Donald Pleasence

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  • Birth Name: Donald Henry Pleasence
  • Birth Place: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/05/1919, Libra
  • Date of Death: 02/02/1995
  • Profession: Actor
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Donald Pleasence Fast Facts:
  • Referred to by critics as "the Man With the Hypnotic Eye."
  • Spent time in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II after his Royal Air Force plane was shot down.
  • Made his U.S. television debut in the Twilight Zone episode "Changing of the Guard," in which he played a suicidal professor.
  • Best-known for his roles as Dr. Samuel Loomis, the psychiatrist who attempts to capture his murderous patient Michael Myers in the Halloween film series, and supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond flick You Only Live Twice.
  • Wrote children's book Scouse the Mouse in 1977; it was turned into a children's recording with Ringo Starr providing the voice for the title character.
  • Donald Pleasence Relationships:
  • Alice Armitage Pleasence - Mother
  • Thomas Stanley Pleasence - Father
  • Miriam Raymond - Ex-wife
  • Angela Pleasence - Daughter
  • Jean - Daughter
  • Josephine Martin Crombie - Ex-wife
  • Lucy - Daughter
  • Polly - Daughter
  • Meira Shore - Ex-wife
  • Miranda - Daughter
  • Linda Kentwood - Wife
  • Ralph Pleasence - Brother
  • Donald Pleasence Awards:
  • 1965 Tony: Actor (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 1969 Tony: Actor (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 1972 Tony: Actor (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 1962 Tony: Actor (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 1978 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special - Nominee
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