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article: Donald Pleasence - A Biography, by Mike Haberfelner, November 2007

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1.) The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Prisoner / episode 1.39, UK 1956, directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Richard Greene, Bernadette O'Farrell, Donald Pleasence, Donald Bradley, Jack Melford, Valerie Cardew, Willoughby Gray, Doris Nolan, Arthur Skinner, John Dearth, Paul Connell, Charles Stapley, Gabriel Toyne, Victor Woolf

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2.) Buried Alive, USA/South Africa 1990, directed by Gérard Kikoine, starring Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence, Karen Witter, John Carradine, Ginger Lynn (as Ginger Allen), Nia Long, William Butler, Janine Denison, Arnold Vosloo, Ashley Hayden, Stefa Popic, Hayley Dorskey, Roslynn Farell, Dee Dee Eybers, Isabel Kastrikis, Sharlene Benn, Blanche Frolich, Lynn White, Christine le Brocq, John Bruce, Marek Lewandowski, Janet de Hahn, Zia Garfield, Warren Batchelor, Stefan Rayner, Robert Strong

3.) Casablanca Express, Italy 1989, directed by Sergio Martino, starring Jason Connery, Francesco Quinn, Jinny Steffan, Manfred Lehmann, Jean Sorel, Donald Pleasence, Glenn Ford, Luisa Maneri, Horst Schön, David Brandon, John Evans, Marina Viro, Giulia Urso, Giovanni Tamberi, Augusto Poderosi, Phillip Vye, Todd Carter, Claire Seelinger, Omar Chenbod, J.R.M.Chapman, J.Pierre Chevalier, Stella Vizzazi, Sabah Chahid, Zakaria El Hammadi, Khadiya Hadda, Khalid Nekmouche, Bouchaid Ben Chefii, Dennis, Michael Vargas, Robert Chavagnac, Guillaume De Casenove, Malayrand J.Pierre, Christan Chamalaud

4.) Der Commander / The Commander, West Germany/Italy 1987, directed by Anthony M.Dawson (= Antonio Margheriti), starring Lewis Collins, Manfred Lehmann, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Protacio Dee, Brett Halsey, Chat Silayan, Hans Leutenegger, Christian Brückner, Frank Glaubrecht, Thomas Danneberg, Anita Lochner, Wolfgang Kühne, Paul Muller, Bobby Rhodes, John Steiner, Romano Puppo, Ilse Pagé, Mike Monty

5.) Cul-de-Sac, UK 1966, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houston, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, William Franklyn, Jacqueline Bisset, Trevor Delaney

6.) Fatal Frames, Italy 1996, directed by Al Festa, starring Rick Gianasi, Stefania Stella, David Warbeck, Ugo Pagliai, Leo Daniel, Alida Valli, Geoffrey Copleston, Linnea Quigley, Donald Pleasence, Angus Scrimm, Giorgio Albertazzi, Rossano Brazzi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Massimo Pitarello, Marcel Malcoun, Andrea Festa, Nina Soldano, Veronica Logan, Linda Prester, Giorgia Bongianni, Marinella Furgiuele, Mats Hedberg, Valerio Isidori, Cinzia Berni, Giovanna Nodari, Spiwe Sibanda, Andrea Pelosi, Vlad Scolari, Claudio Fuiano, Massimo Lavagnini, Danilo Del Monte, Corrado Lannaioli, Alessandro Bentivegna, Rinaldo Rustico, Costantino Curci, Haria Morasca, Cristina Da Rold, Gloria Maniscalco, Dario Maniscalco, Omero Capanna, Claudia Palmeri, Penny Brown

7.) Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie, UK/Mexico/USA 1984, directed by Myron J.Gold, starring Donald Pleasence, Yvonne Furneaux, June Wilkinson, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Aldo Ray, Rod Colbin, Chandler Garrison, Phil Leeds, Garnett Smith, Karen Haber, Edgar Vivar, Borolas (= Joaguín García Vargas), Joy George, Margaret Donaghey, Deanne Mencher, Josephine Claudio, Allison Coker, Allen Grossman, Peter Babb, James Burville, Annie Kuzack, Ian MacFarlane, Patrick Welch, Philip Guilmant, Barbara De Hubp, Tony Babworth, Héctor Jaime Pizano, Enrique Castillo, Paul Kaburs, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Álvaro Carcano, Olga Armendariz, Lisbett Christensen

8.) Halloween, USA 1978, directed by John Carpenter, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis (= Nancy Kyes), P.J.Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Tony Moran, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet, Mickey Yablans, Brent Le Page, Adam Hollander, Robert Phalen, Will Sandin, Sandy Johnson, David Kyle, Peter Griffith, Nick Castle

