Background
He was born in London into a theatrical family, both his parents were actors. His father was Sir Donald Sinden and his mother was Diana Mahony.
He was born in London into a theatrical family, both his parents were actors. His father was Sir Donald Sinden and his mother was Diana Mahony.
He was educated at Edgeborough and Lancing College.
He went to the Pitlochry Festival to train as an assistant stage manager and then spent two seasons in Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1970-1971, also as an assistant stage manager and understudied 45 parts. He appeared in pantomime and representative in Bournemouth, Farnham, Leatherhead and Windsor and he spent one season at the Chichester Festival. Whilst still at drama school he made his West End stage acting début in 1972 at the Cambridge as Private Broughton in R. C. Sherriff"s Journey"s End and then returned to the Chichester Festival and appeared in four plays there.
Jeremy played "Baloo" the bear in a 1984 West End production of Rudyard Kipling"s The Jungle Book, at the Adelphi, a production that also featured Fenella Fielding as Kaa the Python.
In 1994 he appeared at the Royal National as Major Swindon in Shaw"s The Devil"s Disciple and his last performance was also for the National the following year at the Old Vic playing Toad in Alan Bennett"s adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. television His work on television included playing Anthony Mortimer in Crossroads for two years.
The Expert. Danger UXB. Henry Weldon in Have His Carcase.
"Boy" Mulcaster in Brideshead Revisited.
The Far Pavilions. Never the Twain. Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy. Middlemarch; The House of Windsor and As Time Goes By.
His last role was as Mr Barling in The Famous Five series episode Five Go To Smugglers Top, which was dedicated to him following its broadcast in 1996.