caption resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place children nationality name birth_date alma_mater spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
pleasence warren in london , 1973 . portrait by allan cremated 2 february 1995 saint-paul-de-vence , alpes-maritimes , france 1939 -- 1995 worksop , nottinghamshire , england 5 daughters british donald pleasence obe 5 october 1919 ecclesfield school miriam -lrb- 1959 -- 1970 -rrb- meira shore -lrb- 1970 -- raymond 1988 -rrb- linda j. kentwood -lrb- 1988 -- 1995 ; -lrb- his death -rrb- 1941 -- 1958 -rrb- josephine crombie donald pleasence allan warren edit.jpg donald pleasence
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donald pleasence

donald henry pleasence , obe -lrb- ; 5 october 1919 -- 2 february 1995 -rrb- was an english film , television , and stage actor .
his most notable film roles include psychiatrist dr. sam loomis in most of the `` halloween '' series , the villain ernst stavro blofeld in the james bond film `` you only live twice '' , raf flight lieutenant colin blythe in `` the great escape '' , and a kinky , neurotic englishman in roman polanski 's `` cul-de-sac '' .
