Donald Sinden
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Run For Your Wife as Man on Bus
- 2001 · Judge John Deed as Sir Joseph Channing
- 2000 · How Proust Can Change Your Life as Duc d'Albufera
- 1999 · Nancherrow as
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Gryphon (voice)
- 1999 · Nancherrow as Robin Jarvis
- 1998 · Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Col. Pickering
- 1997 · The Canterville Ghost as Lord Dumbleton
- 1997 · An Audience with Ronnie Corbett as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Colonel Henry Hammond
- 1996 · The Treasure Seekers as Old Wincott
- 1996 · The Canterville Ghost as Mr. Umney
- 1995 · Balto as Doc (voice)
- 1990 · The Children as Lord Wrench
- 1985 · The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1981 · Present Laughter as Garry Essendine
- 1981 · Never the Twain as Simon Peel
- 1981 · All's Well That Ends Well as King of France
- 1975 · Two's Company as Robert Hiller
- 1975 · That Lucky Touch as British Gen. Armstrong
- 1974 · The Island at the Top of the World as Sir Anthony Ross
- 1973 · Father Dear Father as Philip Glover
- 1973 · The Day of the Jackal as Mallinson
- 1973 · The National Health as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
- 1972 · Rentadick as Jeffrey Armitage
- 1972 · The Organization as David Pulman
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Romney Pringle
- 1971 · Villain as Gerald Draycott
- 1968 · The Judgement of Albion as
- 1968 · Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher as The Prison Governor
- 1968 · Ooh La La! as
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1967 · The Prisoner as The Colonel
- 1965 · The Wars of the Roses as Duke of York
- 1962 · Mix Me a Person as Philip Bellamy, QC
- 1962 · Twice Round the Daffodils as Ian Richards
- 1960 · The Siege of Sidney Street as Inspector Mannering
- 1960 · Your Money or Your Wife as Pelham Butterworth
- 1959 · Operation Bullshine as Lt. Gordon Brown
- 1959 · The Captain's Table as Shawe-Wilson
- 1958 · Rockets Galore as Hugh Mander
- 1957 · Doctor at Large as Dr Tony Benskin
- 1956 · Tiger in the Smoke as Geoffrey Leavitt
- 1956 · Eyewitness as Wade
- 1956 · The Black Tent as Col. Sir Charles Holland
- 1955 · An Alligator Named Daisy as Peter Weston
- 1955 · Josephine and Men as Alan Hartley
- 1955 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1955 · Above Us the Waves as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
- 1955 · Simba as Inspector Drummond
- 1954 · Mad About Men as Jeff Saunders
- 1954 · The Beachcomber as Ewart Gray
- 1954 · Doctor in the House as Tony Benskin
- 1954 · You Know What Sailors Are as
- 1953 · A Day to Remember as Jim Carver
- 1953 · Mogambo as Donald Nordley
- 1953 · The Cruel Sea as Lockhart
- 1948 · Portrait from Life as Minor Role