Editing Donald Pleasence (section)

===Books===
Pleasence was the author of the children's book ''[[Scouse the Mouse]]'' (1977) (London: New English Library), which was animated by Canadian animator/film director [[Gerald Potterton]] (a friend of the actor, who directed him in the Canadian film ''The Rainbow Boys'' (1973), retitled ''The Rainbow Gang'' for VHS release in the United States) and also adapted into a children's recording ([[Polydor Records]], 1977) with [[Ringo Starr]] voicing the book's title character, Scouse the Mouse.

In his book ''British Film Character Actors'' (1982), Terence Pettigrew describes Pleasence as "a potent combination of eyes and voice. The eyes are mournful but they can also be sinister or seedy or just plain nutty. He has the kind of piercing stare which lifts enamel off saucepans."