Donald Sinden
Born
October 9, 1923
Died
September 11, 2014 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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.
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Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
2012
The Accidental Detective
Professor Stein
2003
Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing · (29 episodes)
2001
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
2000
Nancherrow
(2 episodes)
1999
Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
1999
Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
1998
Atatürk
Narrator (voice)
1998
The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond · (1 episode)
1997
The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
1996
The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
1996
Balto
Doc (voice)
1995
Performance
Edmund of Langley · (1 episode)
1991
The Children
Lord Wrench
1990
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
1985
Playing Shakespeare
(9 episodes)
1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
1981
Never the Twain
Simon Peel · (67 episodes)
1981
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
1981
Two's Company
Robert Hiller · (28 episodes)
1975
That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
1975
The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
1974
Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
1973
The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
1973
The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
1973
Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
1972
The Organization
David Pulman · (7 episodes)
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle · (1 episode)
1971
Villain
Gerald Draycott
1971
The Ten Commandments
Major · (1 episode)
1971
The Judgement of Albion
Voice
1968
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
1968
Late Night Horror
William Pearl · (1 episode)
1968
Ooh La La!
(1 episode)
1968
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
1967
The Prisoner
The Colonel · (1 episode)
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Philip Carter · (1 episode)
1965
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
1965
Festival
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus · (1 episode)
1963
Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
1962
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
1960
Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
1960
Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
1959
The Captain's Table
Shawe-Wilson
1959
Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
1958
Doctor at Large
Dr Tony Benskin
1957
Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
1956
Eyewitness
Wade
1956
The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
1955
Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
1955
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
1955
Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
1955
Simba
Inspector Drummond
1955
Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
1954
The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
1954
Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
1954
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
1953
Mogambo
Donald Nordley
1953
The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
1953
Portrait from Life
Minor Role
1948