Acting · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Born October 9, 1923
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.
MovieRun For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus
MovieThe Accidental Detective
2003
as Professor Stein
TVJudge John Deed
2001
as Sir Joseph Channing
MovieHow Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Duc d'Albufera
TVNancherrow
1999
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Gryphon (voice)
MovieNancherrow
1999
as Robin Jarvis
MovieHey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Col. Pickering
MovieAtatürk
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1997
as Lord Dumbleton
MovieAn Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Colonel Henry Hammond
MovieCuts
1996
as Sir Luke Trimingham
MovieThe Treasure Seekers
1996
as Old Wincott
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1996
as Mr. Umney
MovieBalto
1995
as Doc (voice)
TVPerformance
1991
as Edmund of Langley
MovieThe Children
1990
as Lord Wrench
Challenge Anneka
1989
as Self
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
TVPlaying Shakespeare
1984
MovieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
MoviePresent Laughter
1981
as Garry Essendine
TVNever the Twain
1981
as Simon Peel
MovieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981
as King of France
TVTwo's Company
1975
as Robert Hiller
MovieThat Lucky Touch
1975
as British Gen. Armstrong
MovieThe Island at the Top of the World
1974
as Sir Anthony Ross
MovieFather Dear Father
1973
as Philip Glover
MovieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
as Mallinson
MovieThe National Health
1973
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
MovieRentadick
1972
as Jeffrey Armitage
TVThe Organization
1972
as David Pulman
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Romney Pringle
MovieVillain
1971
as Gerald Draycott
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Major
MovieThe Judgement of Albion
1968
as Voice
MovieDecline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
as The Prison Governor
MovieWilliam and Mary
1968
as William Pearl
TVLate Night Horror
1968
as William Pearl
TVOoh La La!
1968
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
TVThe Prisoner
1967
as The Colonel
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Philip Carter
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Andrew Pelham
MovieThe Wars of the Roses
1965
as Duke of York
TVThe Wars of the Roses
1965
as Plantagenet
Festival
1963
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
MovieMix Me a Person
1962
as Philip Bellamy, QC
MovieTwice Round the Daffodils
1962
as Ian Richards
MovieThe Siege of Sidney Street
1960
as Inspector Mannering
MovieYour Money or Your Wife
1960
as Pelham Butterworth
MovieOperation Bullshine
1959
as Lt. Gordon Brown
MovieThe Captain's Table
1959
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
MovieRockets Galore
1958
as Hugh Mander
MovieDoctor at Large
1957
as Dr. Tony Benskin
MovieTiger in the Smoke
1956
as Geoffrey Leavitt
MovieEyewitness
1956
as Wade
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Faulk
MovieThe Black Tent
1956
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
MovieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Peter Weston
MovieJosephine and Men
1955
as Alan Hartley
TVThis Is Your Life
1955
as Self
MovieAbove Us the Waves
1955
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
MovieSimba
1955
as Inspector Drummond
MovieMad About Men
1954
as Jeff Saunders
MovieThe Beachcomber
1954
as Ewart Gray
MovieDoctor in the House
1954
as Tony Benskin
MovieYou Know What Sailors Are
1954
MovieA Day to Remember
1953
as Jim Carver
MovieMogambo
1953
as Donald Nordley
MovieThe Cruel Sea
1953
as Lockhart
MoviePortrait from Life
1948
as Minor Role
