How old was Donald Pleasence in the movie Halloween?

Donald Pleasence was 58 in Halloween when he played the character 'Dr. Sam Loomis'.

That was over 46 years ago in 1978.

In 1995 he died aged 75, starring in 178 films in his career, 80 of those after Halloween was first released. If he were alive today he would be 104.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Halloween, 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
  • Halloween scores 7.57 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Halloween

Donald Pleasence's other movies