Donald Sinden
Acting
Born: October 9, 1923 · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Died: September 11, 2014 (aged 90)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Balto
1995
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Prisoner
1967
Mogambo
1953
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
The Cruel Sea
1953
The Canterville Ghost
1996
Villain
1971
Above Us the Waves
1955
Doctor in the House
1954
Photos (2)
Movies (50)
The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
Balto
Doc (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Mogambo
Donald Nordley
The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
Cuts
Sir Luke Trimingham
The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
The Children
Lord Wrench
Villain
Gerald Draycott
Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
Portrait from Life
Minor Role
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
Simba
Inspector Drummond
Doctor at Large
Dr. Tony Benskin
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
Atatürk
Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
The Captain's Table
Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
William and Mary
William Pearl
The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
Eyewitness
Wade
Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
The Judgement of Albion
Voice
The Accidental Detective
Professor Stein
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
TV Shows (17)
Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Philip Carter · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Andrew Pelham · 7 eps
Performance
Edmund of Langley · 1 eps
The Prisoner
The Colonel · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle · 1 eps
Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing · 28 eps
Never the Twain
Simon Peel · 67 eps
Theatre Night
Sir Anthony Absolute · 1 eps
Ooh La La!
1 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
Two's Company
Robert Hiller · 28 eps
Late Night Horror
William Pearl · 1 eps
The Wars of the Roses
Plantagenet · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Faulk · 1 eps
The Organization
David Pulman · 7 eps
Nancherrow
2 eps
