Donald Pleasence
Born October 05, 1919 (Age: 106)
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Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is arguably best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades. Often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is arguably best-known for his work in two of cinema's most successful franchises - James Bond and Halloween.
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Filmography
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 105
Driving Lessons
2012
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as Dr. Sam Loomis (archive footage)
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Age: 92
Fatal Frames
1996
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as Professor Robinson
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Age: 76
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
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as Dr. Sam Loomis
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Age: 75
Freeze: But is it Art?
1994
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as Sinister Dentist
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Age: 74
The Big Freeze
1993
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as Soup slurper
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Age: 74
The Hour of the Pig
1993
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as Pincheon
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Age: 73
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
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as Phido the Vulture (voice)
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Age: 73
Femme Fatale
1993
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as Victor Harty
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Age: 73
Diên Biên Phu
1992
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as Howard Simpson
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Age: 72
Shadows and Fog
1991
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as Doctor
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Age: 72
Millions
1991
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as Ripa
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Age: 71
Women in Arms
1991
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as Dreyfuss
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Age: 71
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
1991
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as The Art Collector
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Age: 71
Life of General De Gaulle
1990
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as Winston Churchill
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Age: 71
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
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as Jason Rafiel
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Age: 70
Casablanca Express
1989
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as Colonel Bats
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Age: 70
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
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as Dr. Sam Loomis
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Age: 70
River of Death
1989
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as Heinrich Spaatz
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Age: 69
Ten Little Indians
1989
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as Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave
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Age: 69
Buried Alive
1989
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as Dr. Schaeffer
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Age: 69
Paganini Horror
1989
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as Mr. Pickett
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Age: 69
The House of Usher
1989
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as Walter Usher
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Age: 69
American Rickshaw
1989
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as Rev. Mortom
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Age: 69
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
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as Dr. Absalon
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Age: 69
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
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as Dr. Loomis
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Age: 69
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
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as Don Alvise
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Age: 68
Last Platoon
1988
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as Colonel B. Abrahams
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Age: 68
Metropolitan Animals
1988
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as Prof. Livingstone
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Age: 68
The Commander
1988
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as Henry Carlson
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Age: 68
Hanna's War
1988
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as Captain Thomas Rosza
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Age: 68
Phantom of Death
1988
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as Inspector Datti
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Age: 68
Prince of Darkness
1987
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as Priest
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Age: 68
Django Strikes Again
1987
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as Ben Gunn
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Age: 68
Ground Zero
1987
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as Prosper Gaffney
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Age: 67
Double Target
1987
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as Sen. Blaster
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Age: 67
Basements
1987
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as Mr. Kidd (segment "The Room")
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Age: 67
Scoop
1987
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as Lord Copper
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Age: 67
Specters
1987
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as Professor Lasky
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Age: 67
Warrior Queen
1987
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as Clodius Flaucus
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Age: 67
Gila and Rik
1987
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as Joe Gardenia
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Age: 67
Deadheat
1986
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as Aldo Rossi
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Age: 66
Nothing Underneath
1985
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as Commissioner Danesi
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Age: 66
Black Arrow
1985
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as Sir Oliver Oates
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Age: 66
Reel Horror
1985
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as Axel MacGregor (archive footage)
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Age: 65
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
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as Klaus von Blantz
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Age: 65
The Corsican Brothers
1985
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as The Chancellor
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Age: 65
Phenomena
1985
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as Professor John McGregor
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Age: 65
The Ambassador
1985
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as Minister Eretz
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Age: 65
Terror in the Aisles
1984
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as Self - Host
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Age: 65
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
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as Gilbert Carson
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Age: 62
Halloween II
1981
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as Dr. Sam Loomis
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Age: 62
Escape from New York
1981
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as President of the United States
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Age: 61
The Monster Club
1981
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as Pickering, Chief of the B-Squad
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Age: 61
Blade on the Feather
1980
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as John Cavendish
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Age: 61
Pumaman
1980
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as Kobras
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Age: 60
Power Play
1978
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as Blair
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Age: 59
Halloween
1978
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as Loomis
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Age: 59
Last In, First Out
1978
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as Rothko
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Age: 58
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
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as B.D. Brockhurst
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Age: 58
Night Creature
1978
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as Axel MacGregor
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Age: 58
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
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as Dr. Todd
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Age: 58
Blood Relatives
1978
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as James Doniac
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Age: 58
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
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as Capt. Vladimir Popov
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Age: 58
Oh, God!
