Donald Sinden
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 9, 1923Deathday
September 11, 2014Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
48Place of birth
Plymouth, Devon, England, UKAlso known as
Sir Donald SindenCast credits
The Day of the Jackal
MallinsonVillain
Gerald DraycottMogambo
Donald NordleyAbove Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom CorbettThe Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony RossThe Cruel Sea
LockhartAn Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)Doctor in the House
Tony BenskinDoctor at Large
Dr Tony BenskinTiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey LeavittDecline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison GovernorThe Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles HollandThat Lucky Touch
British Gen. ArmstrongSimba
Inspector DrummondRockets Galore
Hugh ManderMad About Men
Jeff SaundersThe Judgement of Albion
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector ManneringNancherrow
Robin JarvisThe National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon BoydEyewitness
Wade