Actor
Donald Sinden
Born October 9, 1923 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UKDied September 11, 201446 films
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.
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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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46 films as actor- 2012Run For Your WifeMan on Bus
- 2003The Accidental DetectiveProfessor Stein
- 1999Alice in WonderlandGryphon (voice)
- 1999NancherrowRobin Jarvis
- 1997The Canterville GhostLord Dumbleton
- 1997An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
- 1996CutsSir Luke Trimingham
- 1996The Treasure SeekersOld Wincott
- 1996The Canterville GhostMr. Umney
- 1995BaltoDoc (voice)
- 1990The ChildrenLord Wrench
- 1981Present LaughterGarry Essendine
- 1981All's Well That Ends WellKing of France
- 1975That Lucky TouchBritish Gen. Armstrong
- 1974The Island at the Top of the WorldSir Anthony Ross
- 1973Father Dear FatherPhilip Glover
- 1973The Day of the JackalMallinson
- 1973The National HealthMr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
- 1972RentadickJeffrey Armitage
- 1971VillainGerald Draycott
- 1968Decline and Fall ...of a BirdwatcherThe Prison Governor
- 1968William and MaryWilliam Pearl
- 1965The Wars of the RosesDuke of York
- 1962Mix Me a PersonPhilip Bellamy, QC
- 1962Twice Round the DaffodilsIan Richards
- 1960The Siege of Sidney StreetInspector Mannering
- 1960Your Money or Your WifePelham Butterworth
- 1959Operation BullshineLt. Gordon Brown
- 1959The Captain's TableChief Officer Shawe-Wilson
- 1958Rockets GaloreHugh Mander
- 1957Doctor at LargeDr. Tony Benskin
- 1956Tiger in the SmokeGeoffrey Leavitt
- 1956EyewitnessWade
- 1956The Black TentCol. Sir Charles Holland
- 1955An Alligator Named DaisyPeter Weston
- 1955Josephine and MenAlan Hartley
- 1955Above Us the WavesLieutenant Tom Corbett
- 1955SimbaInspector Drummond
- 1954Mad About MenJeff Saunders
- 1954The BeachcomberEwart Gray
- 1954Doctor in the HouseTony Benskin
- 1954You Know What Sailors Are
- 1953A Day to RememberJim Carver
- 1953MogamboDonald Nordley
- 1953The Cruel SeaLockhart
- 1948Portrait from LifeMinor Role