Donald Sinden

Known for ActingBorn 1923-10-09Died 2014-09-11Plymouth, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Accidental Detective

Ooh La La!

Playing Shakespeare

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

The Organization

Nancherrow

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

Festival

Midsomer Murders

The Prisoner

Balto

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Day of the Jackal

Two's Company

A Day to Remember

Omnibus

An Audience with Mel Brooks

Judge John Deed

Never the Twain

The National Health

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

Twice Round the Daffodils

Eyewitness

The Cruel Sea

All's Well That Ends Well

Tiger in the Smoke

The Canterville Ghost

Performance

The Island at the Top of the World

This Is Your Life

Nancherrow

Alice in Wonderland

That Lucky Touch

Simba

Doctor in the House

Mad About Men

Rockets Galore

An Alligator Named Daisy

Mogambo

Josephine and Men

The Black Tent

Villain

Mix Me a Person

Portrait from Life

The Beachcomber

Above Us the Waves