Donald Sinden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1923
- Died
- September 11, 2014
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Run For Your Wife 2012
as Man on Bus
The Accidental Detective 2003
as Professor Stein
How Proust Can Change Your Life 2000
as Duc d'Albufera
Alice in Wonderland 1999
as Gryphon (voice)
Nancherrow 1999
as Robin Jarvis
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh 1998
as Col. Pickering
Atatürk 1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost 1997
as Lord Dumbleton
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett 1997
Actor
Cuts 1996
as Sir Luke Trimingham
The Treasure Seekers 1996
as Old Wincott
The Canterville Ghost 1996
as Mr. Umney
Balto 1995
as Doc (voice)
The Children 1990
as Lord Wrench
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio 1985
as Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks 1984
as Self (uncredited)
Present Laughter 1981
as Garry Essendine
All's Well That Ends Well 1981
as King of France
That Lucky Touch 1975
as British Gen. Armstrong
The Island at the Top of the World 1974
as Sir Anthony Ross
Father Dear Father 1973
as Philip Glover
The Day of the Jackal 1973
as Mallinson
The National Health 1973
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Rentadick 1972
as Jeffrey Armitage
Villain 1971
as Gerald Draycott
The Judgement of Albion 1968
as Voice
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher 1968
as The Prison Governor
William and Mary 1968
as William Pearl
The Wars of the Roses 1965
as Duke of York
Mix Me a Person 1962
as Philip Bellamy, QC
Twice Round the Daffodils 1962
as Ian Richards
The Siege of Sidney Street 1960
as Inspector Mannering
Your Money or Your Wife 1960
as Pelham Butterworth
Operation Bullshine 1959
as Lt. Gordon Brown
The Captain's Table 1959
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
Rockets Galore 1958
as Hugh Mander
Doctor at Large 1957
as Dr. Tony Benskin
Tiger in the Smoke 1956
as Geoffrey Leavitt
Eyewitness 1956
as Wade
The Black Tent 1956
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
An Alligator Named Daisy 1955
as Peter Weston
Josephine and Men 1955
as Alan Hartley
Above Us the Waves 1955
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Simba 1955
as Inspector Drummond
Mad About Men 1954
as Jeff Saunders
The Beachcomber 1954
as Ewart Gray
Doctor in the House 1954
as Tony Benskin
You Know What Sailors Are 1954
Actor
A Day to Remember 1953
as Jim Carver
Mogambo 1953
as Donald Nordley
The Cruel Sea 1953
as Lockhart
Portrait from Life 1948
as Minor Role
Credits from TMDB.