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Another old stalwart has died - Sir Donald Sinden

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Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 18 Sep 2014 23:19

Dear All

Hello

Sir Donald Sinden was a regular panelist on the game show "Blankety Blank"
presented by Lily Savage, also known as paul O'Grady.

Sir Donald really 'hammed it up' and he was so funny and charming.

He also played a medical student in the first "Doctor in the House" film with Dirk Bogarde.


What a lovely and talented man.

With much respect.
Elizabeth,
xx

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 13 Sep 2014 12:38

Who remembers his son in Crossroads?

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 13 Sep 2014 03:31

Rest in peace, Donald, you entertained so many and will be remembered. No more pain and suffering now


Lizx

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 12 Sep 2014 17:35

Wonderful voice, clipped and precise, but also smooth and chocolatey,

RIP Donald x

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 12 Sep 2014 17:01

He was in most British War films, particularly his screen debut in The Cruel Sea.

Loved him with Elaine Stritch, can hear him saying 'Yes, Modom!'

Very sad. The lights in Theatre Land will be dimmed for him tonight.

Researching:

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 12 Sep 2014 11:49

Aw, he was a good actor and seemed like a decent chap.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 12 Sep 2014 11:32

Theatre, film and TV actor Sir Donald Sinden has died at his home aged 90 following a long illness. He had been suffering from prostate cancer for several years, and died of the disease at his home in Kent.

Although renowned for his theatre work, he was also known for his TV appearances, in the sitcom Never the Twain, and his role as Court of Appeal Judge Sir Joseph Channing in the BBC series Judge John Deed.

R.I.P. Donald <3

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"