Sir Donald Sinden
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Sir Donald Sinden CBE, FRSA |
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Pinewood Studios publicity shot, circa 1956
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| Born |
Donald Alfred Sinden 9 October 1923 St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Died | 12 September 2014 (aged 90) Wittersham, Isle of Oxney, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1942–2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Mahony (m. 1948–2004, her death) |
| Children |
Jeremy Sinden (1950–1996) Marc Sinden (b. 1954) |
| Awards |
KB; CBE; FRSA; D.Litt; D.Arts see awards table |
Sir Donald Alfred Sinden, CBE FRSA (9 October 1923 – 12 September 2014) was an English actor in theatre, film, television and radio as well as an author.
Sinden starred in the 1953 film Mogambo and achieved early fame as a Rank Organisation film star in the 1950s in films including Doctor in the House (1954), Simba (1955), Eyewitness (1956) and Doctor at Large (1957). He then became highly regarded as an award-winning Shakespearean and West End theatre actor and television sit-com star. winning the 1977 Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for King Lear, and starring in the sitcoms Two's Company (1975–79) and Never the Twain (1981–91).
Sinden made his first stage appearance at the amateur Brighton Little Theatre (of which he later became President) in 1941, stepping into a part in place of his cousin Frank, who had been called up to war and so was unable to appear. Offered a professional acting part by the Brighton impresario Charles F. Smith, he made his first professional appearance in January 1942, playing Dudley in a production of George and Margaret for the Mobile Entertainments Southern Area company (known as MESA) and in other modern comedies, playing to the armed forces all along the South Coast of England during World War II and later trained as an actor for two terms at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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