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Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (/ ˈ p l ɛ z ə n s /; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before having a screen career, which included starring in a 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, before playing numerous supporting and character roles in films including RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The ...
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. In the course of his lengthy career, he relished playing the obsessed, the paranoid and the purely evil.
Oct 22, 2023 · Donald Pleasence is one of those classic underrated actors who some might not know by name, though they've likely seen at least one film he was featured in. Born in 1919, he started appearing in ...
Feb 3, 1995 · Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's play "The Caretaker," died yesterday at his home ...
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor. Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He was raised in Lincolnshire, England. During his career, Pleasence was nominated for four Tony Awards. He won ...
Donald Pleasence, the balding, beady-eyed British character actor who created such memorable screen villains as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, died Feb. 2 at his home in St. Paul de Vence in southern France. He was 75. Pleasence had been recovering from a heart operation just before Christmas, during which he had a valve replaced.
Feb 2, 1995 · 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. Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is arguably best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.
Oct 4, 2019 · The story goes that Donald Pleasence never turned down a job, which goes some way towards accounting for the 200+ film and television credits on his CV.He was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire 100 years ago on 5 October 1919, and his early acting career was almost over before it began, when his plane was shot down over northern France in 1944.
Donald Pleasence would long be remembered for his always reliable performances in many of the most beloved films of the 20th century. Show Less Show More Highest rated movies
Oct 29, 2021 · In 1958, Pleasence reunited with Peter Cushing (as he did often) for The Flesh and the Fiends. This was Pleasence’s first horror film; two years later, his first major acclaim came for the ...
