Donald Sinden
Acting
Born 1923-10-09
Died 2014-09-11
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
73 credits
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1
Knight Bachelor 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Tony Award
Tony Awards 1 nominated
- 1976 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
- — Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1 won
- — Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Won
Knight Bachelor 1 won
- — Knight Bachelor Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Midsomer Murders
BBC Play of the Month
Omnibus
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Performance
This Is Your Life
The Prisoner
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Judge John Deed
Festival
The Day of the Jackal
Balto
Challenge Anneka
Never the Twain
Two's Company
Alice in Wonderland
The Island at the Top of the World
The Ten Commandments
Mogambo
The Cruel Sea
The Wars of the Roses
Late Night Horror
The Canterville Ghost
Atatürk
The Captain's Table
Operation Bullshine
Armchair Theatre
Above Us the Waves
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Villain
Cuts
Run For Your Wife
The Children
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Doctor in the House
The Wars of the Roses
The Black Tent
That Lucky Touch
Doctor at Large
The National Health
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
An Alligator Named Daisy
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Twice Round the Daffodils
The Siege of Sidney Street
The Treasure Seekers
Rentadick
Rockets Galore
A Day to Remember
Mad About Men
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
All's Well That Ends Well
Eyewitness
The Organization
Portrait from Life
Father Dear Father
Josephine and Men
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