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'Donald Pleasence', OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English stage and film actor.

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Appearances

Career

Personal life

Awards and death

Filmography

Television

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Appearances

His high work rate in international cinema earned him the distinction of being the most prolific film actor at the time of his death with over 500 screen credits. The son of a stationmaster, he was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, and was later brought up in the industrial town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, '' (1988) - Dr. Sam Loomis

★ '' (1988) (TV) - Dr. Absalon

★ ''Ten Little Indians'' (1989) - Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave

★ '' (1989) - Dr. Sam Loomis

★ '' (1989) (TV) - Jason Rafiel

★ ''Shadows and Fog'' (1992) - Doctor

★ ''Diên Biên Phu'' (1992) - Howard Simpson

★ ''The Hour of the Pig'' (1993) - Pincheon

★ ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' (1995) - Phido the Vulture (voice) (original and Majestic Films versions; additional voices in the Miramax version)

★ '' (1995) - Dr. Samuel J. 'Sam' Loomis

Television

★ One of his earliest roles on television, as Syme in the BBC's highly-acclaimed 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', also starred Peter Cushing - another actor who would go on to find fame in many horror film roles.

★ He appeared twice with Patrick McGoohan in the British spy series, ''Danger Man,'' in episodes "Find and Return" and "Position of Trust."

★ He hosted the 1981 Halloween episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' with music guest Fear.

★ He starred as Rev. Septimus Harding in the BBC's 1982 production of ''The Barchester Chronicles''

★ His first appearance in America was in an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He played an aging (and suicidal) teacher at a boys' school in the 1962 episode "The Changing of the Guard."

★ He played the murderer in an episode of ''Columbo'' entitled "Any Old Port in a Storm" and also had the distinction of having been a culprit captured by ''Mrs. Columbo'' in "Murder is a Parlor Game."

★ He provided the voiceover for the British Public Information Film, Lonely Water. The film, intended to warn children of the dangers of playing near water, attained notoriety for allegedly giving children nightmares.

External links

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★ Donald Pleasence at screenonline

★ Photograph of a theatrical production in prisoner of war camp featuring Donald Pleasence

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★ Lonely Water Public Information Film