British actor Donald Sinden dies at 90
LONDON (AP) ― British actor Donald Sinden, known for his rich 発言する／表明する and 変化させるd 役割s, died Friday at his home in Kent, southern England, of prostate 癌, his son said. He was 90.
Marc Sinden said his father's 変化させるd career kept him so busy that he was only 失業した for five weeks in the period from 1942 to 2008.
He said his father "bravely" kept working on an arts 文書の series にもかかわらず 苦しむing a minor 一打／打撃 and had been 決定するd to keep news of his health problems from all but his closest friends.
"Even though his death was 推定する／予想するd, it is still a 抱擁する loss to his family," Marc Sinden said.
The Society of London Theatre said the marquees of London's famed West End theaters will be dimmed in Sinden's memory for one minute Friday evening.
Sinden was known as a tremendously versatile actor who excelled at everything from Shakespeare's King Lear to TV sitcoms such as "Two's Company" and "Never the Twain."
His rich, 深い 発言する／表明する was his calling card in many successful 生産／産物s, starting with his work on 行う／開催する／段階 when he entertained 軍隊／機動隊s during World War II.
He received a knighthood in 1997 in 承認 of his 出資／貢献 to the arts. By then he had appeared in dozens of films and 行う／開催する／段階 生産／産物s, often 補欠／交替の／交替するing between comedies and his work with the 王室の Shakespeare Company.
Sinden was planning a career in architecture and dabbling in amateur theater when he was spotted and asked to join a company that was entertaining British 軍隊／機動隊s. He had tried to join the 王室の 海軍 bu t had been turned 負かす／撃墜する because of chronic 喘息.
Sinden is 生き残るd by a brother, his son, four grandchildren and a 広大な／多数の／重要な-grandchild.
