What is his best performance outside Dr Loomis?
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K0walski — 20 years ago(September 01, 2005 07:51 AM)
I would agree. He WAS Blofeld. It's hard to watch Savalas or Charles Grey try to pull it off.
That said, Donald Pleasance is pretty damn good in every movie I've seen him in. He's one of the be111cst character-actors ever. -
rhinestone_sunglasses — 20 years ago(June 14, 2005 06:33 PM)
Unfortunately all I know him from is HalloweenI've also seen him in a vignette of Edgar Allen Poe talesI think. I wouldn't say he was proud of Halloween, but he did it because his daughter saw something of John Carpenter's and called it cool. I would say that (walking on eggshells here) he is most widely known for Halloween.
AND GODDAMM*T THE SUN DOES NOT SPIT! -
freakaman24 — 20 years ago(July 25, 2005 09:07 AM)
He has always been my favorite actor ever( next to M Emmett Walsh ) and I know that he will always be famous for the Halloween movies, but I think that his greatest ever performances were in 2 little seen movies : Ground Zero - he is in it for only a little bit, but his role as a hermit living in the desert was Oscar Worthy and Wedding in White- very hard movie to find , but if you get the chance, please watch it, he is superb , but it is a tough movie to watch. He will always be missed and just think if he had lived long enough to have been in Halloween H20, who knows how many more roles he would have been offered, like Christopher Lee.
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DC1977 — 20 years ago(August 04, 2005 07:13 PM)
He was fantastic as Blofeld and he should have appeared in subsequent Bond films, he never turned down work so I'm sure he would have appeared in them.
He was good in Halloween but I saw no need for him to have the American accent. His own voice is creepy and ideal for the role. -
generalnimrod — 20 years ago(November 25, 2005 04:38 PM)
I think his best performances were in You Only Live Twice, THX 1138, and The Night Of The Generals (my personal favourite). His role on an episode of Columbo in the early 1970s is worth searching for as well.
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charmedGiRl_333 — 20 years ago(December 11, 2005 10:44 PM)
Why come on to a thread which is intended to praise his performances and say you don't like him?
Go and chat on threads of actors you do like.
I missed his character in the Halloween movies that he was not in. The sequels sucked so bad, he was the only person cast that made them watchable.
The original halloween was and always will be a classic.
Although, in the lead-in to H20, I love the fact that they use him talking at the start.
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Woodyanders — 20 years ago(December 09, 2005 06:31 AM)
Pleasence does238 a very funny send-up of his Dr. Loomis character as a wacky pot-smoking hippie shrink who runs an experimental sanitarium in "Alone in the Dark." "Raw Meat" is another truly fine turn by the always delightful Donald; he's hilarious in the bar scene where he gets loud and boisterous after downing one too many drinks. And his creepy portrayal of an odious graverobber in "The Flesh and the Fiends" is quite terrific as well.
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wierzbowskisteedman — 20 years ago(January 11, 2006 04:36 AM)
He didn't make an impression in EFNY??
"Yeah! A nummmmmmmmbeeeeerrr ooooonnnnneee!!! You're the Duke! You're the Duke! You're.the Duke! A number one!"
Drive George, drive! This one's got a coat hanger!