Actor
Donald Sinden
October 9, 1923 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
James Robertson Justice
3 titles together
Above Us the Waves, Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large
Dirk Bogarde
3 titles together
Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large, Simba
Bob Hoskins
2 titles together
Balto, The National Health
Christopher Benjamin
2 titles together
The Prisoner, Judge John Deed
Lucy Griffiths
2 titles together
The Prisoner, Mad About Men
Bruce Seton
2 titles together
Mogambo, The Cruel Sea
Full filmography · 67
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Bus
2012
The Accidental Detective
as Professor Stein
2003
How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Duc d'Albufera
2000
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon (voice)
19996.2
Nancherrow
as Robin Jarvis
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Col. Pickering
1998
Atatürk
as Narrator (voice)
1998
The Canterville Ghost
as Lord Dumbleton
1997
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
cast
1997
Cuts
as Sir Luke Trimingham
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Old Wincott
1996
The Canterville Ghost
as Mr. Umney
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