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Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Birthday: 1923-10-09 | 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Sinden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2003
The Accidental Detective

as    Professor Stein

2001
Judge John Deed

as    Sir Joseph Channing

2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life

as    Duc d'Albufera

1999
Nancherrow

as    Robin Jarvis

1998
Atatürk

as    Narrator (voice)

1997
The Canterville Ghost

as    Lord Dumbleton

1996
The Canterville Ghost

as    Mr. Umney

1990
The Children

as    Lord Wrench

1981
Present Laughter

as    Garry Essendine

1981
All's Well That Ends Well

as    King of France

1981
Never the Twain

as    Simon Peel

1975
Two's Company

as    Robert Hiller

1974
The Island at the Top of the World

as    Sir Anthony Ross

1973
The National Health

as    Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd

1972
The Organization

as    David Pulman

1971
Villain

as    Gerald Draycott

1968
The Judgement of Albion

as    Voice

1965
The Wars of the Roses

as    Duke of York

1962
Mix Me a Person

as    Philip Bellamy, QC

1960
Your Money or Your Wife

as    Pelham Butterworth

1959
The Captain's Table

as    Shawe-Wilson

1958
Rockets Galore

as    Hugh Mander

1957
Doctor at Large

as    Dr Tony Benskin

1956
The Black Tent

as    Col. Sir Charles Holland

1956
Tiger in the Smoke

as    Geoffrey Leavitt

1956
Eyewitness

as    Wade