Donald Sinden
Actor
Born October 9, 1923 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Run For Your Wife
Man on Bus
The Accidental Detective
Professor Stein
Judge John Deed
Sir Joseph Channing
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Duc d'Albufera
Nancherrow
Alice in Wonderland
Gryphon (voice)
Nancherrow
Robin Jarvis
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Col. Pickering
Atatürk
Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
Lord Dumbleton
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
Midsomer Murders
Colonel Henry Hammond
Cuts
Sir Luke Trimingham
The Treasure Seekers
Old Wincott
The Canterville Ghost
Mr. Umney
Balto
Doc (voice)
Performance
Edmund of Langley
The Children
Lord Wrench
Playing Shakespeare
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
Never the Twain
Simon Peel
All's Well That Ends Well
King of France
Two's Company
Robert Hiller
That Lucky Touch
British Gen. Armstrong
The Island at the Top of the World
Sir Anthony Ross
Father Dear Father
Philip Glover
The Day of the Jackal
Mallinson
The National Health
Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Rentadick
Jeffrey Armitage
The Organization
David Pulman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Romney Pringle
Villain
Gerald Draycott
The Judgement of Albion
Voice
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
The Prison Governor
William and Mary
William Pearl
Late Night Horror
William Pearl
Ooh La La!
Omnibus
Self
The Prisoner
The Colonel
BBC Play of the Month
Philip Carter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Andrew Pelham
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of York
The Wars of the Roses
Plantagenet
Mix Me a Person
Philip Bellamy, QC
Twice Round the Daffodils
Ian Richards
The Siege of Sidney Street
Inspector Mannering
Your Money or Your Wife
Pelham Butterworth
Operation Bullshine
Lt. Gordon Brown
The Captain's Table
Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
Rockets Galore
Hugh Mander
Doctor at Large
Dr. Tony Benskin
Tiger in the Smoke
Geoffrey Leavitt
Eyewitness
Wade
Armchair Theatre
Faulk
The Black Tent
Col. Sir Charles Holland
An Alligator Named Daisy
Peter Weston
Josephine and Men
Alan Hartley
This Is Your Life
Self
Above Us the Waves
Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Simba
Inspector Drummond
Mad About Men
Jeff Saunders
The Beachcomber
Ewart Gray
Doctor in the House
Tony Benskin
You Know What Sailors Are
A Day to Remember
Jim Carver
Mogambo
Donald Nordley
The Cruel Sea
Lockhart
Portrait from Life
Minor Role