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Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence was a British actor. He was born in Worksop, England. His acting career began in a 1939 production of Wuthering Heights, but was soon interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force and a year in a German prisoner-of-war camp. He returned to acting after the war, and critics began to call him the Man with the Hypnotic Eye. Perhaps because of this, and his bald head and quiet-but-intense voice, he specialised in insane and evil characters.

His many movie roles included SEN 5241 in George Lucas' first film, THX 1138, the U.S. President in Escape from New York, Dr. Samuel Loomis in five of the Halloween movies, and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the Bond movie You Only Live Twice


Note: This profile was written in or before 2004.

Donald Pleasence Facts

OccupationActor
BirthdayOctober 5, 1919
SignLibra
BirthplaceWorksop, England, United Kingdom
Date of deathFebruary 2, 1995 (age 75)
Height5' 7" (1m70)  How tall is Donald Pleasence compared to you?

Selected Filmography

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