Background
Pleasence, Donald was born on October 5, 1919 in Workshop, England. Son of Thomas Stanley and Alice (Armitage) Pleasence.
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Pleasence, Donald was born on October 5, 1919 in Workshop, England. Son of Thomas Stanley and Alice (Armitage) Pleasence.
Ecclesfield Grammar School, Yorkshire.
Britain and America including Dracula, Armchair Theatre, Call Me Daddy, Columbo, The Captain of Kopenick, Mrs. Columbo, It’s Never Too Late, The Barchester Chronicles, Master of the Game, Arch of Triumph, The Falklands Factor 1983, Scoop 1987; Television Actor of the Year Made first stage appearance 1939. First London appearance in Twelfth Night at Arts Theatre 1942. Royal Air Force 46 (P.O.W. 1944-1946).
Returned to stage in The Brothers Karamazov 1946, Peter Pan 1947. Perth Repertory Theatre 1947. Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1948-1950.
Bristol Old Vic Company 1950-1951. Right Side Up and Saints Day, London 1951. Appeared in New York with Laurence Olivier’s Company 1951-1952.
Hobson’s Choice Arts Theatre 1952. Played in own play Ebb Tide at Edinburgh Festival and Royal Court Theatre, London 1952. Stratford-on-Avon season 1953.
Antony and Cleopatra, London 1953. The Rule of the Game 1955, The Lark 1955, Misalliance 1956, Restless Heart 1957, The Caretaker (London and New York) 1960, Poor Bitos (co-producer), The Man in the Glass Booth (co-producer) 1967, Tea Party, The Basement 1970, Wise Child (New York) 1972, Reflections (London) 1980. Numerous film appearances include The Beachcomber, Manuela, Heart of a Child, The Caretaker, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Fantastic Voyage, The Hallelujah Trail, The Great Escape, Doctor Crippen, Cul-de-Sac, Will Penny, The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Arthur! Arthur?, Soldier Blue, Jerusalem File, Pied Piper, Outback, The Black Windmill, Wedding in White, The Rainbow Boys, Mutations, Henry VIII, Malachi’s Cove, Escape to Witch Mountain, Journey into Fear, The Count of Monte Cristo, Doctor Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde, Hearts of the West, I Don’t Want to be Bom, Trial by Combat, The Devil’s People, The Eagle Has Landed, The Last Tycoon 1976, Telefon, Devil Cat, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Blood Relatives, Power Play, Halloween, Halloween 2, Halloween 4, Halloween 5, Centennial, A Breed Apart, Escape from New York, All Quiet on the Western Front, The French Atlantic Affair, The Monster Club, The Corsican Brothers, Black Arrow, Pleasure of the Amazon, Warrior of the Lost, A Breed Apart, Ground Zero, Where is Parsifal, Hanna’s War. Numerous television appearances in Britain and America including Dracula, Armchair Theatre, Call Me Daddy, Columbo, The Captain of Kopenick, Mrs. Columbo, It’s Never Too Late, The Barchester Chronicles, Master of the Game, Arch of Triumph, The Falklands Factor 1983, Scoop 1987.
Television Actor of the Year.
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Made 1st appearance on stage in Wuthering Heights at Playhouse, Jersey, England, 1939. 1st London appearance in Twelfth Night. Actor on London stage in Ebb Tide, Vicious Circle, Saint's Day, Hobson's Choice, The Rules of the Game, The Lark, The Caretaker, 1991.Motion pictures include Manuela, 1957, The Man in the Sky, Heart of a Child, 1958, Tale of Two Cities, 1958, The Shakedown, 1959, Battle of the Sexes, 1959, Hell Is a City, 1960, The Flesh and the Fiends, 1960, The Horsemaster, Spare the Rod, 1961, No Love for Johnnie, 1961, The Hallelujah Trail, 1965, Cul-de-Sac, 1966, Fantastic Voyage, 1966, Matchless, 1966, Night of Generals, 1967, You Only Live Twice, 1967, Will Penny, 1968, Soldier Blue, 1970, Cutback, 1971, THX 1138, 1971, The Jerususalem File, 1972, The Pied Piper, 1972, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, 1972, Goldenrod, Arthur! Arthur, Wedding in White, 1973, Innocent Bystanders, 1973, Death Line, The Rainbow Boys, The Black Windmill, 1974, Journey into Fear, Escape to Witch Mountain, 1975, Hearts of the West, 1975, The Devil Within Her, 1975, Passover Plot, 1976, The Last Tycoon, 1976, Trial by Combat, The Eagle Has Landed, 1977, Oh! God, 1977, Telefon, 1977, Halloween, 1978, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1978, Dracula, 1979, Escape from New York, 1981, 1984, A Breed Apart, 1984, The Great Escape, Honour Thy Father, Nothing Underneath, Nosferatu, Catacomb, Ground Zero, Into the Darkness, The Rainbow Four, Gila and Rick, Animale Metropolitani, The Return of Djiango, Imbalances, Prince of Darkness, Commander, Hannah's War, Search and Destroy, Halloween IV, Murder on Safari, River of Death, Buried Alive, Casablanca Express, Haloween V, Women in Arms, Miliardi, Shadows and Fog, Dien Bien Phu, Moi de Gaulle, The Big Freeze, The Hour of the Pig. Television appearances include The Count of Monte Cristo, 1975, The Hatchet Man, The Bandstand, Ambrose, Thou Good and Faithful Servant, Call Me Daddy, Taste, The Fox Trot, Omnibus, Julius Caesar, Occupations, The Joke, The Cafeteria, The French Atlantic Affair, 1979, Witness for the Prosecution, 1982, Colombo, Centennial, The Bastard, Mistress Colombo, Fate and Mistress Browne, The Silk Purse, A Home of His Own, The Millionaires, Falklands Factor, The Corsican Brothers, Scoop, Master of the Game, Arch of Triumph, The Room, Punishment Without Crime, A Caribbean Mystery, Barchester Chronicles, Femme Fatal, Signs and Wonders.
Served with Royal Air Force, 1942-1946.
Married Miriam Raymond (divorced). Children: Angela Daphne, Jean Denise. Married Josephine Martin Crombie.
Children: Lucy Maria, Polly Jo, Alexis Helena. Married Meira Shore; 1 child, Miranda. Married Linda Woolham.