Donald Sinden
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1923-10-09
- Died
- 2014-09-11
- Place of birth
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Donald Sinden · Donald Alfred Sinden
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
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Colonel Henry Hammond
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Philip Carter
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Andrew Pelham
Performance
1991
as Edmund of Langley
The Prisoner
1967
as The Colonel
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Romney Pringle
Judge John Deed
2001
as Sir Joseph Channing
Festival
1963
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
Never the Twain
1981
as Simon Peel
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Major
Ooh La La!
1968
Two's Company
1975
as Robert Hiller
Challenge Anneka
1989
as Self
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Faulk
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Plantagenet
Nancherrow
1999
Late Night Horror
1968
as William Pearl
The Organization
1972
as David Pulman
Movies (52)
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Mallinson
Balto
1995
as Doc (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Gryphon (voice)
Atatürk
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Cuts
1996
as Sir Luke Trimingham
The National Health
1973
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
The Canterville Ghost
1996
as Mr. Umney
The Cruel Sea
1953
as Lockhart
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Old Wincott
Mogambo
1953
as Donald Nordley
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Duke of York
William and Mary
1968
as William Pearl
The Canterville Ghost
1997
as Lord Dumbleton
Doctor in the House
1954
as Tony Benskin
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus
Operation Bullshine
1959
as Lt. Gordon Brown
That Lucky Touch
1975
as British Gen. Armstrong
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
as Sir Anthony Ross
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Peter Weston
Villain
1971
as Gerald Draycott
The Captain's Table
1959
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
The Children
1990
as Lord Wrench
Doctor at Large
1957
as Dr. Tony Benskin
A Day to Remember
1953
as Jim Carver
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Col. Pickering
Father Dear Father
1973
as Philip Glover
Nancherrow
1999
as Robin Jarvis
Portrait from Life
1948
as Minor Role
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
as Ian Richards
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Above Us the Waves
1955
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Josephine and Men
1955
as Alan Hartley
Simba
1955
as Inspector Drummond
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
Mad About Men
1954
as Jeff Saunders
Tiger in the Smoke
1956
as Geoffrey Leavitt
The Beachcomber
1954
as Ewart Gray
Rentadick
1972
as Jeffrey Armitage
Mix Me a Person
1962
as Philip Bellamy, QC
The Accidental Detective
2003
as Professor Stein
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as King of France
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
as Pelham Butterworth
The Black Tent
1956
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
as The Prison Governor
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960
as Inspector Mannering
Eyewitness
1956
as Wade
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
Rockets Galore
1958
as Hugh Mander
The Judgement of Albion
1968
as Voice
Present Laughter
1981
as Garry Essendine
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Duc d'Albufera
About 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 Sin… With 73 credits spanning from 1948 to 2012, Donald Sinden has appeared in 52 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Donald Sinden Movies
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) — as Mallinson
- Balto (1995) — as Doc (voice)
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) — as Gryphon (voice)
- Atatürk (1998) — as Narrator (voice)
- Cuts (1996) — as Sir Luke Trimingham
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