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Pleasence was nominated four times for the Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a Broadway play: in 1962 for Harold Pinter 's The Caretaker, in 1965 for Jean Anouilh 's Poor Bitos, in 1969 for Robert Shaw 's The Man in the Glass Booth, and in 1972 for Simon Gray 's Wise Child .
Donald Pleasence. Actor: Halloween II. Balding, quietly spoken, of slight build and possessed of piercing blue eyes -- often peering out from behind round, steel-rimmed glasses -- Donald Pleasence had the essential physical attributes which make a great screen villain.
Oct 22, 2023 · English actor Donald Pleasence is best known as Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween; he was also memorable in The Great Escape and an early James Bond movie.
Feb 3, 1995 · Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's play "The...
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.
Dec 3, 2023 · This article explores the remarkable journey of British actor Donald Pleasence, who went from being a real-life prisoner of war (POW) to portraying one in the iconic film 'The Great Escape'...
Feb 2, 1995 · Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades.
Donald Pleasence, the balding, beady-eyed British character actor who created such memorable screen villains as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, died Feb. 2 at his home in St. Paul de Vence in southern France. He was 75.
Feb 2, 1995 · LONDON - Donald Pleasence, who breathed life into a series of odd and sinister characters on stage and screen, died today at 75. His agent Tessa Sutherland said the...
Feb 2, 1995 · Donald Pleasence, who breathed life into a series of odd and sinister characters ranging from the hero of the ``Halloween'' slasher movies to the tramp in Harold Pinter's ``The Caretaker,'' died Thursday. He was 75.
