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[[Donald Pleasence]] (1919 – 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and TV appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. ▼
Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - ''[[James Bond]]'' and ''[[Halloween (
▲Donald Pleasence (1919 – 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and TV appearances during a career which spanned over four decades.
▲Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - ''[[James Bond]]'' and ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]''.
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* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958), as John Barsad.
* ''[[The Great Escape]]'' (1963), as "The Forger."
* ''[[Fantastic Voyage (
* ''[[The Hallelujah Trail]]'' (1965), as Oracle Jones.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain]]'' (1975), as Lucas Deranian.
* The ''[[Halloween (
* ''[[
* ''[[Escape
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* ''[[Phenomena (
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* ''[[The Thief and
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]: According to the writer of ''[[Halloween (
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Missing Episode]]: The Halloween episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' he hosted back in 1981 hasn't been seen on American TV since then, because of the musical guest's (a punk rock group named Fear) raucous performance (which included guitar smashing and mosh pits) and all the sketches containing humor that was considered dark and disgusting at the time.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]:
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* [[Old Shame]]: It shouldn't be surprising Donald once declared ''[[
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The makers went to great lengths to accurately build a German POW camp for ''[[The Great Escape]]''. Of course, it did help that several of the actors had been prisoners of war during [[WW 2]]. Pleasence, who had been in a German POW camp, made a few suggestions to John Sturges, who wasn't aware of that fact, and was told to keep his opinions to himself. However, when the director learned that Pleasence knew what he was talking about, he was asked for advice all the time.
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