
Donald 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.
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Acting (48 movies)

The Day of the Jackal
1973

Villain
1971

Mogambo
1953

Above Us the Waves
1955

The Island at the Top of the World
1974

The Cruel Sea
1953

An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984

Doctor in the House
1954

Doctor at Large
1957

Tiger in the Smoke
1956

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968

The Black Tent
1956

That Lucky Touch
1975

Simba
1955

Rockets Galore
1958

Mad About Men
1954

The Judgement of Albion
1968

The Siege of Sidney Street
1960

Nancherrow
1999

The National Health
1973

Eyewitness
1956

Rentadick
1972

Josephine and Men
1955

Father Dear Father
1973

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998

A Day to Remember
1953

An Alligator Named Daisy
1955

The Wars of the Roses
1965

Operation Bullshine
1959

The Captain's Table
1959

The Canterville Ghost
1996

The Canterville Ghost
1997

Run For Your Wife
2012

You Know What Sailors Are
1954

Your Money or Your Wife
1960

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997

The Children
1990

Balto
1995

Mix Me a Person
1962

Alice in Wonderland
1999

The Beachcomber
1954

Twice Round the Daffodils
1962

Present Laughter
1981

All's Well That Ends Well
1981

Portrait from Life
1948

The Treasure Seekers
1996

Atatürk
1998

The Accidental Detective
2003
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