#354 Donald Pleasence / Robin Bailey – 05 October 1919

Donald Pleasence

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Donald Pleasence, OBE (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) 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, and RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The Great Escape. Born Donald Henry Pleasence in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. (d. 1995)

Robin Bailey

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Robin Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Although often chosen for upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television’s Rumpole of the Bailey, Bailey is perhaps most fondly remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Mort in I Didn’t Know You Cared. Born William Henry Mettam Bailey in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. (d. 1999)

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pleasence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Bailey

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