''To Kill a Stranger''
| Colonel Kostik
|
|-
| ''[[Warrior of the Lost World]]''
| Prossor
|
|-
| ''[[The Devonsville Terror]]''
| Dr. Warley
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1984
| ''[[Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie]]''
| Baron [[Victor Frankenstein]]
|
|-
| ''[[Where Is Parsifal?]]''
| Mackintosh
|
|-
| ''[[The Ambassador (1984 American film)|The Ambassador]]''
| Eretz
|
|-
| ''[[A Breed Apart]]''
| J.P. Whittier
|
|-
| ''[[Terror in the Aisles]]''
| Himself (host)
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1985
| ''[[Phenomena (film)|Phenomena]]''
| John McGregor
|
|-
| ''Treasure of the Amazon''
| Klaus Von Blantz
|
|-
| ''[[Nothing Underneath]]''
| Inspector Danesi
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Operation Nam]]''
| Father Lenoir
|
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1987
| ''Warrior Queen''
| Clodius
|
|-
| ''[[Specters (film)|Specters]]''
| Professor Lasky
|
|-
| ''[[Double Target]]''
| Senator Blaster
|
|-
| ''[[Ground Zero (1987 film)|Ground Zero]]''
| Prosper Gaffney
|
|-
| ''[[Django 2]]''
| Gunn
|
|-
| ''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]''
| Priest
|
|-
| ''To Kill a Stranger''
| Colonel Kostik
|
|-
| ''Animali metropolitani''
| Professor Livingstone
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1988
| ''[[Phantom of Death]]''
| Inspector Datti
|
|-
| ''The Commander''
| Henry Carlson
|
|-
| ''[[Last Platoon]]''
| Colonel B. Abrams
|
|-
| ''[[Vampire in Venice]]''
| Don Alvise
|
|-
| ''[[Hanna's War]]''
| Captain Thomas Rosza
|
|-
| ''[[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]]''
| Dr. Sam Loomis
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1989
| ''The House of Usher''
| Walter Usher
|
|-
| ''[[Ten Little Indians (1989 film)|Ten Little Indians]]''
| Judge Lawrence Wargrave
|
|-
| ''[[Paganini Horror]]''
| Mr. Pickett
|
|-
| ''[[River of Death (film)|River of Death]]''
| Heinrich Spaatz
|
|-
|style="white-space:nowrap;"| ''[[Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers]]''
| Dr. Sam Loomis
|
|-
| ''[[Casablanca Express]]''
| Colonel Bats
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Buried Alive (1990 theatrical film)|Buried Alive]]''
| Dr. Schaeffer
|
|-
| ''[[American risciò|American Rickshaw]]''
| Reverend Mortom
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1991
| ''L'avvoltoio può attendere''
| Aaron Shalik
|
|-
| ''[[Millions (1991 film)|Millions]]''
| Ripa
|
|-
| ''[[Shadows and Fog]]''
| Doctor
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Dien Bien Phu (film)|Dien Bien Phu]]''
| Howard Simpson
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]''
| Phido the Vulture (voice)
|1992 workprint and Fred Calvert version only
|-
| ''[[The Big Freeze (1993 film)|The Big Freeze]]''
| Soup Slurper
|
|-
| ''[[The Hour of the Pig]]''
| Pincheon
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers]]''
| Dr. Sam Loomis
| ''Posthumous release''
|-
| ''Safe Haven''
| The Sailor
| ''Posthumous release''
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Fatal Frames]]''
| Professor Robertson
| ''Posthumous release'' (final film role)
|-
| 2021
| [[Halloween Kills|''Halloween Kills'']]
| Dr. Sam Loomis
|''Posthumous release'', [[prosthetic makeup]] used for likeness
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1952
| ''The Dybbuk''
| Second batlon
| Television film
|-
| 1952–1959
| ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
| Various roles
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1954
| ''Montserrat''
| Juan Alvarez
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''[[The Face of Love (1954 film)|The Face of Love]]''
| Alex
|-
| ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''
| Syme
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Grove Family]]''
| Monsieur Paul
| Episode: "Parlez-Vous Français?"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''
| [[John, King of England|Prince John]]
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1956–1959
| ''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
| Various roles
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1957
| ''Assignment Foreign Legion''
| Commandant
| Episode: "The Coward"
|-
| 1957–1967
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
| Various roles
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1958
| ''I Spy''
| Mr. Frute
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''Granite''
| A Nameless Man
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1959
| ''The Killing Stones''
| Jakob Kleiber
| Episode: "The Carefulness of Kleiber"
|-
| ''The Scarf''
| Detective Inspector Harry Yates
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of William Tell]]''
| The Spider
| Episode: "The Spider"
|-
| ''The Traitor''
| Grantley Caypor
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1960
| ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]''
| Paul Koster
| Episode: "The Survivor"
|-
| ''[[Interpol Calling]]''
| Karl Haussman
| Episode: "The Absent Assassin"
|-
| ''Rendezvous''
| Potter
| Episode: "The Dodo"
|-
| 1960–1961
| ''[[Danger Man]]''
| Nikolides / Captain Aldrich
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1960–1965
| ''[[Armchair Mystery Theatre]]''
| Host / Ambrose
| Episode: "Ambrose"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1961
| ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond]]''
| Harvey Laurence
