Donald Sinden
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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
Credits
Balto (1995)
as Doc (voice)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
as Mallinson
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Gryphon (voice)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
as Lockhart
Mogambo (1953)
as Donald Nordley
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
as Mr. Umney
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self (uncredited)
The Children (1990)
as Lord Wrench
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
as Sir Anthony Ross
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Actor
Villain (1971)
as Gerald Draycott
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
as Col. Pickering
Doctor in the House (1954)
as Tony Benskin
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
The Black Tent (1956)
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Old Wincott
Run For Your Wife (2012)
as Man on Bus
That Lucky Touch (1975)
as British Gen. Armstrong
Mad About Men (1954)
as Jeff Saunders
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)
as Self
The National Health (1973)
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Alan Hartley
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
as Duke of York
Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
as Geoffrey Leavitt
Simba (1955)
as Inspector Drummond
Rentadick (1972)
as Jeffrey Armitage
Rockets Galore (1958)
as Hugh Mander
A Day to Remember (1953)
as Jim Carver
Above Us the Waves (1955)
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Doctor at Large (1957)
as Dr. Tony Benskin
Nancherrow (1999)
as Robin Jarvis
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
as Ian Richards
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
as Peter Weston
Father Dear Father (1973)
as Philip Glover
The Accidental Detective (2003)
as Professor Stein
The Canterville Ghost (1997)
as Lord Dumbleton
Portrait from Life (1948)
as Minor Role
Mix Me a Person (1962)
as Philip Bellamy, QC
The Beachcomber (1954)
as Ewart Gray
Operation Bullshine (1959)
as Lt. Gordon Brown
Eyewitness (1956)
as Wade
The Siege of Sidney Street (1960)
as Inspector Mannering
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher (1968)
as The Prison Governor
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
as King of France
How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)
as Duc d'Albufera
Atatürk (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
William and Mary (1968)
as William Pearl
The Judgement of Albion (1968)
as Voice
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett (1997)
Actor
Present Laughter (1981)
as Garry Essendine
Your Money or Your Wife (1960)
as Pelham Butterworth