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Sir Donald Sinden
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1923-10-09
- event Death Date 2014-09-11
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.3
- info Birth Place Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Donald Sinden
7.5
The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16
6.2
Villain
1971-05-26
6.5
Mogambo
1953-09-23
6
Above Us the Waves
1955-03-29
6.4
The Island at the Top of the World
1974-12-16
6.9
The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
6.5
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984-02-04
6.3
Doctor in the House
1954-03-23
5.6
Doctor at Large
1957-03-26
7.1
Tiger in the Smoke
1956-11-27
5
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968-10-30
6
The Black Tent
1956-04-09
6.3
That Lucky Touch
1975-08-07
6.5
Simba
1955-01-07
6
Rockets Galore
1958-10-19
6.1
Mad About Men
1954-11-16
0
The Judgement of Albion
1968-12-01
2
The Siege of Sidney Street
1960-10-11
6
Nancherrow
1999-01-01
6.6
The National Health
1973-03-06
6.7
Eyewitness
1956-08-14
4.4
Rentadick
1972-12-31
6.3
Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
4.8
Father Dear Father
1973-05-25
2
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07
7.2
A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
6.2
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955-12-13
8.5
The Wars of the Roses
1965-04-08
5.1
Operation Bullshine
1959-06-30
5.8
The Captain's Table
1959-01-06
6.1
The Canterville Ghost
1996-01-27
0
The Canterville Ghost
1997-10-31
4.2
Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
4.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954-02-09
4
Your Money or Your Wife
1960-03-01
6.5
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett
1997-10-25
6
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985-01-01
5.2
The Children
1990-05-18
7.3
Balto
1995-12-22
6.2
Mix Me a Person
1962-08-31
6.3
Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
5.7
The Beachcomber
1954-08-10
6.6
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962-04-02
0
Present Laughter
1981-12-16
7
All's Well That Ends Well
1981-01-04
6
Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
6
The Treasure Seekers
1996-12-25
6.5
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000-03-19
7.8
The Prisoner
1967-09-29
6.4
Never the Twain
1981-09-07
6
Judge John Deed
2001-11-26
7
Two's Company
1975-09-06
0
Ooh La La!
1968-04-06
7.5
Nancherrow
1999-04-04
10
Playing Shakespeare
1984-07-29
7
The Organization
1972-04-16
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20
7
Omnibus
1967-10-13
7.6
Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23
6.4
This Is Your Life
1955-07-29