History Creator / DonaldPleasence

* ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' (1987) as a priest

* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' (1995) as Phido the Vulture. (The version titled ''Arabian Knight'' replaced him with Eric Bogosian. His voice is still present as the few lines not done by Creator/JonathanWinters as the Thief.)

* ''Film/WatchOutWereMad'' (1974) in a comedic role as The Doctor

* ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1973'' as Fred Smudge

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' ([[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E102TheChangingOfTheGuard 1 episode]], 1962) as Prof. Ellis Fowler

* ''Series/OneStepBeyond1959'' (1 episode, 1961) as Harvey Laurence

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[[caption-width-right:320:''"As far as being idolized by teens, I don't know. It\\

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!!Tropes about Donald Pleasence:

* ''Series/OneStepBeyond'' (1 episode, 1961) as Harvey Laurence

Pleasence was often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, and he played an iconic version of [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] in the ''Film/JamesBond'' film series. His portrayal of Dr. Sam Loomis in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series changed his on-screen image to a more heroic (if still sometimes [[GoodIsNotNice ruthless]] and [[CreepyGood creepy]]) one.

* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series (1978–95) as [[Characters/HalloweenSamuelLoomis Dr. Sam Loomis]]

Pleasence was often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, and he played an iconic version of [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] in the ''Film/JamesBond'' film series. His portrayal of Dr. Sam Loomis in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series changed his on-screen image to a more heroic one, albeit still sometimes [[GoodIsNotNice ruthless]] or [[CreepyGood creepy]].

* ''Film/TheEagleHasLanded'' (1976) as Heinrich Himmler

* CareerResurrection: Halloween, to the point where he got a whole new career out of it. Before Halloween, he was typecast as creepy, sadistic villains, always wanting to play a good guy. After playing the heroic, Van Helsing like Dr Loomis, his career shot back to the top and ironically he found that from then all heroic roles were ALL people wanted to see him in, though he admitted he preferred it that way.

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Invoked in the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03ThePumaman Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment]]'' of ''Film/ThePumaman''; Mike and the Bots insist on referring to his character as "Donald Pleasence". This may have been partly to tease him for a role he openly admitted was an OldShame.

--> "There was a sort of horror picture that I did called ''The Mutations''[[note]]Original title for ''Film/TheFreakmaker''[[/note]]. I think I did that solely for the money. I have six daughters, and they can be quite expensive, so one has to keep working and be able to pay the bills."

Pleasence was often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, and played an iconic version of [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] in the ''Film/JamesBond'' film series. His portrayal of Dr. Sam Loomis in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series changed his on-screen image to a more heroic one, albeit still sometimes [[GoodIsNotNice ruthless]] or [[CreepyGood creepy]].

* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series (1978–95) as Dr. Sam Loomis

* ''Series/DangerMan'' (2 episodes, 1960–61) as Captain Aldrich / Nikolides

* ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' (2 episodes, 1961) as Captain Pinski
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' ([[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E102TheChangingOfTheGuard 1 episode]], 1962) as Professor Ellis Fowler

* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series (1978-1995) as Dr Sam Loomis

* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', episode "[[Recap/ColumboS03E02 Any Old Port in a Storm]]" (1973)

[[caption-width-right:320:''"As far as being idolized by teens, I don't know. It must be some sort of [[DaddysGirl father fixation]]. Or maybe they think I'm just pretty."'']]