1. Railway Employment Records, Kew, Surrey, England, The National Archives.
2. “Personal Profile: Donald Pleasence.” The Theatre Magazine, June 1991.
3. November 22, 1964.
4. The Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1975.
5. Bomber Command War Diaries and Edward T. Peters’ Logbook. Courtesy of Brian Peters.
6. Interview with Gerald Potterton, 2012.
7. Interview with Don Calfa, 2012.
8. Jeff Dawson, Empire, 1994.
9. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957.
10. Tom English, “Case of Five British Actors Discussed.” NYT, December 11, 1955.
11. “Pleasence’s Villainy, an Act that Pays Off.” Chicago Tribune, December 19, 1976.
12. Christopher Gullo, In All Sincerity, Peter Cushing (Xlibrix, 2004), 146.
13. Michael Codron & Alan Strachan, Putting It On: The West End Theatre of Michael Codron (Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd, 2010), 122.
14. “British Stars Say U.S. Show Biz is Not Biz for Them.” Newsday, Dec.1, 1961.
15. “Donald Pleasence.” The New York Times, December 10, 1961.
16. Interview with Shirley Eaton, 2011.
17. Interview with Jeremy Bulloch, 2012
18. Interview with Dolores Hart, 2012.
19. Donald Pleasence, “Taking the Pick.” Films and Acting, August 1962.
20. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
21. Interview with John Mayall, 2011.
22. “Pleasence Without Makeup.” The New York Times, November 22, 1964.
23. Interview with Howard Grey, 2012.
24. Jeff Dawson, Empire, February 1994.
25. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
26. Ibid.
27. “Mad Dogs and an Englishman.” The Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1975.
28. John Bratby, “The Two Faces of Donald Pleasence.” Annabel, February, 1969.
29. Maurice Yacowar, The Great Bratby, A Portrait of John Bratby RA (Middlesex UP, 2008), 182.
30. “Some Gentle Evil.” Starlog, June 1995.
31. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
32. Ibid.
33. Interview with Ira von Furstenberg, 2012.
34. “Donald Pleasence — the Mild-Mannered Menace.” Film Review, July 1975.
35. “The Man in the Glass Booth” with Donald Pleasence Arrives.” The New York Times, September 11, 1968.
36. Interview with Gerald Potterton, 2012.
37. TV Times, December 19, 1976.
38. Interview with Don Pedro Colley, 2012.
39. Interview with Lawrence Douglas, 2012.
40. “Wise Child.” The New York Times, 1972.
41. Interview with Gerald Potterton, 2012.
42. Interview with Don Calfa, 2012.
43. Interview with Kevin Connor, 2011.
44. Interview with John Dark, 2012.
45. Interview with Gonzalo Suarez, 2012.
46. Interview with Robert Weinback, 2012.
47. Interview with Renée Glynne, 2012.
48. Interview with Jeff Bridges, 2011.
49. Interview with David Birney, 2002.
50. Interview with Gerald Potterton, 2012. Pleasence had begun plans on a sequel called Scouse in New York but the project was never completed.
51. Interview with Martyn Burke, 2011.
52. Interview with John Carpenter, 2002.
53. Interview with John Carpenter, 2011.
54. Interview with Sylvester McCoy, 2012
55. Interview with John Carpenter, 2011.
56. John Gullidge, “I Bet He Reads Samhain!” Samhain Magazine, 8/1990.
57. Interview with Dick Warlock, 2011.
58. Interview with Annie Korzen, 2011.
59. “Barchester Chronicles, From Trollope’s Novels.” The New York Times, October 26, 1984.
60. Interview with David Worth, 2012.
61. Interview with Ulli Lommel, 2011.
62. Interview with Oliver Tobias, 2011.
63. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
64. Interview with Michael Pattinson, 2012.
65. Ibid. “On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at (On Ilkley Moor without a Hat”) is a popular folk song from Yorkshire, England and is sung in the Yorkshire dialect.
