Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence (1919-1995) firing a S&W Model 15 as Dr. Loomis in Halloween.

Donald Pleasence as Ernst Stavro Blofeld holds a Webley Mk IV in You Only Live Twice.

Donald Pleasence was a British film and stage actor. Born in 1919, he joined a local theatre company in 1939 before enlisting in the Royal Air Force during World War II, where his plane would be shot down in 1944 and he became a prisoner of war in Germany until the end of the war. After the war, Pleasence would eventually break into screen rolls, with his best known roles being Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice, SEN 5241 in THX 1138, and possibly his most iconic role of all, Dr. Samuel Loomis in Halloween and four of its sequels. He died in 1995 at the age of 75.

Donald Pleasence can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series:

Film

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Webley Bulldog	George	Cul-de-sac		1966
Webley Mk IV	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	You Only Live Twice		1967
12 Gauge Single Shot Shotgun	Preacher Quint	Will Penny		1968
Colt Single Action Army	Isaac Q. Cumber	Soldier Blue	"Cavalry" model	1970
Winchester Model 1873
Blunderbuss	Ebenezer Balfour	Kidnapped		1971
SIG P210	Cedric Harper	The Black Windmill		1974
Kentucky Percussion Cap Pistol	Danglars	The Count of Monte-Cristo		1975
Smith & Wesson Model 15	Dr. Sam Loomis	Halloween		1978
Smith & Wesson Model 15	Dr. Sam Loomis	Halloween II		1981
Colt Trooper
M16	The President	Escape from New York		1981
Smith & Wesson 639	Dr. Sam Loomis	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Pearl Grips	1988
M1911A1	Dr. Sam Loomis	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers		1989
Luger P08	Heinrich Spaatz	River of Death		1989
Walther P38
FN FAL
Smith & Wesson Model 10	Dr. Sam Loomis	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers		1995

Television

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Colt Police Positive	Thomas Carnacki	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	"The Horse of the Invisible" (S01E05)	1971