​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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Donald Sinden Biography / Wiki
| Name | Donald Sinden |
| Also Know | Sir Donald Sinden |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Plymouth, Devon, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1923-10-09 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 90 |
| Deathday | 2014-09-11 |
Donald Sinden Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Island at the Top of the World | Sir Anthony Ross | 1974-12-16 | A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere … |
| Tiger in the Smoke | Geoffrey Leavitt | 1956-11-27 | Having been sent a picture of her husband, a war hero killed in France, Meg Elgin is led to believe he is still alive and arranges a meeting at a Lond… |
| The Black Tent | Col. Sir Charles Holland | 1956-04-09 | During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief’s daughter. Sometime late… |
| Rockets Galore | Hugh Mander | 1958-12-26 | The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world … |
| The Siege of Sidney Street | Inspector Mannering | 1960-10-11 | A police inspector (Donald Sinden) tracks down Russian anarchist Peter the Painter (Peter Wyngarde) and his gang in circa-1911 London…. |
| Eyewitness | Wade | 1956-08-14 | When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becom… |
| An Alligator Named Daisy | Peter Weston | 1955-12-13 | Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and wh… |
| Operation Bullshine | Lt. Gordon Brown | 1959-06-30 | During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territoria… |
| Your Money or Your Wife | Pelham Butterworth | 1960-03-01 | A domestic comedy about a couple who take in boarders to pay the rent on their large house…. |
| Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | 1981-12-16 | Often regarded as semi-autobiographical, Present Laughter follows a few days in the life of successful and self-obsessed actor Garry Essendine as he p… |
| The Cruel Sea | Lockhart | 1953-02-24 | At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. Th… |
| Simba | Inspector Drummond | 1955-01-07 | A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-… |
| Mad About Men | Jeff Saunders | 1954-11-16 | Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human…. |
| A Day to Remember | Jim Carver | 1953-11-10 | Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team… |
| You Know What Sailors Are | 1954-02-09 | The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieutenant Green, a radar expert in the Royal Navy. One n… | |
| Mix Me a Person | Philip Bellamy, QC | 1962-08-31 | Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees — and sets… |
| Twice Round the Daffodils | Ian Richards | 1962-04-02 | Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenn… |
| Above Us the Waves | Lieutenant Tom Corbett | 1955-03-29 | In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to at… |
| Doctor at Large | Dr Tony Benskin | 1957-03-26 | The third of the “Doctor” films. Newly qualified doctor Simon Sparrow goes in search of a job. He applies for a surgery position at the hospital where… |
| The Captain’s Table | Shawe-Wilson | 1959-01-06 | A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take… |
| The Beachcomber | Ewart Gray | 1954-08-10 | Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the … |
| Villain | Gerald Draycott | 1971-05-26 | In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament…. |
| Mogambo | Donald Nordley | 1953-09-23 | Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. a… |
| Doctor in the House | Tony Benskin | 1954-03-23 | The first of the seven “Doctor” films, based on Richard Gordon’s novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical … |
| The National Health | Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd | 1973-03-06 | Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that’s as timely today as ever, it… |
| Josephine and Men | Alan Hartley | 1955-11-09 | 1955 British comedy starring Glynis Johns…. |
| The Wars of the Roses | Duke of York | 1965-04-08 | A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare’s first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the c… |
| The Canterville Ghost | Mr. Umney | 1996-01-27 | When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she’s not at all happy. Especially as there’s … |
| How Proust Can Change Your Life | Duc d’Albufera | 2000-03-19 | A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton’s updated analysis of his work as a modern-day s… |
| Nancherrow | Robin Jarvis | 1999-01-01 | The basic story involves Loveday’s struggle to keep the estate Nancherrow in the family after the death of her father…. |
| Rentadick | Jeffrey Armitage | 1972-12-31 | Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also… |
| Father Dear Father | Philip Glover | 1973-05-25 | After divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary agent, only to then mistakenly propose to the cleanin… |
| The Canterville Ghost | Lord Dumbleton | 1997-10-31 | ‘The Canterville Ghost’ is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde’s works, and the original short story deserves the populari… |
| The Children | Lord Wrench | 1990-05-18 | Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relati… |
| All’s Well That Ends Well | King of France | 1981-01-04 | Helena loves Bertram, but he’s of noble birth, while she’s just a doctor’s daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, an… |
| Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher | 1968-10-30 | A young man’s attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem…. | |
| Portrait from Life | Minor Role | 1948-12-15 | A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering … |
| The Treasure Seekers | Old Wincott | 1996-01-01 | Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father…. |
| The Day of the Jackal | Mallinson | 1973-05-15 | An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated g… |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films – British Cinema’s Legendary Studio | Himself-Interviewee | 1985-01-01 | Documentary – After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain’s first and only movie mogul with hi… |
| Alice in Wonderland | Gryphon (voice) | 1999-02-28 | Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W… |
| Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Col. Pickering | 1998-11-07 | ‘Hey, Mr Producer!’ features selected scenes from the productions of the world’s most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh – classic songs … |
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