Sir Donald Alfred Sinden, CBE, is an English stage and film actor. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He was born in Plymouth, England, 9 October 1923, son of Alfred Edward Sinden and his wife Mabel Agnes (Fuller). Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He married actress Diana Mahony[1]. One of their sons, Marc Sinden, is the actor and West End theatre producer. Marc Sinden, born 9 May 1954, is a Theatre producer, Artistic director and Actor whose career has spanned West End His other son, Jeremy Sinden was also an actor but died in 1996. Jeremy Sinden was an English actor Early Life He was born into a theatrical family both his parents were actors
A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company 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. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London was a drama school in the UK which offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a professional career and Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. 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. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
He subsequently appeared in many British films of the 1950s including The Cruel Sea and Doctor in the House. The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British film from Ealing Studios. It was directed by Charles Frend and starred Jack Hawkins and Doctor in the House is a 1954 British Comedy Film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box.
Among many notable stage appearance, for the RSC Stratford 1976 season, and then at the Aldwych in 1977, he gave an outstanding comedy performance partnered with Judi Dench as Beatrice and Benedick in John Barton's "British Raj" revival of Much Ado About Nothing. Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600 it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter
He reached widespread fame in the long-running London Weekend Television situation comedy Two's Company, in which he played an English butler, Robert, to Elaine Stritch's American character, Dorothy. Elaine Stritch (born February 2 1926) Much of the humour derived from the culture clashes between Robert's very stiff-upper-lip Britishness and Dorothy's devil-may-care New York view on life. Both Sinden and Stritch performed the title music. He was also to star as Simon Peel in the comedy Never the Twain (1981), in which he played a snooty antiques dealer who had to live next door to Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies), who also ran an antique shop. Never the Twain was a British sitcom produced by Thames Television, created by Johnnie Mortimer and starring Windsor Davies as Oliver Windsor Davies (born August 28 1930, Canning Town, West Ham, London) is an English -born Welsh actor well known The pair hated each other, and were thus horrified when they discovered that their son and daughter were to be married - thus meaning they were related. Despite the lack of critical acclaim, this series was to run for 11 years.
He also appeared on radio including Sir Charles Baskerville in the Radio 4 adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Other roles include many in the works of Shakespeare for which he gained plaudits and won numerous awards for his portrayals, a regular appearance as a senior judge (and father-in-law to the title character) in Judge John Deed, and even a guest role in the cult series The Prisoner. William Shakespeare ( baptised Judge John Deed is a British Legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. The Prisoner is an allegorical British 1960s Science fiction television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan. He also appeared in the 1978 film The National Health. The National Health is a play by Peter Nichols. Reminiscent of the Carry On film series this Black comedy with tragic overtones
He was spoofed mercilessly on Spitting Image (a British satirical television programme in which famous people were usually lampooned by viciously caricatured latex puppets) for his stage actorly delivery and fruity voice (for example, his puppet, sitting in a restaurant, summons a waiter and asks "Do you serve a ham salad?" the waiter replies "Yes, we serve salad to anyone") and was shown fawning to the Queen and requesting a knighthood from her. Spitting Image was a British satirical Puppet show that ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996 He did however receive a knighthood in 1997.
Sinden has written two autobiographical volumes, A Touch of the Memoirs (1982) and Laughter in the Second Act (1985), as well as a collection of "epitaphs and final utterances," The Last Word (1994). He was also a leading figure in the fight to launch the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden in the 1980s.
As of 2007, Sir Donald Sinden is currently on a UK and European tour, taking in various venues to talk about his life, work and anecdotes and in 2008 is fronting a new documentary to be released world-wide on DVD, both produced by Marc Sinden. Marc Sinden, born 9 May 1954, is a Theatre producer, Artistic director and Actor whose career has spanned West End
References
- ^ Who's Who in the Theatre, 17th edition (1981)
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