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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Run For Your Wife
Character:Man on Bus
Release Date:16/05/2012
The Accidental Detective
Character:Professor Stein
Release Date:11/04/2003
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Character:Duc d'Albufera
Release Date:19/03/2000
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Gryphon (voice)
Release Date:28/02/1999
Nancherrow
Character:Robin Jarvis
Release Date:01/01/1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Character:Col. Pickering
Release Date:07/11/1998
Atatürk
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/05/1998
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Lord Dumbleton
Release Date:31/10/1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1997
The Treasure Seekers
Character:Old Wincott
Release Date:25/12/1996
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Mr. Umney
Release Date:27/01/1996
Balto
Character:Doc (voice)
Release Date:22/12/1995
The Children
Character:Lord Wrench
Release Date:18/05/1990
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1984
Present Laughter
Character:Garry Essendine
Release Date:16/12/1981
All's Well That Ends Well
Character:King of France
Release Date:04/01/1981
That Lucky Touch
Character:British Gen. Armstrong
Release Date:07/08/1975
The Island at the Top of the World
Character:Sir Anthony Ross
Release Date:16/12/1974
Father Dear Father
Character:Philip Glover
Release Date:25/05/1973
The Day of the Jackal
Character:Mallinson
Release Date:16/05/1973
The National Health
Character:Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Release Date:06/03/1973
Rentadick
Character:Jeffrey Armitage
Release Date:31/12/1972
Villain
Character:Gerald Draycott
Release Date:26/05/1971
The Judgement of Albion
Character:Voice
Release Date:01/12/1968
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Character:The Prison Governor
Release Date:30/10/1968
The Wars of the Roses
Character:Duke of York
Release Date:08/04/1965
Mix Me a Person
Character:Philip Bellamy, QC
Release Date:31/08/1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Character:Ian Richards
Release Date:02/04/1962
The Siege of Sidney Street
Character:Inspector Mannering
Release Date:11/10/1960
Your Money or Your Wife
Character:Pelham Butterworth
Release Date:01/03/1960
Operation Bullshine
Character:Lt. Gordon Brown
Release Date:30/06/1959
The Captain's Table
Character:Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
Release Date:06/01/1959
Rockets Galore
Character:Hugh Mander
Release Date:19/10/1958
Doctor at Large
Character:Dr. Tony Benskin
Release Date:26/03/1957
Tiger in the Smoke
Character:Geoffrey Leavitt
Release Date:27/11/1956
Eyewitness
Character:Wade
Release Date:14/08/1956
The Black Tent
Character:Col. Sir Charles Holland
Release Date:09/04/1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
Character:Peter Weston
Release Date:13/12/1955
Josephine and Men
Character:Alan Hartley
Release Date:09/11/1955
Above Us the Waves
Character:Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Release Date:29/03/1955
Simba
Character:Inspector Drummond
Release Date:07/01/1955
Mad About Men
Character:Jeff Saunders
Release Date:16/11/1954
The Beachcomber
Character:Ewart Gray
Release Date:10/08/1954
Doctor in the House
Character:Tony Benskin
Release Date:23/03/1954
You Know What Sailors Are
Character:
Release Date:09/02/1954
A Day to Remember
Character:Jim Carver
Release Date:10/11/1953
Mogambo
Character:Donald Nordley
Release Date:23/09/1953
The Cruel Sea
Character:Lockhart
Release Date:24/02/1953
Portrait from Life
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:01/12/1948
Television Appearances
Judge John Deed
Character:Sir Joseph Channing
Nancherrow
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Colonel Henry Hammond
Performance
Character:Edmund of Langley
Playing Shakespeare
Character:
Never the Twain
Character:Simon Peel
Two's Company
Character:Robert Hiller
The Organization
Character:David Pulman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Romney Pringle
The Ten Commandments
Character:Major
Late Night Horror
Character:William Pearl
Ooh La La!
Character:
Omnibus
Character:Self
The Prisoner
Character:The Colonel
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Philip Carter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:Andrew Pelham
Festival
Character:Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
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