How old was Donald Pleasence in his first movie: The Beachcomber?
Donald Pleasence was 33 in The Beachcomber when he played the character 'Tromp'.
That was over 70 years ago in 1954.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
In 1995 he died aged 75, starring in 178 films in his career, 177 of those after The Beachcomber was first released. If he were alive today he would be 104.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Beachcomber, I think Donald Pleasence looks:
Did you know?
- Director Muriel Box has worked with Donald Pleasence just once in his career.
- Donald Pleasence's first movie was as 'Tromp' in The Beachcomber, released in 1954 when he was 33
- The Beachcomber scores 5.8 out of 10 on TMDB.
