Sir Donald Alfred Sinden CBE (born 9 October 1923) is an English actor of theatre, film and television. Sinden was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, on 9 October 1923. The son of Alfred Edward Sinden and his wife Mabel Agnes (née Fuller), he grew up in the Sussex village of Ditchling, where their home ('The Limes') doubled as the local chemist shop. He was married to actress Diana Mahony from 1948 until her death in 2004. He lives near Tenterden, Kent. The couple had two sons: actor Donald Sinden, who died of lung cancer in 1996, and Marc Sinden who is a West End theatre producer. Early career He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first stage appearance at the Brighton Little Theatre (of which he later became President) in January 1941, playing Dudley in George and Margaret. He broke into professional acting after appearing with the Mobile Entertainments Southern Area company in modern comedies for the armed forces during the Second World War. Rank Organisation In 1953 he was contracted for seven years to the Rank Organisation at Pinewood Studios and subsequently starred in many outstanding British films of the 1950s including The Cruel Sea, Mogambo, Doctor in the House, Above Us The Waves, Doctor at Large, The Siege of Sidney Street, Twice Round the Daffodils and with a very young Adam Faith in Mix Me a Person. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Sinden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Run For Your Wife | Man on Bus | 2012-05-16 |
Series | Judge John Deed | 2001-11-26 | |
Movie | Nancherrow | Robin Jarvis | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Gryphon (voice) | 1999-02-28 |
Movie | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Col. Pickering | 1998-11-07 |
Movie | The Canterville Ghost | Lord Dumbleton | 1997-10-31 |
Movie | The Canterville Ghost | Mr. Umney | 1996-01-27 |
Movie | The Treasure Seekers | Old Wincott | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Balto | Doc (voice) | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | 1984-02-04 |
Series | Never the Twain | 1981-09-07 | |
Movie | That Lucky Touch | British Gen. Armstrong | 1975-08-07 |
Movie | The Island at the Top of the World | Sir Anthony Ross | 1974-12-16 |
Movie | The National Health | Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd | 1973-03-06 |
Movie | Father Dear Father | Philip Glover | 1973-05-25 |
Movie | The Day of the Jackal | Mallinson | 1973-05-16 |
Movie | Rentadick | Jeffrey Armitage | 1972-12-31 |
Movie | Villain | Gerald Draycott | 1971-05-26 |
Movie | Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher | The Prison Governor | 1968-10-30 |
Movie | The Wars of the Roses | Duke of York | 1965-04-08 |
Movie | Mix Me a Person | Philip Bellamy, QC | 1962-08-31 |
Movie | Your Money or Your Wife | Pelham Butterworth | 1960-03-01 |
Movie | The Siege of Sidney Street | Inspector Mannering | 1960-10-11 |
Movie | The Captain's Table | Shawe-Wilson | 1959-01-06 |
Movie | Operation Bullshine | Lt. Gordon Brown | 1959-06-30 |
Movie | Rockets Galore | Hugh Mander | 1958-10-19 |
Movie | Doctor at Large | Dr Tony Benskin | 1957-03-26 |
Movie | The Black Tent | Col. Sir Charles Holland | 1956-04-09 |
Movie | Eyewitness | Wade | 1956-08-14 |
Movie | Above Us the Waves | Lieutenant Tom Corbett | 1955-03-29 |
Movie | Simba | Inspector Drummond | 1955-01-07 |
Movie | Josephine and Men | Alan Hartley | 1955-11-09 |
Movie | An Alligator Named Daisy | Peter Weston | 1955-12-13 |
Movie | Doctor in the House | Tony Benskin | 1954-03-23 |
Movie | You Know What Sailors Are | 1954-02-09 | |
Movie | The Beachcomber | Ewart Gray | 1954-08-10 |
Movie | Mad About Men | Jeff Saunders | 1954-11-16 |
Movie | The Cruel Sea | Lockhart | 1953-02-24 |
Movie | A Day to Remember | Jim Carver | 1953-11-10 |
Movie | Mogambo | Donald Nordley | 1953-09-23 |
Movie | Portrait from Life | Minor Role | 1948-12-01 |
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