Donald Sinden
Acting
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.
The Island at the Top of the World
as Sir Anthony Ross
Age 51 (now 90)
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Duc d'Albufera
Age 76 (now 90)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Col. Pickering
Age 75 (now 90)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
Age 61 (now 90)
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
Age 60 (now 90)
The Island at the Top of the World
as Sir Anthony Ross
Age 51 (now 90)
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
as The Prison Governor
Age 45 (now 90)
The Siege of Sidney Street
as Inspector Mannering
Age 37 (now 90)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Romney Pringle
Age 47 (now 90)
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Also Known As
Sir Donald Sinden, Donald Alfred Sinden
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