1923-10-09 Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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.
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Run For Your Wife | Man on Bus | 2012-05-16 |
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Detective per caso | Professor Stein | 2003-04-11 |
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How Proust Can Change Your Life | Duc d'Albufera | 2000-03-19 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Gryphon (voice) | 1999-02-28 |
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Nancherrow | Robin Jarvis | 1999-01-01 |
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Atatürk | Narrator (voice) | 1998-05-17 |
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Col. Pickering | 1998-11-07 |
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The Canterville Ghost | Lord Dumbleton | 1997-10-31 |
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An Audience with Ronnie Corbett | 1997-10-25 | |
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The Treasure Seekers | Old Wincott | 1996-12-25 |
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The Canterville Ghost | Mr. Umney | 1996-01-27 |
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Balto | Doc (voice) | 1995-12-22 |
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The Children | Lord Wrench | 1990-05-18 |
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self | 1985-01-01 |
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An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | 1984-02-04 |
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All's Well That Ends Well | King of France | 1981-01-04 |
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Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | 1981-12-16 |
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That Lucky Touch | British Gen. Armstrong | 1975-08-07 |
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The Island at the Top of the World | Sir Anthony Ross | 1974-12-16 |
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The Day of the Jackal | Mallinson | 1973-05-16 |
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Father Dear Father | Philip Glover | 1973-05-25 |
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The National Health | Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd | 1973-03-06 |
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Rentadick | Jeffrey Armitage | 1972-12-31 |
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Villain | Gerald Draycott | 1971-05-26 |
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The Judgement of Albion | Voice | 1968-12-01 |
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Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher | The Prison Governor | 1968-10-30 |
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The Wars of the Roses | Duke of York | 1965-04-08 |
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Twice Round the Daffodils | Ian Richards | 1962-04-02 |
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Mix Me a Person | Philip Bellamy, QC | 1962-08-31 |
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Your Money or Your Wife | Pelham Butterworth | 1960-03-01 |
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The Siege of Sidney Street | Inspector Mannering | 1960-10-11 |
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Operation Bullshine | Lt. Gordon Brown | 1959-06-30 |
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The Captain's Table | Shawe-Wilson | 1959-01-06 |
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Rockets Galore | Hugh Mander | 1958-10-19 |
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Doctor at Large | Dr Tony Benskin | 1957-03-26 |
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Tiger in the Smoke | Geoffrey Leavitt | 1956-11-27 |
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Eyewitness | Wade | 1956-08-14 |
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The Black Tent | Col. Sir Charles Holland | 1956-04-09 |
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Simba | Inspector Drummond | 1955-01-07 |
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An Alligator Named Daisy | Peter Weston | 1955-12-13 |
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Above Us the Waves | Lieutenant Tom Corbett | 1955-03-29 |
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Josephine and Men | Alan Hartley | 1955-11-09 |
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Mad About Men | Jeff Saunders | 1954-11-16 |
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The Beachcomber | Ewart Gray | 1954-08-10 |
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You Know What Sailors Are | 1954-02-09 | |
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Doctor in the House | Tony Benskin | 1954-03-23 |
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Mogambo | Donald Nordley | 1953-09-23 |
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A Day to Remember | Jim Carver | 1953-11-10 |
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The Cruel Sea | Lockhart | 1953-02-24 |
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Portrait from Life | Minor Role | 1948-12-01 |
