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Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Birthday: 1923-10-09 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2001
Judge John Deed

as    Sir Joseph Channing

1996
The Canterville Ghost

as    Mr. Umney

1981
All's Well That Ends Well

as    King of France

1975
Two's Company

as    Robert Hiller

1974
The Island at the Top of the World

as    Sir Anthony Ross

1971
Villain

as    Gerald Draycott

1965
The Wars of the Roses

as    Duke of York

1957
Doctor at Large

as    Dr Tony Benskin

1956
The Black Tent

as    Col. Sir Charles Holland

1956
Tiger in the Smoke

as    Geoffrey Leavitt

1955
Simba

as    Inspector Drummond

1955
A Day to Remember

as    Jim Carver

1955
Above Us the Waves

as    Lieutenant Tom Corbett

1954
Mad About Men

as    Jeff Saunders

1953
Mogambo

as    Donald Nordley

1953
The Cruel Sea

as    Lockhart