Donald Sinden

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-09 (91 years old)

Deathday

2014-09-11

Place of Birth

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Donald Sinden

Biography

​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 ...

Acting

1973

1971

Villain

as Gerald Draycott

1953

Mogambo

as Donald Nordley

1955

Above Us the Waves

as Lieutenant Tom Corbett

1974

1953

The Cruel Sea

as Lockhart

1984

An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)

1954

Doctor in the House

as Tony Benskin

1957

Doctor at Large

as Dr Tony Benskin

1956

Tiger in the Smoke

as Geoffrey Leavitt

1968

1956

The Black Tent

as Col. Sir Charles Holland

1975

That Lucky Touch

as British Gen. Armstrong

1955

Simba

as Inspector Drummond

1958

Rockets Galore

as Hugh Mander

1954

Mad About Men

as Jeff Saunders

1960

The Siege of Sidney Street

as Inspector Mannering

1999

Nancherrow

as Robin Jarvis

1973

The National Health

as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd

1956

Eyewitness

as Wade

1972

Rentadick

as Jeffrey Armitage

1955

Josephine and Men

as Alan Hartley

1973

Father Dear Father

as Philip Glover

1953

A Day to Remember

as Jim Carver

1955

1965

The Wars of the Roses

as Duke of York

1959

Operation Bullshine

as Lt. Gordon Brown

1959

The Captain's Table

as Shawe-Wilson

1996

1997

The Canterville Ghost

as Lord Dumbleton

2012

Run For Your Wife

as Man on Bus

1960

Your Money or Your Wife

as Pelham Butterworth

1990

The Children

as Lord Wrench

1995

Balto

as Doc (voice)

1962

Mix Me a Person

as Philip Bellamy, QC

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Gryphon (voice)

1954

The Beachcomber

as Ewart Gray

1962

1981

Present Laughter

as Garry Essendine

1981

All's Well That Ends Well

as King of France

1948

Portrait from Life

as Minor Role

1996

The Treasure Seekers

as Old Wincott

2000

1998

Atatürk

as Narrator (voice)

2003

The Accidental Detective

as Professor Stein

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