Donald Sinden

1923-10-09 Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Biografia

​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.

Películas

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