FrameThrower · Actors · Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
8 films · 496 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1966–1989
Born 5 October 1919 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · died 2 February 1995
Donald Henry Pleasence OBE 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 496 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1966–1989
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 496 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Donald takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Donald takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 496 frames from Donald Pleasence's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.