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Donald Pleasence

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Biography

Height 5'7" Spouse: Meira Shore (1970-1988) (divorced) Josephine Martin Crombie (1959-1970) (divorced) Miriam Raymond (1941-1958) (divorced) Linda? (1989-1995) (His Death). Father of Angela Pleasence,…more

Born

10/5/1919, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Birth Name

Donald Pleasence

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- The Barchester Chronicles
  Septimus Harding
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    12/22/82
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    12/15/82
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    12/8/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    12/1/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    11/24/82
  - + 2 More Credits
- Centennial
  Samuel Purchase
  - S 1: Ep 1 Only the Rocks Live Forever (3 hr)
    10/1/78
- The Twilight Zone
  Prof. Ellis Fowler
  - S 3: Ep 37 The Changing of the Guard
    6/1/62
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  Prince John (1955-1958)
  - S 4: Ep 26 Trapped
    11/12/60
  - S 4: Ep 25 Double Trouble
    11/5/60
  - S 4: Ep 24 Bride For An Outlaw
    10/29/60
  - S 4: Ep 23 The Pharoah Stones
    10/22/60
  - S 4: Ep 22 A Race Against Time
    10/15/60
  - + 94 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Revd Septimus Harding
  - S 14: Ep 7 The Barchester Chronicles (7)
    12/9/84
  - S 14: Ep 6 The Barchester Chronicles (6)
    12/2/84
  - S 14: Ep 5 The Barchester Chronicles (5)
    11/25/84
  - S 14: Ep 4 The Barchester Chronicles (4)
    11/18/84
  - S 14: Ep 3 The Barchester Chronicles (3)
    11/11/84
  - + 1 More Credits
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Reverend Septimus Harding
  - S 14: Ep 1 The Barchester Chronicles (1)
    10/28/84
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  Prince John
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Prisoner
    7/9/56
Guest Star (44)

Role
- Lovejoy
  Karel Redl
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Prague Sun
    12/26/92
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 4 Natalie Cole, Donald Pleasence, John Sessions
    2/8/92
- James Bond, Jr.
  Ernst Stavro Blofeld S.P.E.C.T.R.E No. 1
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Lord Copper
  - S 20: Ep 11 Scoop
    12/30/90
- Miss Marple
  Jason Rafiel
  - S 4: Ep 2 A Caribbean Mystery
    12/25/89
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  George Hill
  - S 3: Ep 7 Punishment Without Crime
    4/16/88
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  The Chancellor
  - S 34: Ep 2 The Corsican Brothers
    2/5/85
- Play for Today
  Samuel Johnson
  - S 13: Ep 16 The Falklands Factor
    4/26/83
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Mr Myers
  - S 32: Ep 1 Witness for the Prosecution
    12/4/82
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 4 Donald Pleasence/Fear
    10/31/81
- Dick Turpin
  Ignatius Slake
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure (4)
    6/6/81
- Disneyland
  Lucas Deranian
  - S 26: Ep 10 Escape to Witch Mountain
    2/17/80
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Kantorek
  - S 29: Ep 1 All Quiet on the Western Front
    11/14/79
- Kate Loves a Mystery
  I.A. Morly
  - S 1: Ep 2 Murder Is a Parlor Game
    3/1/79
- Centennial
  Samuel Purchase
- Jesus of Nazareth
  Melchior
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part I
    4/3/77
- Columbo
  Adrian Carsino
  - S 3: Ep 2 Any Old Port in a Storm
    10/7/73
- Great Mysteries
  Cawser
  - S 1: Ep 1 Captain Rogers
    9/1/73
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Bendel
  - S 8: Ep 37 The Joke
    8/9/73
- Dr. Simon Locke
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Lady-X
    10/16/72
- Omnibus (UK)
  Julius Caesar
  - S 6: Ep 2 A Modern Turn of Mind
    1/30/72
- Hawaii Five-O
  Hans Vogler
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Ninety-Second War (2)
    1/18/72
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Ninety-Second War (1)
    1/11/72
- Play for Today
  Gerry Muddiman
  - S 2: Ep 7 Skin Deep
    11/25/71
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
  Carnicki
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Horse of the Invisible
    10/18/71
- Play for Today
  Tom
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Foxtrot
    4/29/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 29 October 9, 1969
    10/9/69
  - S 4: Ep 105 February 14, 1972
    2/14/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 130 August 30, 1968
    8/30/68
  - S 6: Ep 70 January 7, 1972
    1/7/72
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  J.G.
  - S 3: Ep 13 The News-Benders
    1/10/68
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 13 Taste
    1/4/67
- The Wednesday Play
  The Head Waiter
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Head Waiter
    11/9/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Max Pfeiffer
  - S 3: Ep 25 With Strings Attached
    3/15/66
- The Defenders (1961)
  Dr. Byron Saul
  - S 4: Ep 20 Fires of the Mind
    2/18/65
- Espionage
  Escalon
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Liberators
    3/11/64
- The Outer Limits
  Harold J. Finley
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man With the Power
    10/7/63
- One Step Beyond
  Harvey Laurence
  - S 3: Ep 27 The Confession
    4/11/61
- Danger Man
  Nikolides
  - S 1: Ep 18 Find and Return
    1/8/61
- Danger Man
  Aldrich
  - S 1: Ep 7 Position of Trust
    10/23/60
- Interpol Calling
  Karl Hausmann
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Absent Assassin
    6/5/60
- The Four Just Men
  Paul Koster
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Survivor
    1/16/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Prof. Ellis Fowler
- The Adventures of William Tell
  The Spider
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Spider
    6/1/59
- Assignment Foreign Legion
  Commandant
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Coward
    2/22/57
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  Prince John
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Ambush
    2/11/57
  - S 2: Ep 8 Isabella
    11/19/56
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  Bailiff Baldwin
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Village Wooing
    10/1/56

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- Pleasence served in the Royal Air Force during WWII.
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- Pleasence had elocution lessons as a child.
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- Donald Pleasence: I treat all film roles one way - very seriously.
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- Donald Pleasence: I'm a professional actor. I get the part. I read the script. If I decide to do it, I learn the lines. I have no theory about acting. For me, there is no method. I just do it.
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