Donald Sinden
Born October 09, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Sinden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Sinden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
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as Duc d'Albufera
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Age: 76
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
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as Col. Pickering
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Age: 75
Atatürk
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 74
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997
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as
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Age: 74
The Treasure Seekers
1996
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as Old Wincott
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Age: 73
The Canterville Ghost
1996
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as Mr. Umney
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Age: 72
Balto
1995
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as Doc (voice)
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Age: 72
The Children
1990
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as Lord Wrench
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Age: 66
No Image
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
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as Self
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Age: 61
Present Laughter
1981
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as Garry Essendine
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Age: 58
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
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as King of France
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Age: 57
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
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as Sir Anthony Ross
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Age: 51
Father Dear Father
1973
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as Philip Glover
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Age: 49
The Day of the Jackal
1973
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as Mallinson
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Age: 49
The National Health
1973
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as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
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Age: 49
Rentadick
1972
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as Jeffrey Armitage
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Age: 49
The Judgement of Albion
1968
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as Voice
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Age: 45
The Wars of the Roses
1965
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as Duke of York
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Age: 41
Mix Me a Person
1962
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as Philip Bellamy, QC
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Age: 38
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
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as Ian Richards
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Age: 38
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960
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as Inspector Mannering
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Age: 37
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
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as Pelham Butterworth
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Age: 36
Operation Bullshine
1959
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as Lt. Gordon Brown
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Age: 35
The Captain's Table
1959
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as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
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Age: 35
Rockets Galore
1958
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as Hugh Mander
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Age: 35
Tiger in the Smoke
1956
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as Geoffrey Leavitt
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Age: 33
Eyewitness
1956
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as Wade
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Age: 32
The Black Tent
1956
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as Col. Sir Charles Holland
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Age: 32
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
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as Peter Weston
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Age: 32
Josephine and Men
1955
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as Alan Hartley
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Age: 32
Above Us the Waves
1955
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as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
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Age: 31
Simba
1955
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as Inspector Drummond
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Age: 31
Mad About Men
1954
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as Jeff Saunders
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Age: 31
The Beachcomber
1954
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as Ewart Gray
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Age: 30
Doctor in the House
1954
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as Tony Benskin
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Age: 30
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
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as
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Age: 30
A Day to Remember
1953
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as Jim Carver
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Age: 30
Mogambo
1953
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as Donald Nordley
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Age: 29
The Cruel Sea
1953
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as Lockhart
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Age: 29