1919 - 1995
Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before having a screen career, which included starring in a 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, before playing numerous supporting and character roles in films including RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape (1963), the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), SEN 5241 in THX 1138 (1971), and the deranged Clarence "Doc" Tydon in Wake in Fright (1971). Pleasence starred as psychiatrist Dr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Pleasence has received more than 5,306,513 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Donald Pleasence is the 343rd most popular actor (down from 318th in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Actor.
Donald Pleasence is most famous for his role as Dr. Loomis in the 1978 horror film Halloween.
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Among actors, Donald Pleasence ranks 343 out of 9,996. Before him are Jeff Goldblum, Telly Savalas, Robert Wagner, Petr Shelokhonov, Raquel Welch, and Talia Shire. After him are Dan Aykroyd, Maurice Chevalier, John Cazale, Bibi Andersson, Carrie Fisher, and John Cleese.
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 337
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 338
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 339
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 340
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 341
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 342
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 343
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 344
1888 - 1972
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 345
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 346
1935 - 2019
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 347
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 348
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 349
Among people born in 1919, Donald Pleasence ranks 16. Before him are Giulio Andreotti, Margot Fonteyn, Lino Ventura, Georgios Papadopoulos, Nat King Cole, and Choi Kyu-hah. After him are Kim Jong-suk, Gerhard Barkhorn, Fausto Coppi, Pierre Trudeau, Walter Scheel, and Hans-Joachim Marseille. Among people deceased in 1995, Donald Pleasence ranks 18. Before him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Adolf Butenandt, William Alfred Fowler, Dean Martin, Alec Douglas-Home, and Jonas Salk. After him are Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Teresa Teng, Edward Bernays, Louis Malle, Patricia Highsmith, and Hannes Alfvén.
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 10
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 11
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 12
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 13
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 14
1919 - 2006
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 15
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1919 - 1949
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 17
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 18
1919 - 1960
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 19
1919 - 2000
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 20
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 21
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 22
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 13
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 14
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 15
1903 - 1995
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 16
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 17
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 18
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 19
1953 - 1995
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 20
1891 - 1995
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 21
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 22
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 23
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Pleasence ranks 465 out of 7,765. Before him are Mary Anning (1799), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), John Knox (1514), Philip Larkin (1922), Joshua Reynolds (1723), and Richard Francis Burton (1821). After him are John Hicks (1904), Samuel Butler (1835), Samuel Johnson (1709), William Laud (1573), William Adams (1564), and Gregory Bateson (1904).
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 459
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 460
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 461
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 462
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 464
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 465
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 466
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 467
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 468
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 469
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 470
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 471
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Donald Pleasence ranks 52. Before him are Ian Holm (1931), Robbie Coltrane (1950), Deborah Kerr (1921), Hugh Grant (1960), Kate Winslet (1975), and Charles Dance (1946). After him are John Cleese (1939), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Albert Finney (1936), Emma Thompson (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), and Desmond Llewelyn (1914).
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 46
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 47
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 48
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 49
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 51
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 52
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 53
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 54
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 55
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 56
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 57
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 58