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Donald Sinden

Cast & creator

Donald Sinden

1923-10-09 (died at 90) Plymouth, Devon, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, BBC Play of the Month, Omnibus

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.

Also known as: Sir Donald Sinden, Donald Alfred Sinden

Movies

52

film credits

Series

22

television credits

Career

73

1948–2012 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Colonel Henry Hammond · 1997

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Philip Carter · 1965

Omnibus

Omnibus

Self · 1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Andrew Pelham · 1965

Performance

Performance

Edmund of Langley · 1991

Across film & television

Filmography (74)

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Colonel Henry Hammond

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Philip Carter

Omnibus

Omnibus

Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Andrew Pelham

Performance

Performance

Edmund of Langley

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

Self

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

The Colonel

Judge John Deed

Judge John Deed

Sir Joseph Channing

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Romney Pringle

Festival

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

Challenge Anneka

Self

Never the Twain

Never the Twain

Simon Peel

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Mallinson

Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

Balto

Balto

Doc (voice)

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Gryphon (voice)

Two's Company

Two's Company

Robert Hiller

Two's Company

Two's Company

Theme Song Performance

The Ten Commandments

Major

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Faulk

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Plantagenet

Late Night Horror

Late Night Horror

William Pearl

The Island at the Top of the World

The Island at the Top of the World

Sir Anthony Ross

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Duke of York

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

Lieutenant Tom Corbett

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

Mr. Umney

The Organization

The Organization

David Pulman

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

Mogambo

Mogambo

Donald Nordley

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

Self

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

Lockhart

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

Man on Bus

Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House

Tony Benskin

Twice Round the Daffodils

Twice Round the Daffodils

Ian Richards

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

Jim Carver

Villain

Villain

Gerald Draycott

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

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

Col. Pickering

An Audience with Mel Brooks

An Audience with Mel Brooks

Self (uncredited)

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy

Peter Weston

The Captain's Table

The Captain's Table

Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

The Prison Governor

Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke

Geoffrey Leavitt

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Duc d'Albufera

Mad About Men

Mad About Men

Jeff Saunders

Atatürk

Atatürk

Narrator (voice)

The National Health

The National Health

Mr. Carr / Senior Surgeon Boyd

Cuts

Cuts

Sir Luke Trimingham

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

King of France

Josephine and Men

Josephine and Men

Alan Hartley

The Treasure Seekers

The Treasure Seekers

Old Wincott

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch

British Gen. Armstrong

Mix Me a Person

Mix Me a Person

Philip Bellamy, QC

Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large

Dr. Tony Benskin

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

Minor Role

You Know What Sailors Are

You Know What Sailors Are

The Black Tent

The Black Tent

Col. Sir Charles Holland

Your Money or Your Wife

Your Money or Your Wife

Pelham Butterworth

Simba

Simba

Inspector Drummond

Eyewitness

Eyewitness

Wade

Rockets Galore

Rockets Galore

Hugh Mander

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

Lord Dumbleton

The Siege of Sidney Street

The Siege of Sidney Street

Inspector Mannering

Father Dear Father

Father Dear Father

Philip Glover

Operation Bullshine

Operation Bullshine

Lt. Gordon Brown

Present Laughter

Present Laughter

Garry Essendine

Rentadick

Rentadick

Jeffrey Armitage

The Children

The Children

Lord Wrench

Nancherrow

Nancherrow

Robin Jarvis

William and Mary

William and Mary

William Pearl

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber

Ewart Gray

The Judgement of Albion

The Judgement of Albion

Voice

The Accidental Detective

The Accidental Detective

Professor Stein