Donald Sinden
Acting
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
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movieRun For Your Wife
2012
Man on Bus
movieThe Accidental Detective
2003
Professor Stein
tvJudge John Deed
2001
Sir Joseph Channing
movieHow Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
Duc d'Albufera
movieAlice in Wonderland
1999
Gryphon (voice)
movieNancherrow
1999
Robin Jarvis
movieAtatürk
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1997
Lord Dumbleton
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Colonel Henry Hammond
movieCuts
1996
Sir Luke Trimingham
movieThe Treasure Seekers
1996
Old Wincott
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1996
Mr. Umney
movieBalto
1995
Doc (voice)
tvPerformance
1991
Edmund of Langley
movieThe Children
1990
Lord Wrench
movieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
Self (uncredited)
moviePresent Laughter
1981
Garry Essendine
tvNever the Twain
1981
Simon Peel
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981
King of France
tvTwo's Company
1975
Robert Hiller
movieThat Lucky Touch
1975
British Gen. Armstrong
movieThe Island at the Top of the World
1974
Sir Anthony Ross
movieFather Dear Father
1973
Philip Glover
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
Mallinson
movieThe National Health
1973
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
movieRentadick
1972
Jeffrey Armitage
tvThe Organization
1972
David Pulman
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Romney Pringle
movieVillain
1971
Gerald Draycott
movieDecline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
The Prison Governor
movieWilliam and Mary
1968
William Pearl
tvLate Night Horror
1968
William Pearl
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvThe Prisoner
1967
The Colonel
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Philip Carter
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Andrew Pelham
movieThe Wars of the Roses
1965
Duke of York
tvThe Wars of the Roses
1965
Plantagenet
Festival
1963
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
movieMix Me a Person
1962
Philip Bellamy, QC
movieTwice Round the Daffodils
1962
Ian Richards
movieThe Siege of Sidney Street
1960
Inspector Mannering
movieYour Money or Your Wife
1960
Pelham Butterworth
movieOperation Bullshine
1959
Lt. Gordon Brown
movieThe Captain's Table
1959
Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
movieRockets Galore
1958
Hugh Mander
movieDoctor at Large
1957
Dr. Tony Benskin
movieTiger in the Smoke
1956
Geoffrey Leavitt
movieThe Black Tent
1956
Col. Sir Charles Holland
movieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
Peter Weston
movieJosephine and Men
1955
Alan Hartley
movieAbove Us the Waves
1955
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
movieSimba
1955
Inspector Drummond
movieMad About Men
1954
Jeff Saunders
movieThe Beachcomber
1954
Ewart Gray
movieDoctor in the House
1954
Tony Benskin
movieA Day to Remember
1953
Jim Carver
movieMogambo
1953
Donald Nordley
movieThe Cruel Sea
1953
Lockhart
moviePortrait from Life
1948
Minor Role
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tvTwo's Company
1975
Theme Song Performance