How old was Donald Pleasence in the movie Escape from New York?

Donald Pleasence was 60 in Escape from New York when he played the character 'President of the United States'.

That was over 43 years ago in 1981.

In 1995 he died aged 75, starring in 178 films in his career, 68 of those after Escape from New York was first released. If he were alive today he would be 104.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Escape from New York, I think Donald Pleasence looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Carpenter has worked with Donald Pleasence a total of 8 times in his career.
  • Donald Pleasence's first movie was as 'Tromp' in The Beachcomber, released in 1954 when he was 33
  • Escape from New York scores 7.08 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Escape from New York

Donald Pleasence's other movies