His best performance

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ohrachelleigh — 19 years ago(October 21, 2006 08:04 PM)

Donald Pleasence is so versatile; one of my all-time favorite actors.
I thought he was excellent as Colin in The Great Escape, and his role in the Twilight Zone episode "Changing of the Guard" was very touching.
He was terrific as a villian/antagonist. I thought he was great in Fantastic Voyage, and in Part Three of Centennial.
Fantastic actor, very much missed.

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shepardjessica-1 — 18 years ago(June 22, 2007 08:38 AM)

1. Cul-De-Sac
2. The Guest (from the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker)

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SteamshipBooth — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 07:01 PM)

I couldn't agree more with you Jessica.
I'd have to add The Great Escape in 3rd place, which made me weep as a child.

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w22nuschler — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 09:41 PM)

I believe everyone has named my favorite performances:Twilight Zone, Great Escape, You Only Live Twice, All the Halloween movies.
What a wonderful actor he was!

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thebatman1039481 — 18 years ago(August 08, 2007 06:07 AM)

HE will always be Dr. Sam Loomis.
RIP Donald Pleasence

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kevintom — 18 years ago(August 31, 2007 05:35 AM)

His best performance is in The Flesh and the Fiends.

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moffieboi — 17 years ago(June 10, 2008 08:51 PM)

Yep, I have seen him in two movies, Escape from New York and the Columbo TV-movie but he really left an impression in Columbo.

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jbernhard — 17 years ago(August 20, 2008 01:10 PM)

Surprised and shocked the hell out of me when I saw him in WAKE IN FRIGHT.
DR. CRIPPEN is nice too.

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Severian-6 — 11 years ago(February 10, 2015 11:17 PM)

Ooh, good choice. He scared the crap out of me in "Wake in Fright" too. I also particularly like his performance as the police inspector in the great little 70s Brit horror movie "Death Line" - otherwise known as "Raw Meat" to the Americans out there. Pleasence added a touch of class to everything he did - which is just as well, given some of the terrible trash he appeared in.
"Nobody {|$ with the Jesus"

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adradosfd — 17 years ago(August 22, 2008 08:31 AM)

"The Great Scape"
He was one of the greatest supporting actors of all time, it is incredible how people miss and remember him.

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Backlot_Manager — 16 years ago(September 06, 2009 07:06 AM)

I found his portrayal of Heinrich Himmler in
The 5b4Eagle Has Landed
to be perhaps the most chilling Himmler portrayal ever. Like a pleasant (no pun intended) little administrator, but absolutely cold-blooded at the core.

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joonas9199 — 11 years ago(November 01, 2014 05:17 AM)

JAMES BOND
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
THE GREAT ESCAPE

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shepardjessica-1 — 10 years ago(October 06, 2015 01:48 PM)

The Guest (film version of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker)
Cul-de-Sac
The Great Escape

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shepardjessica-1 — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 11:36 AM)

The Guest (based on Harold Pinter's The Caretaker). Also starring Robert Shaw and Alan Bates.

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spope2 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 08:20 AM)

Wake in Fright is a superb performance.
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Woodyanders — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 02:05 PM)

Pleasence gives an absolutely fearless performance as a drunken and depraved fallen intellectual in Wake in Fright.
I've been chasing grace/ But grace ain't easy to find