Donald Sinden
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond
1997
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Philip Carter
1965
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Andrew Pelham
1965
Series
Performance
Edmund of Langley
1991
Series
The Prisoner
The Colonel
1967
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle
1971
Series
Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing
2001
Festival
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
1963
Film
The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
1973
Film
Balto
Doc (voice)
1995
Challenge Anneka
Self
1989
Series
Never the Twain
Simon Peel
1981
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
1999
Series
Ooh La La!
1968
Series
Two's Company
Robert Hiller
1975
Series
The Wars of the Roses
Plantagenet
1965
Series
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Film
The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
1953
The Ten Commandments
Major
1971
Series
Late Night Horror
William Pearl
1968
Film
The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
1974
Film
Mogambo
Donald Nordley
1953
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
1996
Film
Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
1955
Series
The Organization
David Pulman
1972
Series
Nancherrow
1999
Film
Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
1954
Series
Armchair Theatre
Faulk
1956
Film
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Film
That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
1975
Film
Villain
Gerald Draycott
1971
Film
The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
1973
Film
The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
1956
Film
The Children
Lord Wrench
1990
Film
Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
1972
Film
A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
1953
Film
The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
1996
Film
Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
1954
Film
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
1981
Film
An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
1955
Film
Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
1956
Film
The Captain's Table
Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
1959
Film
Doctor at Large
Dr. Tony Benskin
1957
Film
Atatürk
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Cuts
Sir Luke Trimingham
1996
Film
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
2000
Film
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
1965
Film
Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
2012
Film
Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
1962
Film
Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
1955
Film
Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
1999
Film
Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
1959
Film
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
1968
Film
Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
1962
Film
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
1998
Film
Portrait from Life
Minor Role
1948
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
1985
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
1997
Film
Simba
Inspector Drummond
1955
Film
The Accidental Detective
Professor Stein
2003
Film
Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
1958
Film
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Film
Eyewitness
Wade
1956
Film
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
1960
Film
The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
1954
Film
Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
1973
Film
William and Mary
William Pearl
1968
Film
The Judgement of Albion
Voice
1968
Film
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
1981
Film
Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
1960
Film
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997