Donald Sinden
Acting
1923-10-09 · 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 · Movie
The Accidental Detective
2003 · Movie
Judge John Deed
2001 · Series
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000 · Movie
Nancherrow
1999 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Movie
Nancherrow
1999 · Movie
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998 · Movie
Atatürk
1998 · Movie
The Canterville Ghost
1997 · Movie
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Cuts
1996 · Movie
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Movie
The Canterville Ghost
1996 · Movie
Balto
1995 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
The Children
1990 · Movie
Challenge Anneka
1989 · Series
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Movie
Playing Shakespeare
1984 · Series
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984 · Movie
Present Laughter
1981 · Movie
Never the Twain
1981 · Series
All's Well That Ends Well
1981 · Movie
Two's Company
1975 · Series
That Lucky Touch
1975 · Movie
The Island at the Top of the World
1974 · Movie
Father Dear Father
1973 · Movie
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Movie
The National Health
1973 · Movie
Rentadick
1972 · Movie
The Organization
1972 · Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
Villain
1971 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Series
The Judgement of Albion
1968 · Movie
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968 · Movie
William and Mary
1968 · Movie
Late Night Horror
1968 · Series
Ooh La La!
1968 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
The Prisoner
1967 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Wars of the Roses
1965 · Series
The Wars of the Roses
1965 · Movie
Festival
1963 · Series
Mix Me a Person
1962 · Movie
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962 · Movie
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960 · Movie
Your Money or Your Wife
1960 · Movie
Operation Bullshine
1959 · Movie
The Captain's Table
1959 · Movie
Rockets Galore
1958 · Movie
Doctor at Large
1957 · Movie
Tiger in the Smoke
1956 · Movie
Eyewitness
1956 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
The Black Tent
1956 · Movie
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · Movie
Josephine and Men
1955 · Movie
This Is Your Life
1955 · Series
Above Us the Waves
1955 · Movie
Simba
1955 · Movie
Mad About Men
1954 · Movie
The Beachcomber
1954 · Movie
Doctor in the House
1954 · Movie
You Know What Sailors Are
1954 · Movie
A Day to Remember
1953 · Movie
Mogambo
1953 · Movie
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Movie
Portrait from Life
1948 · Movie