9.) Hell is a City, UK 1960, directed by Val Guest, starring Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Joseph Tomelty, George A.Cooper, Geoffrey Frederick, Vanda Godsell, Charles Houston, Joby Blanshard, Charles Morgan, Peter Madden, Dickie Owen, Lois Daine, Warren Mitchell, Sarah Branch, Alister Williamson, Russell Napier, John Comer, John Harvey, Doris Speed, Marianne Stone

10.) I Don't Want to be Born, UK 1975, directed by Peter Sasdy, starring Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence, Caroline Munro, Hilary Mason, John Steiner, Janet Key, George Clayton, Derek Benfield, Stanley Lebor, Judy Buxton, Andrew Secombe, Susan Richards, Phyllis MacMahon, John Moore, Floella Benjamin, Penny Darch, López, Susie Lightining, Val Hoadley, Janice Brett

11.) Jaguar Lives!, USA/Spain 1979, directed by Ernest Pintoff, starring Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Bach, Capucine, Joseph Wiseman, Woody Strode, John Huston, Gabriel Melgar, Anthony De Longis, Sally Faulkner, Gail Grainger, Anthony Heaton, Luis Prendes, Simón Andreu, James Smilie, Oscar James, Ray Jewers, Ralph Orville Grown, Fedra Lorente, Silvia Aguilar, Stebe Gerhardt, Jay T.Will

12.) Mister Freedom, France 1969, directed by William Klein, starring Delphine Seyrig, John Abbey, Donald Pleasence, Jean-Claude Drouot, Serge Gainsbourgh, Yves Lefebvre, Rufus, Sabine Sun, Rita Maiden, Colin Drake, Pierre Baillot, Raoul Billerey, Philippe Noiret, Sami Frey, Catherine Rouvel, Monique Chaumette, Yves Montand, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Odile Astie, Albert Augier, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Michel Creton, Guy D'Avout, Albert Dray, Marcel Gassouk, Michèle Loubet, Henry Pillsbury, Hugues Quester, Eric Wasberg, Simone Signoret

13.) The Monster Club, UK 1982, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Kellerman, James Laurenson, Anthony Steel, Richard Johnson, Britt Ekland, Stuart Whitman, Lesley Dunlop, Warren Saire, Simon Ward, Anthony Valentine, Patrick Magee, Fran Fullenwider, Roger Sloman, Geoffrey Bayldon, Neil McCarthy, Suzanna Willis, the Viewers, B.A. Robertson, Night, the Pretty Things, UB40

14.) The Outer Limits - The Man with the Power / episode 1.4, USA 1963, directed by Laslo Benedek, starring Donald Pleasence, Priscilla Morrill, Fred Beir, Frank Maxwell, John Marley, Edward Platt, Paul Lambert, James McCallion, Ann Loos, Paul Kent

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15.) Paganini Horror, Italy 1989, directed by Lewis Coates (= Luigi Cozzi), starring Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone (as Jasmine Main), Pascal Persiano, Maria Cristina Mastrangeli, Michel Klippstein, Pietro Genuardi, Luana Ravegnini, Roberto Giannini, Giada Cozzi, Elena Pompei, Perla Costantini, Donald Pleasence

16.) Phenomena, Italy 1985, directed by Dario Argento, starring Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Donald Pleasence, Dalila di Lazzaro, Patrick Bauchau, Federica Mastroianni, Mario Donatone, Fausta Avelli, Marta Biuiso, Fiore Argento, Sophie Bourchier, Paolo Gropper, Ninke Hielkema, Tanga (the chimp), Mitzy Orsini, Fiorenza Tessari, Geraldine Thomas, Francescha Ottaviani, Michele Soavi, Franco Trevisi

17.) Prince of Darkness, USA 1987, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard, Ann Yen, Ken Wright, Dirk Blocker, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Peter Jason, Robert Grasmere, Thom Bray, Joanna Merlin, Alice Cooper, Betty Ramey, Jessie Ferguson

18.) Ritorno di Django / Django Strikes Again, Italy 1987, directed by Ted Archer (= Nello Rossati), starring Franco Nero, Christopher Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Licinia Lentini (as Licia Lee Lyon), Alessandro Di Chio, Micky, William Berger, Bill Moore

