1923-10-09 ( 101 years old ) 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.
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.
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Movies
Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
The Accidental Detective
2003-04-11
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000-03-19
Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
Nancherrow
1999-01-01
Atatürk
1998-05-17
The Canterville Ghost
1997-10-31
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997-10-25
The Treasure Seekers
1996-12-25
The Canterville Ghost
1996-01-27
Balto
1995-12-22
The Children
1990-05-18
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984-02-04
Present Laughter
1981-12-16
All's Well That Ends Well
1981-01-04
That Lucky Touch
1975-08-07
The Island at the Top of the World
1974-12-16
Father Dear Father
1973-05-25
The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16
The National Health
1973-03-06
Rentadick
1972-12-31
Villain
1971-05-26
The Judgement of Albion
1968-12-01
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968-10-30
The Wars of the Roses
1965-04-08
Mix Me a Person
1962-08-31
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962-04-02
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960-10-11
Your Money or Your Wife
1960-03-01
Operation Bullshine
1959-06-30
The Captain's Table
1959-01-06
Rockets Galore
1958-10-19
Doctor at Large
1957-03-26
Tiger in the Smoke
1956-11-27
Eyewitness
1956-08-14
The Black Tent
1956-04-09
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955-12-13
Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
Above Us the Waves
1955-03-29
Simba
1955-01-07
Mad About Men
1954-11-16
The Beachcomber
1954-08-10
Doctor in the House
1954-03-23
You Know What Sailors Are
1954-02-09
A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
Mogambo
1953-09-23
The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
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