66. Interview with Frank Stallone, 2011.
67. “Personal Profile: Donald Pleasence.” The Theatre, June 1991.
68. Annalena McAfee, “Sidcup or Bust?” The London Evening Standard, 1991.
69. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
70. “Sweeping the Boards: Donald Pleasence.” Carol Allen, The Theatre, June 1991.
71. “Donald Pleasence.” The Daily Mail, July 2004.
72. Interview with Donald MacDonald, 2012
73. Interview with George Wilbur, 2012.
74. “Masterly Pleasence Recalled as Friend.” The Times (London), October 6, 1995.
75. Interview with Don Calfa, 2012.
76. Interview with Gerald Potterton, 2012.
77. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
78. Interview with John Carpenter, 2011.
79. “Beachcomber Opens at the Normandie.” The New York Times, January 17, 1955.
80. “Screen: Briton’s Protest,” NYT, September 16, 1959.
81. Ibid.
82. William Roughead, ed. Burke and Hare (William Hodge & Company, 1920), 23.
83. Dictionary.com
84. Interview with Melvyn Hayes, 2001.
85. “Hell Is a City,” The New York Times, January 19, 1961.
86. Interview with Joy Jameson, 2011.
87. “Screen: Stylish Shocker,” The New York Times, September 1, 1960.
88. “Screen: Tepid Passions,” The New York Times, August 3, 1960.
89. “The Risk in Premiere at 52nd Trans-Lux,” The New York Times, September 25, 1961.
90. Ibid.
91. “Screen: P.O.W.’s in “Great Escape,” The New York Times, August 8, 1963.
92. Return to the Great Escape, documentary, 1993.
93. “Polanski’s Wild Swing: Story of a Thug and a Weird Couple,” The New York Times, November 8, 1966.
94. “Screen: “Eye of the Devil” Begins Run,” The New York Times, December 7, 1967.
95. “Screen: “Fantastic Voyage” Is All That,” The New York Times, September 8, 1966.
96. “Sayonara, 007: Connery is at it Again as Whatshisname,” The New York Times, June 14, 1967.
97. Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com), 2011.
98. “Heston in Western,” The New York Times, April 11, 1968.
99. Charlton Heston, Charlton Heston: In the Arena (Simon & Schuster, 1995), 391.
100. BFI National Archive.
101. “Candice Bergen Stars in Violent Western,” The New York Times, August 13, 1970.
102. “Lucas’ “THX 1138”: Love is a Punishable Crime in Future,” The New York Times, March 12, 1971.
103. “The Jerusalem File Arrives,” The New York Times, February 3, 1972.
104. “Wedding in White Views a 40s Family,” The New York Times, April 30, 1973.
105. “Black Windmill Comes to Music Hall,” The New York Times, May 18, 1974.
106. “Hollywood Has an Appealing New Star — Old Gooseberry,” The New York Times, July 25, 1976.
107. “Possessed Infant Turns into Killer in British “Devil,” The New York Times, June 24, 1976.
108. “Two Films that Are Worth Adjusting To,” The New York Times, October 12, 1975.
109. “The Last Tycoon,” The New York Times, November 18, 1976.
110. “Eagle Has Landed on Screens with Lively Splash of Adventure,” The New York Times, March 26, 1977.
111. “Cheap and Profitable Horror Films are Multiplying,” The New York Times, October 24, 1979.
112. “Escape from New York.” The New York Times, July 10, 1981.
113. “Screen: “Alone in the Dark,” The New York Times, November 19, 1982.
114. “A Nuclear Cover-Up in Australia,” September 23, 1988.
115. “A Woman’s Martyrdom,” The New York Times, November 23, 1988.
116. “Hanna’s War Gives Trite Reading of a Saga that Deserves Better,” The New York Times, November 23, 1988.
117. Fangoria, issue #89, 1990. Marc Shapiro, “A Farewell to Halloween.”
118. “Woody Allen: France’s Monsieur Right,” The New York Times, April 15, 1992.