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Donald Sinden

Donald Sinden

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 09, 1923
Died Sep 11, 2014 (90)
Birthplace Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 h ... ome ('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

Filmography

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Man on Bus

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

2000

as Duc d'Albufera

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

1999

as Robin Jarvis

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999

as Gryphon (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1997

as Lord Dumbleton

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1996

as Mr. Umney

The Treasure Seekers

The Treasure Seekers

1996

as Old Wincott

Balto

Balto

1995

as Doc (voice)

The Children

The Children

1990

as Lord Wrench

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

as King of France

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch

1975

as British Gen. Armstrong

The Island at the Top of the World

The Island at the Top of the World

1974

as Sir Anthony Ross

The National Health

The National Health

1973

as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd

Father Dear Father

Father Dear Father

1973

as Philip Glover

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Mallinson

Rentadick

Rentadick

1972

as Jeffrey Armitage

Villain

Villain

1971

as Gerald Draycott

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

1968

as The Prison Governor

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

1965

as Duke of York

Mix Me a Person

Mix Me a Person

1962

as Philip Bellamy, QC

Twice Round the Daffodils

Twice Round the Daffodils

1962

as Ian Richards

The Siege of Sidney Street

The Siege of Sidney Street

1960

as Inspector Mannering

Your Money or Your Wife

Your Money or Your Wife

1960

as Pelham Butterworth

Operation Bullshine

Operation Bullshine

1959

as Lt. Gordon Brown

The Captain's Table

The Captain's Table

1959

as Shawe-Wilson

Rockets Galore

Rockets Galore

1958

as Hugh Mander

Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large

1957

as Dr Tony Benskin

Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke

1956

as Geoffrey Leavitt

Eyewitness

Eyewitness

1956

as Wade

The Black Tent

The Black Tent

1956

as Col. Sir Charles Holland

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

as Peter Weston

Simba

Simba

1955

as Inspector Drummond

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

1955

as Lieutenant Tom Corbett

Josephine and Men

Josephine and Men

1955

as Alan Hartley

Mad About Men

Mad About Men

1954

as Jeff Saunders

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber

1954

as Ewart Gray

Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House

1954

as Tony Benskin

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

1953

as Jim Carver

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953

as Lockhart

Mogambo

Mogambo

1953

as Donald Nordley

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

1948

as Minor Role

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Never the Twain

as Simon Peel

Episodes: 67

First Aired: Sep 07, 1981

Judge John Deed

as Sir Joseph Channing

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Nov 26, 2001

Two's Company

as Robert Hiller

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Sep 06, 1975

The Organization

as David Pulman

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 16, 1972

The Prisoner

as The Colonel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1967

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Romney Pringle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1971

Midsomer Murders

as Colonel Henry Hammond

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Playing Shakespeare

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jul 29, 1984

Nancherrow

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 04, 1999

Ooh La La!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 06, 1968

Omnibus

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1967

This Is Your Life

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 29, 1955

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