1923Born, Plymouth
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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…
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BaltoDoc (voice)
The Day of the JackalMallinson
Alice in WonderlandGryphon (voice)
Midsomer MurdersColonel Henry Hammond
The PrisonerThe Colonel2012Run For Your WifeMan on BusMovie
2003The Accidental DetectiveProfessor SteinMovie
2001Judge John DeedSir Joseph Channing · 28 episodesShow
2000How Proust Can Change Your LifeDuc d'AlbuferaMovie
1999Nancherrow2 episodesShow
1999Alice in WonderlandGryphon (voice)Movie
1999NancherrowRobin JarvisMovie
1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron MackintoshCol. PickeringMovie
1998AtatürkNarrator (voice)Movie
1997The Canterville GhostLord DumbletonMovie
1997An Audience with Ronnie CorbettMovie
1996CutsSir Luke TriminghamMovie
1996The Treasure SeekersOld WincottMovie
1996The Canterville GhostMr. UmneyMovie
1995BaltoDoc (voice)Movie
1991PerformanceEdmund of Langley · 1 episodeShow
1990The ChildrenLord WrenchMovie
1985Theatre NightSir Anthony Absolute · 1 episodeShow
1984Playing Shakespeare9 episodesShow
1981Present LaughterGarry EssendineMovie
1981Never the TwainSimon Peel · 67 episodesShow
1981All's Well That Ends WellKing of FranceMovie
1975Two's CompanyRobert Hiller · 28 episodes · Theme Song Performance · 28 episodesShow
1975That Lucky TouchBritish Gen. ArmstrongMovie
1974The Island at the Top of the WorldSir Anthony RossMovie
1973Father Dear FatherPhilip GloverMovie
1973The Day of the JackalMallinsonMovie
1973The National HealthMr. Carr / Senior Surgeon BoydMovie
1972RentadickJeffrey ArmitageMovie
1972The OrganizationDavid Pulman · 7 episodesShow
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesRomney Pringle · 1 episodeShow
1971VillainGerald DraycottMovie
1971The Ten CommandmentsMajor · 1 episodeShow
1968The Judgement of AlbionVoiceMovie
1968Decline and Fall ...of a BirdwatcherThe Prison GovernorMovie
1968William and MaryWilliam PearlMovie
1968Late Night HorrorWilliam Pearl · 1 episodeShow
1968Ooh La La!1 episodeShow
1967The PrisonerThe Colonel · 1 episodeShow
1965BBC Play of the MonthPhilip Carter · 1 episodeShow
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreAndrew Pelham · 7 episodesShow
1965The Wars of the RosesDuke of YorkMovie
1965The Wars of the RosesPlantagenet · 1 episodeShow
1963FestivalSolinus, Duke of Ephesus · 1 episodeShow
1962Mix Me a PersonPhilip Bellamy, QCMovie
1962Twice Round the DaffodilsIan RichardsMovie
1960The Siege of Sidney StreetInspector ManneringMovie
1960Your Money or Your WifePelham ButterworthMovie
1959Operation BullshineLt. Gordon BrownMovie
1959The Captain's TableChief Officer Shawe-WilsonMovie
1958Rockets GaloreHugh ManderMovie
1957Doctor at LargeDr. Tony BenskinMovie
1956Tiger in the SmokeGeoffrey LeavittMovie
1956EyewitnessWadeMovie
1956Armchair TheatreFaulk · 1 episodeShow
1956The Black TentCol. Sir Charles HollandMovie
1955An Alligator Named DaisyPeter WestonMovie
1955Josephine and MenAlan HartleyMovie
1955Above Us the WavesLieutenant Tom CorbettMovie
1955SimbaInspector DrummondMovie
1954Mad About MenJeff SaundersMovie
1954The BeachcomberEwart GrayMovie
1954Doctor in the HouseTony BenskinMovie
1954You Know What Sailors AreMovie
1953A Day to RememberJim CarverMovie
1953MogamboDonald NordleyMovie
1953The Cruel SeaLockhartMovie
1948Portrait from LifeMinor RoleMovie
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