Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including

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Colin Blythe in '' The Great Escape'' (1963), the villain

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in the James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967), SEN 5241 in ''

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'' (1971), and the deranged Clarence "Doc" Tydon in ''

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'' (1971). Pleasence starred as

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Dr. Samuel Loomis in ''

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'' (1978) and four of its

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, a role for which he was nominated for a

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. The series' popularity and critical success led to a resurgent career for Pleasence, who appeared in numerous American and European-produced horror and thriller films. He collaborated with ''Halloween'' director

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twice more, as the President of the United States in ''

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'' (1981), and as the Priest in ''Prince of Darkness'' (1987).

Early life

Pleasence was born in

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, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway station master. He was brought up as a strict

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in the small village of

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. He received his formal education at Crosby Junior School,

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. Retrieved 9 July 2016 and Ecclesfield Grammar School near

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. After working as the clerk-in-charge at Swinton railway station, he decided that he wanted to be a professional actor, taking up a placement with the Jersey Repertory Company in 1939.

Second World War

In December 1939, Pleasence initially refused conscription into the British Armed Forces, registering as a

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, but changed his stance in autumn 1940, after the attacks upon London by the

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, and volunteered with the

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. He served as aircraft wireless-operator with No. 166 Squadron in

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, with which he flew almost sixty raids against the

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over occupied Europe. On 31 August 1944, his Lancaster NE112 was shot down during an attack on

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, and he was captured and imprisoned in the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft I. Pleasence produced and acted in many plays for the entertainment of his fellow captives. After the war and his release, he was discharged from the RAF in 1946.

Acting career

Returning to acting after the war, Pleasence resumed working in repertory theatre companies in

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and

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. In the 1950s, Pleasence's stage work included performing as Willie Mossop in a 1952 production of '' Hobson's Choice'' at the

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, London and as Dauphin in

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's '' The Lark'' (1956). In 1960, Pleasence gained excellent notices as the tramp in

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's ''

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'' at the Arts Theatre, a role he would again play in a 1990 revival. Other stage work in the 1960s included Anouilh's ''Poor Bitos'' (1963–64) and Robert Shaw's ''

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'' (1967), for which he won the London Variety Award for Stage Actor of the Year in 1968. Pleasence's later stage work included performing in a double bill of Pinter plays, '' The Basement'' and ''

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'', at the

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in 1970.

Television

Pleasence made his television debut in ''I Want to Be a Doctor'' (1946). He received positive critical attention for his role as Syme in the

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Film

The Beachcomber

Some notable early roles include Parsons in '' 1984'' (1956), and minor roles opposite

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in '' Barnacle Bill'' (1957) and

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in ''

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'' (1958). In

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's film of ''

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'' (1959), he plays a vindictive market inspector opposite

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. In the same year, Pleasence starred in the horror films ''

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'' directed by

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, playing the role of Vanet, the owner of a circus, and ''

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'' as the real-life murderer William Hare, alongside

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, George Rose and Billie Whitelaw. Endowed with a bald head, a penetrating stare, and an intense voice, usually quiet but capable of a piercing scream, he specialised in portraying insane, fanatical, or evil characters, including the title role in ''

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'' (1962), the frontier prophet Oracle Jones in '' Hallelujah Trail'', the double agent Dr Michaels in the science-fiction film ''

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'' (1966), the white trader who sells guns to the

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Indians in the revisionist western ''

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'' (1970), the mad German psychoanalyst with

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–

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in ''

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'' (1974), Nazi leader

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in ''The Eagle Has Landed (film), The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976), and the Bond arch-villain

in '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967), the first film in which Blofeld's face is clearly seen. His interpretation of the character has become predominant in popular culture considering the popularity of the comic villain, Dr. Evil in the successful ''Austin Powers (film series), Austin Powers'' film series, which primarily parodies it. In the crime drama ''Hell is a City'' (1960), shot in Manchester, he starred opposite Stanley Baker, while he was memorably cast in the horror comedy ''What a Carve Up! (film), What a Carve Up!'' (1961) as the “horrible-looking zombie” solicitor opposite Shirley Eaton, Sid James, Kenneth Connor and Dennis Price. He appeared as the mild-mannered and good-natured POW forger Colin Blythe in the film '' The Great Escape'' (1963), who discovers that he is slowly going blind, but nonetheless participates in the mass break-out, only to be shot down by German soldiers because he is unable to see them. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' highlighted Pleasence and Richard Attenborough as giving some of the better performances in the film, Pleasence specifically being praised for having the most moving portrayal and depicting "the film’s most touching character." In ''The Night of the Generals'' (1967), he played another uncharacteristically sympathetic role, this time as an old-school German general involved in a 20 July plot, plot to kill Adolf Hitler. In 1971, he returned to the realm of the deranged, delivering a ''tour de force'' performance in the role of an alcoholic Australian doctor in Ted Kotcheff's nightmarish outback drama ''

''. Pleasence played Lucifer in the religious epic ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965). He was one of many stars who were given cameo appearance, cameos throughout the film. He also acted in Roman Polanski's ''Cul-de-sac (1966 film), Cul-de-sac'' (1966), in which he portrayed the love-sodden husband of a much younger French wife (Françoise Dorléac). He ventured successfully into American cowboy territory, playing a sadistic self-styled preacher who goes after stoic Charlton Heston in the Western ''Will Penny'' (1968). He portrayed SEN 5241 in ''

