John Carpenter was elated when Donald Pleasence agreed to portray Dr. Samuel "Sam" Loomis. As the story goes, the two held their initial meeting across the street from Mann's Chinese Theater at the Hamburger Hamlet in Hollywood. Pleasence's daughter had reportedly been impressed with Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13, and so it was she who reportedly convinced her father to accept the role as Loomis. Despite his tight budget, Carpenter knew that landing an actor of Pleasence's caliber was a major coup, so he acquired a mobile home for Pleasence to use as his trailer, and the rest is history. In addition to taking part in Halloween and all of its "sequels" which incorporate Dr. Loomis and Michael Myers.Pleasence also teamed up with Carpenter for Escape From New York, which has become a cult favorite in its own right. After Halloween, Pleasence continued his incredibly successful acting career, and at the time of his death in 1995 had to his credit 181 feature films and television programs too numerous to mention here. A masterful actor, Pleasence will be remembered not only within the horror genre, but also for an incredible string of classic films including: 1958's A Tale of Two Cities and 1963's The Great Escape, 1966's Fantastic Voyage, 1976's The Eagle Has Landed, and 1978's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.