Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

October 5, 1919 · 106 years old

Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 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…

Known For

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Halloween

Halloween

1978 · 1h 31m · Movie

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.

7.7
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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963 · 2h 52m · Movie

Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.

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Escape from New York

Escape from New York

1981 · 1h 39m · Movie

In a dystopian 1997, a soldier-turned-bank robber is tasked with rescuing the U.S. President after he crashes into Manhattan, which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison.

7.1
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You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967 · 1h 57m · Movie

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

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Halloween II

Halloween II

1981 · 1h 32m · Movie

While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988 · 1h 28m · Movie

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

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THX 1138

THX 1138

1971 · 1h 26m · Movie

In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.

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Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness

1987 · 1h 42m · Movie

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.

6.7
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989 · 1h 36m · Movie

One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.

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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995 · 1h 27m · Movie

Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.

4.7
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Phenomena

Phenomena

1985 · 1h 56m · Movie

A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

6.7
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The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

1976 · 2h 3m · Movie

A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

6.9
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Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

1966 · 1h 40m · Movie

When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.

6.8
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Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991 · 1h 25m · Movie

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

6.7
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Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

1971 · 1h 49m · Movie

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

7.5
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Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

1966 · 1h 52m · Movie

In search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

7.0
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Escape to Witch Mountain

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975 · 1h 37m · Movie

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

6.3
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Dracula

Dracula

1979 · 1h 49m · Movie

In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.

6.5
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Oh, God!

Oh, God!

1977 · 1h 38m · Movie

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good-natured old man, the Almighty selects him as His messenger to the modern world.

6.6
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All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979 · 2h 30m · Movie

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

7.1
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The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976 · 2h 3m · Movie

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

6.2
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The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967 · 2h 28m · Movie

In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.

7.2
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978 · 1h 53m · Movie

A small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.

4.2
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Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

1982 · 1h 32m · Movie

A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.

6.0
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Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue

1970 · 1h 52m · Movie

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.

6.9
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Telefon

Telefon

1977 · 1h 42m · Movie

A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.

6.5
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The Monster Club

The Monster Club

1981 · 1h 44m · Movie

A horror writer is summoned to a "monster club" by an enigmatic elder. There, three macabre tales unfold before him, interspersed with musical interludes. The convergence of storytelling and performance creates an eerie atmosphere.

5.9
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1984

1984

1956 · 1h 30m · Movie

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

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Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1959 · 1h 38m · Movie

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

7.0
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The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

1974 · 1h 46m · Movie

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

6.3
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Warrior of the Lost World

Warrior of the Lost World

1983 · 1h 32m · Movie

A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.

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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989 · 1h 44m · Movie

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

7.2
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Terror in the Aisles

Terror in the Aisles

1984 · 1h 24m · Movie

Horror film legends Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen serve as the hosts and narrators for a compilation of scenes from many science fiction, crime drama, and horror movies of the 1930s through the 1980s.

6.3
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The Uncanny

The Uncanny

1977 · 1h 29m · Movie

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

5.7
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The Advocate

The Advocate

1993 · 1h 42m · Movie

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the myste...

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Tales That Witness Madness

Tales That Witness Madness

1973 · 1h 30m · Movie

A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.

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