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      • Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway station master. He was brought up as a strict Methodist in the small village of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire.
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  2. Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway station master. He was brought up as a strict Methodist in the small village of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire. He received his formal education at Crosby Junior School, Scunthorpe and Ecclesfield Grammar School in Sheffield.

  3. Nov 7, 2023 · Donald Pleasence’s remarkable real-life ‘Great Escape’ experience. Today, the legendary British actor Donald Pleasence is perhaps best remembered for his performance as psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween and four of its sequels. However, earlier in his career, the Worksop-born actor took on ...

    Year
    Title
    Role
    2021
    Dr. Sam Loomis
    1996
    Professor Robertson
    1995
    Safe Haven
    The Sailor
    1995
    Dr. Sam Loomis
  4. Feb 3, 1995 · Mr. Pleasence was born in Worksop, England, a town with a name that seemed to foreshadow his career portraying working-class men. He came from a railway family: his grandfather was a signalman...

  5. Donald Henry Pleasence was born on October 5, 1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, to Alice (Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence. His family worked on the railway. His grandfather had been a signal man and both his brother and father were station masters.

    • October 5, 1919
    • February 2, 1995
  6. Apr 19, 2023 · Donald Pleasence was born on October 5, 1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Raised in Grimoldby, Lincolnshire, he received an education at Crosby Junior School and Ecclesfield Grammar School. Pleasence initially followed in his father’s footsteps and became the clerk-in-charge at a small railway station in Swinton.

  7. Dec 3, 2023 · Join us as we delve into Pleasence's fascinating life, tracing his path from captivity to Hollywood stardom. Born in 1919 in Nottinghamshire, England, Pleasence's acting career began in the...

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  8. "They were," Mr. Pleasence said flatly, "they emerged with the part." But, he pointed out, once they were established in the role, the technician in him took over and used consciously what had come to the actor by other means. As an actor Mr. Pleasence learned by doing.

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