It’s Donald Pleasence! Or, since the beloved actor sadly died in 1995, technically it’s... wait for it... the Ghost of Christmas Pleasence! (Oh my sides.)
Christmas in Britain just isn’t complete without a screening of The Great Escape on TV, meaning that I’ve come to associate old Dr Loomis as much with December 25th as I have October 31st. Like his character in this film, Donald Pleasence actually was an RAF officer during WWII, and really did spend time in a German POW camp. Also less known is the fact that there’s a 1988 TV-movie sequel called The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, in which Pleasence, the only returning cast member, played a Nazi... How’s that for acting range?
3 comments:
You're Punny!
Love this man, but have to admit I never saw The Great Escape. Need to see the TV sequel, like, now!
Have you ever seen Nothing Underneath? He's fantastic in that.
I seem to remember liking the ending of Nothing Underneath but thinking it took too long to get there. Might have to give it another go sometime!
Pleasance was/is always a favorite,and a consumate actor!
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