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Donald Sinden
Born · October 9, 1923
Died · September 11, 2014 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Bio
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.
Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
4.2
2012
Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing · (29 episodes)
6.3
2001
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
6.5
2000
Nancherrow
(2 episodes)
7.5
1999
Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
6.3
1999
Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
6.0
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
2.0
1998
The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
0.0
1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
6.5
1997
Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
6.0
1996
The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
6.0
1996
Balto
Doc (voice)
7.3
1995
The Children
Lord Wrench
5.2
1990
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
6.0
1985
Playing Shakespeare
(9 episodes)
10.0
1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
6.5
1984
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
0.0
1981
Never the Twain
Simon Peel · (67 episodes)
6.4
1981
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
7.0
1981
Two's Company
Robert Hiller · (28 episodes)
7.0
1975
That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
6.3
1975
The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
6.4
1974
Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
4.8
1973
The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
7.5
1973
The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
6.6
1973
Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
4.4
1972
The Organization
David Pulman · (7 episodes)
7.0
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle · (1 episode)
7.3
1971
Villain
Gerald Draycott
6.2
1971
The Judgement of Albion
0.0
1968
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
5.0
1968
Ooh La La!
(1 episode)
0.0
1968
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1967
The Prisoner
The Colonel · (1 episode)
7.8
1967
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
8.5
1965
Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
6.2
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
6.6
1962
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
2.0
1960
Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
4.0
1960
Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
5.1
1959
The Captain's Table
Shawe-Wilson
5.8
1959
Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
6.0
1958
Doctor at Large
Dr Tony Benskin
5.6
1957
Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
7.1
1956
Eyewitness
Wade
6.7
1956
The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
6.0
1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
6.2
1955
Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
6.3
1955
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1955
Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
6.1
1955
Simba
Inspector Drummond
6.5
1955
Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
6.1
1954
The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
5.7
1954
Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
6.4
1954
You Know What Sailors Are
4.2
1954
A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
7.1
1953
Mogambo
Donald Nordley
6.4
1953
The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
6.9
1953
Portrait from Life
Minor Role
5.9
1948