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Donald Sinden
Actor, Additional Credits
Died September 11, 2014 (90 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife · as Man On Bus |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Sir Henry Clithering |
| 2003 | The Accidental Detective · as Professor Stein |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed (TV Series) · as Sir Joseph Channing |
| 2000 | How Proust Can Change Your Life · as Duc D'albufera |
| 1999 | Nancherrow (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland · as Gryphon (voice) |
| 1998 | Nancherrow · as Robin Jarvis |
| 1998 | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh · as Col. Pickering |
| 1998 | Atatürk · as Narrator |
| 1997 | The Canterville Ghost · as Lord Dumbleton |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Colonel Henry Hammond |
| 1996 | Cuts · as Sir Luke Trimmingham |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers · as Old Wincott |
| 1996 | The Canterville Ghost · as Mr. Umney |
| 1995 | Balto · as Doc (voice) |
| 1993 | Monkey Business · as Pg Tips Chimp |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Duke Of York |
| 1990 | The Children · as Lord Wrench |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Sir Anthony Absolute |
| 1982 | Playing Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Present Laughter · as Garry Essendine |
| 1981 | Never the Twain (TV Series) · as Simon Peel |
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well · as King Of France |
| 1978 | The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV Series) · as Butler Of The Year Judge |
| 1975 | Two's Company (TV Series) · as Robert Hiller |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch · as British Gen. Armstrong |
| 1974 | The Island at the Top of the World · as Sir Anthony Ross |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal · as Mallinson |
| 1973 | Father Dear Father · as Philip Glover |
| 1973 | The National Health · as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | The Organization (TV Series) · as David Pulman |
| 1971 | Villain · as Gerald Draycott |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Romney Pringle |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Father, Dear Father (TV Series) · as Philip Glover |
| 1968 | Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher · as The Prison Governor |
| 1967 | The Prisoner (1967) (TV Series) · as The Colonel |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Philip Carter |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Andrew Pelham |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses (TV Series) · as Plantagenet |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as Stephen Russell |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Henry Chime |
| 1962 | Mix Me a Person · as Philip Bellamy, Qc |
| 1962 | Twice Round the Daffodils · as Ian Richards |
| 1960 | The Siege of Sidney Street · as Inspector Mannering |
| 1960 | Your Money or Your Wife · as Pelham Butterworth |
| 1959 | Operation Bullshine · as Lt. Gordon Brown |
| 1959 | The Captain's Table · as Shawe-Wilson |
| 1958 | Mad Little Island · as Hugh Mander |
| 1957 | Doctor at Large · as Dr Tony Benskin |
| 1956 | Tiger in the Smoke · as Geoffrey Leavitt |
| 1956 | Eyewitness · as Wade |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Faulk |
| 1956 | The Black Tent · as Col. Sir Charles Holland |
| 1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy · as Peter Weston |
| 1955 | Josephine and Men · as Alan Hartley |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as The Young Man |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mervyn Browne |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves · as Lieutenant Tom Corbett |
| 1955 | Simba · as Inspector Drummond |
| 1954 | Mad About Men · as Jeff Saunders |
| 1954 | The Beachcomber · as Ewart Gray |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House · as Tony Benskin |
| 1953 | A Day to Remember · as Jim Carver |
| 1953 | Mogambo · as Donald Nordley |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea · as Lockhart |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Richard Gordon |
| 1949 | Lost Daughter · as Minor Role |