PROFESSIONS
Actor, Producer, Railway Station Clerk
SOMETIMES CREDITED AS
Sir Donald Pleasence
BIOGRAPHY
First gained attention on the London stage, notably in plays directed by Peter Brook, and began appearing in films in the mid-1950s. Pinter reprised an award-winning stage role in the film adaptation of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" (1964) and was also memorable in Roman Polanski's black comedy, "Cul-de-Sac" (1966). Though he can be effective in benign, avuncular roles, it....
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First gained attention on the London stage, notably in plays directed by Peter Brook, and began appearing in films in the mid-1950s. Pinter reprised an award-winning stage role in the film adaptation of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" (1964) and was also memorable in Roman Polanski's black comedy, "Cul-de-Sac" (1966). Though he can be effective in benign, avuncular roles, it is his ability to exude an oily menace that filmmakers have tended to exploit.
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Family

Daughter:  Angela Pleasence  (survived him)
Daughter:  Holly Pleasence  (survived him)
Daughter:  Miranda Pleasence  (the youngest, survived him)
Wife:  Linda Pleasence  (fourth wife; survived him)
Wife:  Meira Shore  (married on October 10, 1970)

Education

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London, England theater
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