Donald Sinden
Age: 90 | From: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1923-10-09 22:52:33
Death: 2014-09-11 22:52:33
Aliases: Sir Donald Sinden
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Midsomer Murders
(1997) Colonel Henry Hammond
The Day of the Jackal
(1973) Mallinson
The Prisoner
(1967) The Colonel
Alice in Wonderland
(1999) Gryphon (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
(1996) Mr. Umney
Mogambo
(1953) Donald Nordley
The Cruel Sea
(1953) Lockhart
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Romney PringleActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Man on Bus | |
| 2001 | N/A | |
| 2000 | Duc d'Albufera | |
| 1999 | N/A | |
| Gryphon (voice) | ||
| Robin Jarvis | ||
| 1998 | Col. Pickering | |
| 1997 | Lord Dumbleton | |
| N/A | ||
| Colonel Henry Hammond | ||
| 1996 | Old Wincott | |
| Mr. Umney | ||
| 1990 | Lord Wrench | |
| 1985 | Himself-Interviewee | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1981 | Garry Essendine | |
| Simon Peel | ||
| King of France | ||
| 1975 | Robert Hiller | |
| British Gen. Armstrong | ||
| 1974 | Sir Anthony Ross | |
| 1973 | Philip Glover | |
| Mallinson | ||
| Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd | ||
| 1972 | Jeffrey Armitage | |
| 1971 | Romney Pringle | |
| Gerald Draycott | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| The Prison Governor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1967 | The Colonel | |
| 1965 | Duke of York | |
| 1962 | Philip Bellamy, QC | |
| Ian Richards | ||
| 1960 | Inspector Mannering | |
| Pelham Butterworth | ||
| 1959 | Lt. Gordon Brown | |
| Shawe-Wilson | ||
| 1958 | Hugh Mander | |
| 1957 | Dr Tony Benskin | |
| 1956 | Geoffrey Leavitt | |
| Wade | ||
| Col. Sir Charles Holland | ||
| 1955 | Peter Weston | |
| Alan Hartley | ||
| Lieutenant Tom Corbett | ||
| Inspector Drummond | ||
| 1954 | Jeff Saunders | |
| Ewart Gray | ||
| Tony Benskin | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Jim Carver | |
| Donald Nordley | ||
| Lockhart | ||
| 1948 | Minor Role | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Theme Song Performance | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
