Donald Sinden

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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia