- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Died
- September 11, 2014
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 …
Filmography
movieRun For Your Wife
2012 · Man on Bus
movieThe Accidental Detective
2003 · Professor Stein
tvJudge John Deed
2001 · Sir Joseph Channing
movieHow Proust Can Change Your Life
2000 · Duc d'Albufera
tvNancherrow
1999
movieAlice in Wonderland
1999 · Gryphon (voice)
movieNancherrow
1999 · Robin Jarvis
movieHey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998 · Col. Pickering
movieAtatürk
1998 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1997 · Lord Dumbleton
movieAn Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Colonel Henry Hammond
movieCuts
1996 · Sir Luke Trimingham
movieThe Treasure Seekers
1996 · Old Wincott
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1996 · Mr. Umney
movieBalto
1995 · Doc (voice)
tvPerformance
1991 · Edmund of Langley
movieThe Children
1990 · Lord Wrench
Challenge Anneka
tvChallenge Anneka
1989 · Self
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
movieThe Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Self
tvPlaying Shakespeare
1984
movieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984 · Self (uncredited)
moviePresent Laughter
1981 · Garry Essendine
tvNever the Twain
1981 · Simon Peel
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981 · King of France
tvTwo's Company
1975 · Robert Hiller, Theme Song Performance
movieThat Lucky Touch
1975 · British Gen. Armstrong
movieThe Island at the Top of the World
1974 · Sir Anthony Ross
movieFather Dear Father
1973 · Philip Glover
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973 · Mallinson
movieThe National Health
1973 · Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
movieRentadick
1972 · Jeffrey Armitage
tvThe Organization
1972 · David Pulman
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Romney Pringle
movieVillain
1971 · Gerald Draycott
The Ten Commandments
tvThe Ten Commandments
1971 · Major
movieThe Judgement of Albion
1968 · Voice
movieDecline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968 · The Prison Governor
movieWilliam and Mary
1968 · William Pearl
tvLate Night Horror
1968 · William Pearl
tvOoh La La!
1968
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
tvThe Prisoner
1967 · The Colonel
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Philip Carter
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Andrew Pelham
movieThe Wars of the Roses
1965 · Duke of York
tvThe Wars of the Roses
1965 · Plantagenet
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
movieMix Me a Person
1962 · Philip Bellamy, QC
movieTwice Round the Daffodils
1962 · Ian Richards
movieThe Siege of Sidney Street
1960 · Inspector Mannering
movieYour Money or Your Wife
1960 · Pelham Butterworth
movieOperation Bullshine
1959 · Lt. Gordon Brown
movieThe Captain's Table
1959 · Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
movieRockets Galore
1958 · Hugh Mander
movieDoctor at Large
1957 · Dr. Tony Benskin
movieTiger in the Smoke
1956 · Geoffrey Leavitt
movieEyewitness
1956 · Wade
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Faulk
movieThe Black Tent
1956 · Col. Sir Charles Holland
movieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · Peter Weston
movieJosephine and Men
1955 · Alan Hartley
tvThis Is Your Life
1955 · Self
movieAbove Us the Waves
1955 · Lieutenant Tom Corbett
movieSimba
1955 · Inspector Drummond
movieMad About Men
1954 · Jeff Saunders
movieThe Beachcomber
1954 · Ewart Gray
movieDoctor in the House
1954 · Tony Benskin
movieYou Know What Sailors Are
1954
movieA Day to Remember
1953 · Jim Carver
movieMogambo
1953 · Donald Nordley
movieThe Cruel Sea
1953 · Lockhart
moviePortrait from Life
1948 · Minor Role