Donald Sinden

Personal Info

Birthday

October 9, 1923

Day of Death

2014-09-11

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Also Known As

Sir Donald Sinden

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

BBC Play of the Month

Performance

The Prisoner

The Day of the Jackal

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Balto

Never the Twain

Filmography

2012
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Bus
2003
The Accidental Detective
as Professor Stein
2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Duc d'Albufera
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon (voice)
Nancherrow
as Robin Jarvis
1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Col. Pickering
Atatürk
as Narrator (voice)
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Old Wincott
The Canterville Ghost
as Mr. Umney
1995
Balto
as Doc (voice)
1990
The Children
as Lord Wrench
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
1981
Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine
All's Well That Ends Well
as King of France
1975
That Lucky Touch
as British Gen. Armstrong
1974
The Island at the Top of the World
as Sir Anthony Ross
1973
Father Dear Father
as Philip Glover
The Day of the Jackal
as Mallinson
The National Health
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
1972
Rentadick
as Jeffrey Armitage
1971
Villain
as Gerald Draycott
1968
The Judgement of Albion
as Voice
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
as The Prison Governor
1965
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of York
1962
Mix Me a Person
as Philip Bellamy, QC
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Ian Richards
1960
The Siege of Sidney Street
as Inspector Mannering
Your Money or Your Wife
as Pelham Butterworth
1959
Operation Bullshine
as Lt. Gordon Brown
The Captain's Table
as Shawe-Wilson
1958
Rockets Galore
as Hugh Mander
1957
Doctor at Large
as Dr Tony Benskin
1956
Tiger in the Smoke
as Geoffrey Leavitt
Eyewitness
as Wade
The Black Tent
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Peter Weston
Josephine and Men
as Alan Hartley
Above Us the Waves
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Simba
as Inspector Drummond
1954
Mad About Men
as Jeff Saunders
The Beachcomber
as Ewart Gray
Doctor in the House
as Tony Benskin
1953
A Day to Remember
as Jim Carver
Mogambo
as Donald Nordley
The Cruel Sea
as Lockhart
1948
Portrait from Life
as Minor Role