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Donald Sinden

Acting
Known For

90 Years Old

​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.

Born

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK on 9th October 1923

Died

11th September 2014

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Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond
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Never the Twain
Simon Peel
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BBC Play of the Month
Philip Carter
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This Is Your Life
Self
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Omnibus
Self
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle
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The Prisoner
The Colonel
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Performance
Edmund of Langley
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Ooh La La!
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Two's Company
Robert Hiller
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The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
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Festival
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
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Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing
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Balto
Doc (voice)
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The Ten Commandments
Major
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Nancherrow
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Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
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The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
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Late Night Horror
William Pearl
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Playing Shakespeare
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Mogambo
Donald Nordley
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The Organization
David Pulman
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The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
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The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
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Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
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Villain
Gerald Draycott
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Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
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Doctor at Large
Dr Tony Benskin
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The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
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Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
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Simba
Inspector Drummond
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
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An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
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The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
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Portrait from Life
Minor Role
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An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
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A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
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Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
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Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
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The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
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The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
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Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
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Eyewitness
Wade
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Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
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Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
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Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
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Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
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The Children
Lord Wrench
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That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
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All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
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The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
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Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
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The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
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The Captain's Table
Shawe-Wilson
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Self
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The Judgement of Albion
Voice
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Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
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Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
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The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
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Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
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You Know What Sailors Are
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Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
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An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
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The Accidental Detective
Professor Stein
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Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
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Atatürk
Narrator (voice)