| Episode: "The Confession"
|-
| ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''
| Captain Pinski
| Episode: "The Horsemasters"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Professor Ellis Fowler
| Episode: "[[The Changing of the Guard (The Twilight Zone)|The Changing of the Guard]]"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Professor Harold Finley
| Episode: "[[The Man with the Power]]"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Espionage (TV series)|Espionage]]''
| Escalon
| Episode: "The Liberators"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''
| Dr. Byron Saul
| Episode: "Fires of the Mind"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1966
| ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
| Max Pfeiffer
| Episode: "With Strings Attached"
|-
| ''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| The Head Waiter
| Episode: "The Head Waiter" (teleplay)
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1967 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
| Mr. Dusseli
| Television film
|-
| 1967–1968
| ''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]''
| J.G. / Richard Pratt
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]''
| [[Carnacki]]
| Episode: "The Horse of the Invisible"
|-
| 1971–1983
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Samuel Johnson / Gerry Muddiman / Tom
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1972
| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''
| Hans Vogler
| Episode: "The Ninety-Second War: Part II"
|-
| ''The Man Outside''
| Victor Cobb
| Episode: "A Glass of Snake Wine"
|-
| ''[[Police Surgeon (UK TV series)|Police Surgeon]]''
| Jerry Hahn
| Episode: "Lady X"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Adrian Carsini
| Episode: "[[Columbo (season 3)#Episodes|Any Old Port in a Storm]]"
|-
| ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
| Fred Smudge
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Orson Welles Great Mysteries]]''
| Cawser
| Episode: "Captain Rogers"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''Occupations''
| Christo Kabak
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Performance (Canadian TV series)|Performance]]''
| [[Wilhelm Voigt]]
| Episode "[[The Captain of Köpenick (play)|The Captain of Köpenick]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
| Baron Danglars
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Shades of Greene]]''
| Puckler
| Episode: "The Root of All Evil"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| ''[[Peep Show (Canadian TV series)|Peep Show]]''
| Max
| Episode: "Death"
|-
| ''[[Laurence Olivier Presents]]''
| Nat Jeffcote
| Episode: "[[Hindle Wakes (play)|Hindle Wakes]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
| ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''
| [[Melchior (magus)|Melchior]]
| rowspan="2" | Miniseries
|-
| ''[[The Dark Secret of Harvest Home]]''
| Narrator
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1978
| ''[[The Defection of Simas Kudirka]]''
| Captain Vladimir Popov
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Bastard (1978 film)|The Bastard]]''
| Solomon Sholto
| rowspan="2" | Miniseries
|-
| 1978–1979
| ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]''
| Sam Purchas
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1979
| ''[[Mrs. Columbo]]''
| Ian A. Morly
| Episode: "Murder Is a Parlor Game"
|-
| ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''
| Kantorek
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''[[Gold of the Amazon Women]]''
| Clarence Blasko
|-
| ''[[The French Atlantic Affair]]''
| Max Dechambre
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[Better Late Than Never (1979 film)|Better Late Than Never]]''
| Colonel Riddle
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[The Ghost Sonata]]''
| The Old Man
|-
| ''[[Blade on the Feather]]''
| Professor Jason Cavendish
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[Dick Turpin (TV series)|Dick Turpin]]''
| Ignatius Slake
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Host
| Episode: "Donald Pleasence/[[Fear (band)|Fear]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]''
| Mr. Myers
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''
| Reverend Septimus Harding
| 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''[[Master of the Game (miniseries)|Master of the Game]]''
| Salomon Van der Merwe
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[Arch of Triumph (1984 film)|Arch of Triumph]]''
| Haake
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Black Arrow (telefilm)|Black Arrow]]''
| Sir Oliver Oates
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[Scoop (1987 film)|Scoop]]''
| Lord Copper
|-
| ''Basements''
| Mr. Kidd
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|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]''
| George Hill
| Episode: "Punishment Without Crime"
|-
| ''[[The Great Escape II: The Untold Story]]''
| Dr. Absalon
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery]]''
| Jason Rafiel
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Women in Arms (film)|Women in Arms]]''
| Dreyfuss
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Lovejoy]]''
| Karel Redl
| Episode: "The Prague Sun"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Victor Harty
| Episode: "Femme Fatale"
|-
| 1995
| ''Signs and Wonders''
| Cornelius Van Damm
| Miniseries
|}