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