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Donald Pleasence (1919 - 1995) was a British actor. He portrayed the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice. He was replaced in the role by Telly Savalas in the 1969 sequel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. As production on the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice had began...
James Bond : Yes, this is my second life. Blofeld : You only live twice, Mr. Bond. James Bond : [DELETED LINE] Well, they say twice is the only way to live. Blofeld : The firing power inside my crater is enough to annihilate a small army. You can watch it all on TV.
Some notable early roles include Parsons in 1984 (1956), and minor roles opposite Alec Guinness in Barnacle Bill (1957) and Dirk Bogarde in The Wind Cannot Read (1958). In Tony Richardson 's film of Look Back in Anger (1959), he plays a vindictive market inspector opposite Richard Burton.
YearTitleRole2021Dr. Sam Loomis1996Professor Robertson1995Safe HavenThe Sailor1995Dr. Sam LoomisYou Only Live Twice is a 1967 spy film and the fifth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is the first Bond film to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, who later directed the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and the 1979 film Moonraker, both starring Roger Moore.
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- Anthony Dawson/Eric Pohlmann. When Blofeld debuted in 1963's From Russia With Love, secrecy was very much the order of the day. Blofeld is seen secretly orchestrating the events of the movie, ordering Rosa Klebb to steal the Lektor decoding device and acting as Kronsteen's handler.
- Donald Pleasence. The first Blofeld to appear properly in the James Bond franchise was played by Donald Pleasence in 1967's You Only Live Twice. After years in the shadows, Blofeld's promotion to lead villain marked the end of the first James Bond movie era, as Sean Connery was set to step down after one last jaunt.
- Telly Savalas. Considering how Pleasence defined the part of Blofeld, it's odd that the actor didn't reprise his role in James Bond's next offering, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
- Charles Gray. There's no explicit reason as to why Telly Savalas didn't return as Blofeld in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. Either Eon had formed a tradition of recasting the villain after every appearance by this point, or producers simply wanted to leave On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the past after poor reviews and George Lazenby's departure.
In the creation of his 1960s retro spy spoof, Mike Myers chose Donald Pleasence's rendition of the James Bond series arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld from You Only Live Twice for the basis of his own twisted version of the character, Dr. Evil.
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James Bond 007 memoriam. FSWL contributor Steven Jay Rubin remembers Donald Pleasence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, who passed away on February 2, 1995.
