Sir Donald Alfred Sinden, CBE (born Plymouth, 9 October 1923) is an English stage and film actor. A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company he first acted at the Brighton Little Theatre (of which he later became President) in 1941 and broke into professional acting after appearing in revues for the armed forces during the Second World War. He subsequently appeared in many British films of the 1950s including "The Cruel Sea" and "Doctor in the House". Wikipedia
The son of a country chemist, the British actor Donald Sinden intended to pursue a career in architecture but was spotted in an amateur theatrical production and asked to join a company that entertained the troops during World War II (Sinden was rejected www.imdb.com/name/nm0801786/
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