ACTOR

Donald Pleasence

1919 - 1995

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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 71 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 72 in 2019). Donald Pleasence is the 425th most popular actor (down from 343rd in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 465th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Actor.

Donald Pleasence is most famous for his role as Dr. Loomis in the 1978 horror film Halloween.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Donald Pleasences by language

Over the past year Donald Pleasence has had the most page views in the with 646,323 views, followed by German (88,596), and Italian (66,519). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hawaiian (110.00%), Simple English (95.34%), and Venetian (89.88%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Donald Pleasence ranks 425 out of 13,578. Before him are William Shatner, Tom Wilkinson, James Woods, Roy Scheider, Pamela Anderson, and Bourvil. After him are Jean Harlow, Charlie Sheen, Nebahat Çehre, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Brandon Lee, and Heath Ledger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Donald Pleasence ranks 24. Before him are Jack Palance, Matilde Camus, Nat King Cole, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Pierre Trudeau, and Gerhard Barkhorn. After him are Dino De Laurentiis, Lex Barker, Oleg Penkovsky, Boris Shcherbina, Iris Murdoch, and Andreas Papandreou. Among people deceased in 1995, Donald Pleasence ranks 24. Before him are Teresa Teng, Gerald Durrell, Edward Bernays, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Lana Turner, and Murray Rothbard. After him are Milovan Đilas, Souphanouvong, William Alfred Fowler, Jonas Salk, Alec Douglas-Home, and Ginger Rogers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Pleasence ranks 537 out of 8,785. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Henry Every (1659), James Hutton (1726), and Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511). After him are Graham Hill (1929), Oliver Sacks (1933), Gregory Bateson (1904), Roger Glover (1945), Gustav Holst (1874), and Stanley Rous (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Donald Pleasence ranks 68. Before him are Trevor Howard (1913), Patrick Stewart (1940), Richard Griffiths (1947), Gerard Butler (1969), Albert Finney (1936), and Tom Wilkinson (1948). After him are David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), Christian Bale (1974), Bill Nighy (1949), Hugh Laurie (1959), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
One year later, Michael Myers' traumatized young niece is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil uncle... and that he is on the way back to Haddonfield to begin the carnage again.
Oct 12o 19895.339 / 10
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Dr. Sam Loomis
Michael returns to Haddonfield for Jamie Lloyd -- the orphaned daughter of Laurie Strode -- and her babysitter Rachel. Can Dr. Sam Loomis stop him before the unholy slaughter reaches his innocent young niece?
Oct 21o 19886.189 / 10
Halloween
Dr. Sam Loomis
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Oct 24o 19787.6 / 10