Donald Sinden
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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Acted in
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus
Judge John Deed
2001
as Sir Joseph Channing
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Duc d'Albufera
Nancherrow
1999
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
The Canterville Ghost
1997
as Lord Dumbleton
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Colonel Henry Hammond
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
1985
as Self
Playing Shakespeare
1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Present Laughter
1981
as Garry Essendine
Never the Twain
1981
as Simon Peel
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as King of France
Two's Company
1975
as Robert Hiller
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
The Organization
1972
as David Pulman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Romney Pringle
Villain
1971
as Gerald Draycott
The Judgement of Albion
1968
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
as The Prison Governor
Ooh La La!
1968
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Prisoner
1967
as The Colonel
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 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
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
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
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