Donald Sinden, English actor, in role of Neville Heath

September 11, 2014 - File - Sir DONALD SINDEN, English actor in theatre, film, television and radio, as well as an author has died at his home aged 90 following a long illness. He made his name on stage as a Shakespearean actor and appeared in more than 70 film and TV productions. He had been suffering from prostate cancer for several years, and died of the disease at his home in Kent. The Society of London Theatre has announced that the West End will dim its lights in the actor's memory. Sir Donald was appointed a CBE in 1979 and then knighted in 1997 for his services to drama. Although renowned for his theatre work, he was arguably best known to the masses for his TV appearances - in the sitcom Never the Twain and the BBC legal drama Judge John Deed. Pictured - Feb. 02, 1958 - Star studies a killer in preparation for his new film : British star Donald Sinden has been studying the case of Neville Heath, the murderer hanged in 1947. The 32-year-old actor said that he is basing his characterisation in a new film, Eye Witness, on Heath. He said the difference is that that in the film his murder does not involve sex, but the man I play is similar. This is Sinden's first villainous screen role. photo shows Donald Sinden after the makeup experts had shaved his right eyebrow in half to represent a sinister scar. (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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