I remember Iain Laird mentioning that John Cleese' character, Basil Fawlty, was inspired by a run in with a Sinclair hotelier (not Ian of Noss). In Mr. Cleese' new movie, Rat Race, he is a Howard Hughes type excentric casino owner named Donald Sinclair.
Donald Sinclair, Indianapolis
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