Donald Pleasence


  • Date of Birth: 05 October, 1919
  • Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Biography: Donald Henry Pleasence OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor, having accumulated over 200 screen credits throughout his long career. Although he often found himself typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence was perhaps best known for his work on two of cinema's most enduring... Read more

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AT A purely structural level Frank McGuinness's 1992 hostage drama has the formulaic feel of a familiar joke: "An Englishman, an Irishman and an American walk into a bar." ... Full Article

There are horrors down there, including alien spaceships ('Quatermass and the Pit', 1967) and sleeping dragons ('Reign of Fire', 2002). In 'Death Line' (1972), Donald Pleasence finds in-bred, plague-ridden cannibals and Tottenham Court Road is in John Landis' 'An American... ... Full Article

PASADENA, California - In 1978, British thespian Donald Pleasence stepped off the grand stage to give horror fans an all-time classic movie character, while declaring that he had stared into "this blank, pale, emotionless face with the blackest eyes ...... ... Full Article

October 21, 2002 - Ah, October - easily my favorite month of the year.Summer's over, fall's just getting started, I have a birthday, and Halloween is right around the corner. ... Full Article

Directed by John Carpenter.Starring Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J.Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards.F ifteen years ago, Michael Myers brutally massacred his sister. ... Full Article

Halloween 6: The Alternate Producer's Cut A Review by Mike Bracken 12/30/2001 Back in 1978, director John Carpenter unleashed his horror film, Halloween , on unsuspecting American audiences. ... Full Article

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