Donald Sinden

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Donald Sinden

Born 9 October 1923 Died 11 September 2014, aged 90 Plymouth, Devon, England, UK TMDB ↗

​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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
25age in their first credit on record (1948)
64years on screen and counting
5credits in 1968, their busiest year
67dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Run For Your Wife poster Age: 88

Run For Your Wife

2012
as Man on Bus
The Accidental Detective poster Age: 79

The Accidental Detective

2003
as Professor Stein
How Proust Can Change Your Life poster Age: 76

How Proust Can Change Your Life

2000
as Duc d'Albufera
Alice in Wonderland poster Age: 75

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as Gryphon (voice)
Nancherrow poster Age: 75

Nancherrow

1999
as Robin Jarvis
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh poster Age: 75

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

1998
as Col. Pickering
Atatürk poster Age: 74

Atatürk

1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Canterville Ghost poster Age: 74

The Canterville Ghost

1997
as Lord Dumbleton
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett poster Age: 74

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

1997
The Treasure Seekers poster Age: 73

The Treasure Seekers

1996
as Old Wincott
The Canterville Ghost poster Age: 72

The Canterville Ghost

1996
as Mr. Umney
Balto poster Age: 72

Balto

1995
as Doc (voice)
The Children poster Age: 66

The Children

1990
as Lord Wrench
Present Laughter poster Age: 58

Present Laughter

1981
as Garry Essendine
All's Well That Ends Well poster Age: 57

All's Well That Ends Well

1981
as King of France
That Lucky Touch poster Age: 51

That Lucky Touch

1975
as British Gen. Armstrong
The Island at the Top of the World poster Age: 51

The Island at the Top of the World

1974
as Sir Anthony Ross
Father Dear Father poster Age: 49

Father Dear Father

1973
as Philip Glover
The Day of the Jackal poster Age: 49

The Day of the Jackal

1973
as Mallinson
The National Health poster Age: 49

The National Health

1973
as Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd
Rentadick poster Age: 49

Rentadick

1972
as Jeffrey Armitage
Villain poster Age: 47

Villain

1971
as Gerald Draycott
The Judgement of Albion poster Age: 45

The Judgement of Albion

1968
as Voice
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher poster Age: 45

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

1968
as The Prison Governor
William and Mary poster Age: 44

William and Mary

1968
as William Pearl
The Wars of the Roses poster Age: 41

The Wars of the Roses

1965
as Duke of York
Mix Me a Person poster Age: 38

Mix Me a Person

1962
as Philip Bellamy, QC
Twice Round the Daffodils poster Age: 38

Twice Round the Daffodils

1962
as Ian Richards
The Siege of Sidney Street poster Age: 37

The Siege of Sidney Street

1960
as Inspector Mannering
Your Money or Your Wife poster Age: 36

Your Money or Your Wife

1960
as Pelham Butterworth
Operation Bullshine poster Age: 35

Operation Bullshine

1959
as Lt. Gordon Brown
The Captain's Table poster Age: 35

The Captain's Table

1959
as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
Rockets Galore poster Age: 35

Rockets Galore

1958
as Hugh Mander
Doctor at Large poster Age: 33

Doctor at Large

1957
as Dr. Tony Benskin
Tiger in the Smoke poster Age: 33

Tiger in the Smoke

1956
as Geoffrey Leavitt
Eyewitness poster Age: 32

Eyewitness

1956
as Wade
The Black Tent poster Age: 32

The Black Tent

1956
as Col. Sir Charles Holland
An Alligator Named Daisy poster Age: 32

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955
as Peter Weston
Josephine and Men poster Age: 32

Josephine and Men

1955
as Alan Hartley
Above Us the Waves poster Age: 31

Above Us the Waves

1955
as Lieutenant Tom Corbett
Simba poster Age: 31

Simba

1955
as Inspector Drummond
Mad About Men poster Age: 31

Mad About Men

1954
as Jeff Saunders
The Beachcomber poster Age: 30

The Beachcomber

1954
as Ewart Gray
Doctor in the House poster Age: 30

Doctor in the House

1954
as Tony Benskin
You Know What Sailors Are poster Age: 30

You Know What Sailors Are

1954
A Day to Remember poster Age: 30

A Day to Remember

1953
as Jim Carver
Mogambo poster Age: 29

Mogambo

1953
as Donald Nordley
The Cruel Sea poster Age: 29

The Cruel Sea

1953
as Lockhart
Portrait from Life poster Age: 25

Portrait from Life

1948
as Minor Role
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TV credits

Newest first
Judge John Deed poster Age: 78

Judge John Deed

2001
as Sir Joseph Channing
Nancherrow poster Age: 75

Nancherrow

1999
Midsomer Murders poster Age: 73

Midsomer Murders

1997
as Colonel Henry Hammond
Performance poster Age: 67

Performance

1991
as Edmund of Langley
Playing Shakespeare poster Age: 60

Playing Shakespeare

1984
Never the Twain poster Age: 57

Never the Twain

1981
as Simon Peel
Two's Company poster Age: 51

Two's Company

1975
as Robert Hiller
The Organization poster Age: 48

The Organization

1972
as David Pulman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 47

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971
as Romney Pringle
No poster
Age: 47

The Ten Commandments

1971
as Major
Late Night Horror poster Age: 44

Late Night Horror

1968
as William Pearl
Ooh La La! poster Age: 44

Ooh La La!

1968
The Prisoner poster Age: 43

The Prisoner

1967
as The Colonel
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 42

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Philip Carter
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 41

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Andrew Pelham
The Wars of the Roses poster Age: 41

The Wars of the Roses

1965
as Plantagenet
No poster
Age: 40

Festival

1963
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 32

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Faulk
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