1977
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as Doctor Harmon
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Age: 58
The Joke
1976
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as Bendel
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Age: 56
Hearts of the West
1975
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as A.J. Nietz
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Age: 56
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
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as Lucas Deranian
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Age: 55
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
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as Erich Count von Plasma
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Age: 55
House of the Damned
1974
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as Martin Zayas
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Age: 54
Occupations
1974
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as Christo Kabak
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Age: 54
The Cafeteria
1974
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as Aaron
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Age: 54
The Mutations
1974
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as Professor Nolter
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Age: 54
The Black Windmill
1974
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as Cedric Harper
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Age: 54
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
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as Doctor
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Age: 54
From Beyond the Grave
1974
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as Jim Underwood
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Age: 54
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
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as Prof. R.C. Tremayne
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Age: 54
Malachi's Cove
1973
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as Malachi
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Age: 53
Lonely Water
1973
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as The Spirit (voice)
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Age: 53
The Rainbow Boys
1973
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as Ralph Logan
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Age: 53
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
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as Fred Smudge
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Age: 53
The Pied Piper
1972
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as The Baron
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Age: 53
Wedding in White
1972
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as Jim Dougall, Sr.
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Age: 53
Innocent Bystanders
1972
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as Loomis
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Age: 52
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
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as Thomas Cromwell
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Age: 52
The Jerusalem File
1972
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as Major Samuels
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Age: 52
Skin Deep
1971
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as Gerry Muddiman
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Age: 52
Wake in Fright
1971
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as Doc Tydon
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Age: 51
The Fox Trot
1971
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as Tom
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Age: 51
THX 1138
1971
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as SEN
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Age: 51
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
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as The Prospector
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Age: 50
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
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as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon
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Age: 49
Mr. Freedom
1969
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as Dr. Freedom
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Age: 49
Last to Go
1969
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as
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Age: 49
Sleep is Lovely
1968
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as Clive
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Age: 48
The News-Benders
1968
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as J.G.
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Age: 48
Fantastic Voyage
1966
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as Dr. Michaels
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Age: 46
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
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as 'Oracle' Jones
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Age: 45
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as The Dark Hermit - Satan
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Age: 45
The Caretaker
1964
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as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
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Age: 44
Dr. Crippen
1963
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as Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen
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Age: 43
The Great Escape
1963
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as Blythe 'The Forger'
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Age: 43
The Inspector
1962
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as Wolters
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Age: 42
The Horsemasters
1961
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as Captain Pinski
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Age: 41
What a Carve Up!
1961
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as Everett Sloane
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Age: 41
Spare the Rod
1961
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as Mr. Jenkins
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Age: 41
The Wind of Change
1961
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as Pop
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Age: 41
No Love for Johnnie
1961
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as Renfrew
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Age: 41
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
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as Caterpillar
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Age: 41
The Cupboard
1960
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as Fred Watson
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Age: 41
The Hands of Orlac
1960
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as Graham Coates
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Age: 41
A Story of David
1960
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as Nabal
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Age: 41
Suspect
1960
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as Parsons, alias Bill Brown
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Age: 41
No Image
Toff and Fingers
1960
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as Self/Host
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Age: 40
The Big Day
1960
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as Victor Partridge
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Age: 40
Sons and Lovers
1960
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as Mr. Pappleworth
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Age: 40
Hell Is a City
1960
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as Gus Hawkins
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Age: 40
Circus of Horrors
1960
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as Vanet
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Age: 40
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
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as Irwin Hoffman
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Age: 40
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
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as William Hare
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Age: 40
The Shakedown
1960
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as Jessel Brown
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Age: 40
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
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as Captain
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Age: 39
Look Back in Anger
1959
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as Hurst
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Age: 39
No Image
The Traitor
1959
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as Grantley Caypor
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Age: 39
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
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as Gen. Hardt
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Age: 39
No Image
The Greatest Man in the World
1958
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as US President
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Age: 39
The Man Inside
1958
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as Organ Grinder
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Age: 38
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
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as Doctor
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Age: 38
Heart of a Child
1958
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as Spiel
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Age: 38
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
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as Barsad
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Age: 38
The Black Tent
1956
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as Ali
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Age: 36
1984
1956
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as R. Parsons
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Age: 36
Value for Money
1955
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as Limpy
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Age: 35
The Moment of Truth
1955
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as The Foreign Minister
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Age: 35
No Image
Round the World in 80 Days
1955
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as Voices
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Age: 35
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
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as Syme
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Age: 35
Orders Are Orders
1954
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as Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
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Age: 34
The Beachcomber
1954
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as Tromp
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Age: 34