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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Donald_PleasenceDonald Pleasence - Wikipedia

    Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway station master. [4] He was brought up as a strict Methodist in the small village of Grimoldby , Lincolnshire . [ 5 ]

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000587Donald Pleasence - IMDb

    Donald Henry Pleasence was born on October 5, 1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, to Alice (Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence. His family worked on the railway. His grandfather had been a signal man and both his brother and father were station masters.

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    • Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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    • Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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  4. collider.com › best-donald-pleasence-movies-rankedThe 10 Best Donald Pleasence Movies, Ranked - Collider

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    • 'Halloween' (1978) A landmark horror film that helped show how big budgets weren't necessary to deliver big scares, the first Halloween is an untouchable classic.
    • 'The Great Escape' (1963) The Great Escape is one of the best movies of the 1960s, telling a large-scale and consistently exciting story about breaking out of a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
    • 'You Only Live Twice' (1967) Though You Only Live Twice isn't thought of as one of the best Sean Connery James Bond movies, it is still an iconic one, and the character of Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a big reason for that.
    • 'Fantastic Voyage' (1966) There's no shortage of movies out there about people shrinking down dramatically, but few are quite as iconic as Fantastic Voyage.

  5. www.youtube.com › watchDonald Pleasence: From Real-Life POW to ‘The Great Escape’

    This article explores the remarkable journey of British actor Donald Pleasence, who went from being a real-life prisoner of war (POW) to portraying one in th...

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  6. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Donald_PleasenceDonald Pleasence - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

    Donald Henry Pleasence [1] OBE (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor. Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. [2] He was raised in Lincolnshire, England. [3] During his career, Pleasence was nominated for four Tony Awards. [4] He won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in 1959.

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    Movie
    Role
    Notes
    1952
    The Dybbuk
    Second Batlon
    TV movie
    1952-1959
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    Corporal
    TV series, episode Arrow to the Heart (I) ...
    1952-1959
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    Chamberlain
    Episode Such Men are Dangerous (1954)
    1952-1959
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    Syme
    Episode Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)

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  7. www.themoviedb.org › person › 9221Donald Pleasence - The Movie Database (TMDB)

    Feb 2, 1995 · Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades.

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  9. www.nytimes.com › 1995/02/03 › obituariesDonald Pleasence, Virtuoso Actor, Dies at 75 - The New York Times

    Feb 3, 1995 · Donald Pleasence, the intense, virtuosic actor who was acclaimed in London and on Broadway for his performance in the title role of Harold Pinter's play "The Caretaker," died yesterday at his home...