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Actor: Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence made more than two hundred films and television appearances, and the bald head and pale eyes meant he was cast almost exclusively as either a frightened man or a dangerous one.

Doctor Loomis in Halloween is the enduring one, a psychiatrist who has concluded his patient is simply evil and who spends the film trying to make anyone believe it. He returned for four sequels.

The Great Escape gave him the forger going blind, drawn from his own experience as a prisoner of war after being shot down over France.

He also played Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, which fixed the character’s appearance for parody permanently.

Halloween (1978) film poster

Donald Pleasence

Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter's 1978 slasher template. Michael Myers in mask, Jamie Lee Curtis debut.

The Eagle Has Landed (1976) film poster

Donald Pleasence

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

1976 John Sturges WWII thriller with Michael Caine as a German paratrooper colonel sent to kidnap Churchill from rural England. The Eagle Has Landed is John Sturges's 1976 British WWII thriller adapting Jack Higgins's 1975 novel.

You Only Live Twice (1967) film poster

Akiko Wakabayashi

You Only Live Twice (1967)

1967 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Connery in Japan facing Blofeld in a hollow volcano. You Only Live Twice is Lewis Gilbert's 1967 British spy film loosely adapting Ian Fleming's 1964 novel.

Escape from New York (1981) film poster

Adrienne Barbeau

Escape from New York (1981)

Escape from New York is John Carpenter's dystopian action film and one of the foundational works of 1980s post-apocalyptic cinema. Carpenter directed and co-wrote with Nick Castle.

Fantastic Voyage (1966) film poster

Donald Pleasence

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Fantastic Voyage is the mid-1960s science fiction film about a submarine and crew miniaturized to microscopic size and injected into the bloodstream of a dying scientist. The film made approximately twelve million dollars on a six and a half million…

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, 1979, 2022) film poster

Donald Pleasence

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, 1979, 2022) Review

The Nazis later burned it and strip. The Nazis later burned it and stripped Remarque of his German citizenship.

The Great Escape (1963) film poster

Charles Bronson

The Great Escape (1963) Review

John Sturges's perfect ensemble war film. Steve McQueen and the legendary cast.