19.) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, USA 1978, directed by Michael Schultz, starring Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb), Frankie Howerd, Paul Nicholas, Donald Pleasence, Sandy Farina, Dianne Steinberg, Steve Martin, Aerosmith, Earth Wind & Fire, Alice Cooper, Billy Presten, Stargard, George Burns, Carel Struycken, Patti Jerome, Max Showalter, John Wheeler, Jay W.MacIntosh, Eleanor Zee, Scott Manners, Stanley Coles, Stanley Sheldon, Bob Mayo, Woody Chambliss, Hank Worden, Morgan Farley, Delos V.Smith jr, Patrick Cranshaw, Terri Lynn Wood, Tracy Justrich, Anna Rodzianko, Rosa Aragon, Peter Allen, Keith Allison, George Benson, Elvin Bishop, Stephen Bishop, Jack Bruce, Keith Carradine, Carol Channing, Charlotte Crossley, Sharon Redd, Ula Hedwig, Jim Dandy, Sarah Dash, Rick Derringer, Barbara Dickson, Donovan, Randy Edelman, Yvonne Elliman, José Feliciano, Leif Garrett, Geraldine Granger, Adrian Gurvitz, Billy Harper, Eddie Harris, Heart, Nona Hendryx, Barry Humphries, Etta James, Dr.John, Bruce Johnston, Joe Lala, D.C.LaRue, Jo Leb, Marcella Detroit, Mark Lindsay, Nils Lofgren, Jackie Lomax, John Mayall, Curtix Mayfield, Cousin Brucie Morrow, Peter Noone, Alan O'Day, Lee Oskar, Jonathan Paley, Robert Palmer, Wilson Pickett, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Raitt, Helen Reddy, Minnie Riperton, Chita Rivera, Johnny Rivers, Monti Rock III, Danielle Rowe, Sha-Na-Na, Del Shannon, Joe Simon, Jim Seals, Dash Crofts, Connie Stevens, Alan Stewart, John Stewart, Tina Turner, Frankie Valli, Gwen Verdon, Diane Vincent, Grover Washington jr, Hank Williams jr, Johnny Winter, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Womack, Alan White, Lenny White, Margaret Whiting, Gary Wright, George Harrison, Linda McCartney

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20.) Shadows and Fog, USA 1992, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Kirby, Lily Tomlin, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, Anne Lange, John Cusack, Donald Pleasence, Kenneth Mars, Charles Cragin, Robert Joy, James Rebhorn, Victor Argo, Daniel von Bargen, Camille Saviola, Tim Loomis, Katy Dierlam, Dennis Vestunis, Andy Berman, Paul Anthony Stewart, Thomas L.Bolster, Fred Melamed, Greg Stebner, Peter Appel, John C.Reilly, Brian Smiar, Michael P.Troy, Remak Ramsay, Ron Turek, Philip Bosco, Peter McRobbie, Josef Sommer, Ira Wheeler, Eszter Balint, Rebecca Gibson, Kate Nelligan, Kurtwood Smith, Fred Gwynne, Robert Silver, William H.Macy, Tom Riis Farrell, Ron Weyand, Julie Kavner, Wallace Shawn, Richard Riehle, Max Robinson

21.) Soldier Blue, USA 1970, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson, Jorge Rivero, Dana Elcar, Bob Carraway, Martin West, James Hampton, Mort Mills, Jorge Russek, Aurora Clavel, Ralph nelson, Ron Fletcher, Barbara Turner, Marco Antonio Arzate, Conrad Hool, Lance Hool

22.) Tales that Witness Madness, UK 1973, directed by Freddie Francis, starring Donald Pleasence, Jack Hawkins, Russell Lewis, Georgia Brown, Donald Houston, Suzy Kendall, Peter McEnery, Joan Collins, Michael Jayston, Kim Novak, Michael Petrovitch, Mary Tamm, Leon Lissek, Leslie Nunnerley, David Wood, Zohra Sehgal, Neil Kennedy, Richard Connaught, Beth Morris, Frank Forsyth

23.) The Treasure of the Amazon, Mexico 1985, directed by René Cardona jr, starring Stuart Whitman, Donald Pleasence, Ann Sidney, Clark Jarrett, Bradford Dillman, Sonia Infante, Emilio Fernandez, Pedro Armendáriz jr, Jorge Luke, John Ireland, Hugo Stiglitz

24.) The Uncanny, UK/Canada 1977, directed by Denis Héroux, starring Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Susan Penhaligon, Simon Williams, Roland Culver, Katrina Holden, Chloe Franks, Alexandra Stewart, Donald Pilon, Renée Girard, Donald Pleasence, Smantha Eggar, John Vernon, Catherine Bégin, Jean LeClerc, Sean McCann

25.) Warrior of the Lost World, USA/Italy 1983, directed by David Worth, starring Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Fred Williamson, Harrison Muller sr, Philip Dallas, Laura Nucci, Vinicio Ricchi, Janna Ryan (= Geretta Geretta), Consuelo Marcaccini, Daniel Stephen, Stefano Mior, Scott Coffey, Goffredo Marcaccini, Urs Althaus, Lucien Bruchon, Harrison Muller jr, Nguyen Huu Phu, Giuliano Rosati, Ennio Antonelli, Russel Case, Hernani Moreira, Samuele Goldzader, Massimo Liti