Cast
Donald Sinden
Acting
Cast
Donald Sinden
Known for
Acting
Born
1923-10-09
From
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Died
2014-09-11
Also known as Sir Donald Sinden, Donald Alfred 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 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.
★7.5
MOVIE1973
The Day of the Jackal
as Mallinson
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Balto
as Doc (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon (voice)
★4.7
MOVIE1998
Atatürk
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1996
Cuts
as Sir Luke Trimingham
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The National Health
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
★6.3
MOVIE1996
The Canterville Ghost
as Mr. Umney
★6.9
MOVIE1953
The Cruel Sea
as Lockhart
★5.6
MOVIE1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Old Wincott
★6.4
MOVIE1953
Mogambo
as Donald Nordley
★8.7
MOVIE1965
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of York
MOVIE1968
William and Mary
as William Pearl
MOVIE1997
The Canterville Ghost
as Lord Dumbleton
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Doctor in the House
as Tony Benskin
★4.4
MOVIE2012
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Bus
★5.5
MOVIE1959
Operation Bullshine
as Lt. Gordon Brown
★6.4
MOVIE1975
That Lucky Touch
as British Gen. Armstrong
★6.5
MOVIE1974
The Island at the Top of the World
as Sir Anthony Ross
★6.4
MOVIE1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Peter Weston
★6.1
MOVIE1971
Villain
as Gerald Draycott
★6.0
MOVIE1959
The Captain's Table
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
★4.9
MOVIE1990
The Children
as Lord Wrench
★5.7
MOVIE1957
Doctor at Large
as Dr. Tony Benskin
★7.4
MOVIE1953
A Day to Remember
as Jim Carver
★6.7
MOVIE1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Col. Pickering
★5.3
MOVIE1973
Father Dear Father
as Philip Glover
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Nancherrow
as Robin Jarvis
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Portrait from Life
as Minor Role
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Ian Richards
★7.0
MOVIE1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1955
Above Us the Waves
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
★6.4
MOVIE1955
Josephine and Men
as Alan Hartley
★6.6
MOVIE1955
Simba
as Inspector Drummond
★8.0
MOVIE1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Mad About Men
as Jeff Saunders
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Tiger in the Smoke
as Geoffrey Leavitt
★6.2
MOVIE1954
The Beachcomber
as Ewart Gray
★4.2
MOVIE1972
Rentadick
as Jeffrey Armitage
★6.3
MOVIE1962
Mix Me a Person
as Philip Bellamy, QC
★10.0
MOVIE2003
The Accidental Detective
as Professor Stein
★6.5
MOVIE1981
All's Well That Ends Well
as King of France
★5.2
MOVIE1954
You Know What Sailors Are
★4.5
MOVIE1960
Your Money or Your Wife
as Pelham Butterworth
★6.4
MOVIE1956
The Black Tent
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
★6.0
MOVIE1968
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
as The Prison Governor
★4.5
MOVIE1960
The Siege of Sidney Street
as Inspector Mannering
★6.8
MOVIE1956
Eyewitness
as Wade
★6.7
MOVIE1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
★6.4
MOVIE1958
Rockets Galore
as Hugh Mander
MOVIE1968
The Judgement of Albion
as Voice
MOVIE1981
Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine
★5.2
MOVIE2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Duc d'Albufera