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