'' (1971), opposite Robert Duvall which was the directorial debut of George Lucas. The next year he appeared as an eccentric, tea-obsessed police inspector in the cult horror film ''Death Line'' alongside Norman Rossington and Christopher Lee. A few years later, he portrayed antagonist Lucas Deranian, in Walt Disney's ''Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film), Escape to Witch Mountain'' (1975) and, in ''Telefon (film), Telefon'' (1977), Nicolai Dalchimsky, the Russian seeking to start a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Pleasence appeared as Dr. Samuel Loomis in

's horror film ''

'' (1978).Prometheus Entertainment, ''Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest'', 2003 The film was a major success and was considered the highest grossing independent film of its time, earning accolades as a classic of the horror genre. He also played the teacher, Kantorek in ''All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film), All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1979), Dr. Kobras in ''The Pumaman'' (1980) and the held-hostage President of the United States in ''

'' (1981). The rather sinister accent which Pleasence employed in this and other films may be credited to the elocution lessons he had as a child. He reprised his Dr. Sam Loomis role in ''Halloween II (1981 film), Halloween II'' (1981), ''Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers'' (1988), ''Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' (1989) and ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' (1995). Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, and Jennifer Connelly starred in Dario Argento, Dario Argento's ''Phenomena (film), Phenomena'' (1985), where Pleasence portrayed a wheelchair using forensic entomologist. Although Austin Trunick of ''Under the Radar (magazine), Under the Radar'' criticized Connelly for not being an active heroine, he cited "a lot of nice interaction between Connelly and Pleasence’s eccentric character" as a positive tradeoff. Later that year, Pleasence played a retiring inspector who investigates the disappearance of the sister of Tom Schanley, Tom Schanley's character in ''Nothing Underneath''. JA Kerswell called Pleasence's role "clichéd" for the actor while also praising his presence as "a welcome bonus." The reviewer from Horror Society wrote of liking Schanley and Pleasence "but the story is the main focus here and not the cast which is a bit of a shame because both did fantastic jobs." ''Operation Nam'' was Pleasence's sole film appearance in 1986, playing "a minor part as a priest" who services Vietnam soldiers. Pleasence collaborated with Carpenter again when he starred in ''Prince of Darkness (film), Prince of Darkness'' (1987), where he played a priest who seeks the aid of a professor and a few of the latter's quantum physics students to uncover the mystery of a glowing liquid in a canister. Though mixed about the film, ''Starburst (magazine), Starburst'' praised Pleasence's performance, admitting that to them, "there are very few sights in genre cinema as marvelous as seeing Pleasence delivering an intense, slightly erratic monologue, and he gets plenty to sink his teeth into here." Megan Summers asserted that Pleasence brought "his standard emotional prowess and psychological stability to his role" in the film, and Michael Wilmington declared Pleasence and Victor Wong (actor, born 1927), Victor Wong as "both fine; these two know how to make the most of shallow excess." Pleasence admired Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Olivier, with whom he worked on-stage in the 1950s, and later on the film version of ''Dracula (1979 film), Dracula'' (1979). Two years earlier, Pleasence did an amusingly broad impersonation of Olivier in the guise of a horror-film actor called "Valentine De'ath" in the film ''The Uncanny (film), The Uncanny'' (1977). According to the film critic Kim Newman on a DVD commentary for ''Halloween II'', the reason for Pleasence's lengthy filmography was that he never turned down any role that was offered.

Spoken records and voice-overs

During the early 1960s, Pleasence recorded several children's-story records on the Atlas Record label. These were marketed as the Talespinners series in the United Kingdom. They were also released in the United States as Tale Spinners for Children by United Artists Records, United Artists. The stories included ''Don Quixote'' and the ''Brave Little Tailor''. Pleasence provided the voice-over for the British public information film, ''Lonely Water, The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water'' (1973). The film, intended to warn children of the dangers of playing near water, attained notoriety for allegedly giving children nightmares.

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."

Awards

Pleasence was nominated four times for the Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a Broadway theatre, Broadway play: in 1962 for

's ''

'', in 1965 for

's ''Poor Bitos'', in 1969 for Robert Shaw's ''

'', and in 1972 for Simon Gray's ''Wise Child''. Pleasence was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to the acting profession by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994.

Personal life

Pleasence married four times and had five daughters from his first three marriages. He had Angela Pleasence, Angela and Jean with Miriam Raymond (m. 1941–1958); Lucy and Polly with Josephine Martin Crombie (m. 1959–1970); and Miranda with Meira Shore (m. 1970–1988). His last marriage was to Linda Kentwood (m. 1988–1995; his death).

Death

On 2 February 1995, Pleasence died at age 75 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, from complications of heart failure following heart valve replacement surgery. His body was cremated.

Legacy

The 1995 film ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' was dedicated to Donald Pleasence. The 1998 film ''Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' also features a dedication to Pleasence in the end credits, with voice actor Tom Kane providing a voice-over for Loomis in the film. In the 2018 film, Halloween (2018 film), ''Halloween'', comedian Colin Mahan voiced Loomis. In the 2021 film ''Halloween Kills'' Tom Jones, Jr. played Loomis, wearing prosthetic make-up to resemble Pleasence. Loomis' voice was again provided by Mahan. Dr. Evil, the character played by Mike Myers (actor), Mike Myers in the ''Austin Powers (film series), Austin Powers'' comedy films (1997–2002), and Doctor Claw from ''Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series), Inspector Gadget'' are parodies of Pleasence's performance as Blofeld in '' You Only Live Twice''.

Early life

Second World War

Acting career

Television

Film

Spoken records and voice-overs

Books

Awards

Personal life

Death

Legacy

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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