Don Warrington

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Known For

Acting

Born

1951-05-23

Place of Birth

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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Don Warrington

Biography

Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams) is a Trinidadian-born British actor. He is best known for playing Philip Smith in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp (1974–78), and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the BBC detective series Death in Paradise (2011–present).

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Acting History

2023
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Beyond Paradise as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
2022
Still We Thrive
2021
Rhythm of Life as Self
2020
Between the Covers as Self
2018
You, Me and Him as Charles
2017
Henry IX as Gilbert
2016
On Christmas Night as Himself
2016
King Lear as King Lear
2016
The Five as Ray Kenwood
2015
The Ark as Paul
2014
Chasing Shadows as CS Harley Drayton
2012
BBC Comedy Feeds as Dad
2011
The Toys That Made Christmas as Self - Child of the '60s
2011
Death in Paradise as Selwyn Patterson
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011
The Glass Man as Anton
2010
Going Postal as Priest of Offler
2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife as Chief Superintendent
2009
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words as Readings (voice)
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
God, Smell and Her
2008
Futureshock: Comet as General Harris
2007
M.I. High
2006
New Street Law
2006
New Street Law as Judge Ken Winyard
2006
Land of the Blind as First Sergeant
2006
Manilla Envelopes
2005
Doctor Who as Mr.Präsident
2004
Fat Slags as General Secretary
2004
London as Ignatius Sancho
2003
Grumpy Old Men as Self
2003
The Crouches as Bailey
2002
Believe Nothing as Chairman
2002
Manchild as Patrick
2001
Waking the Dead as Gideon Barclay
2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter as Self
2000
Arabian Nights as Hari Ben Karim
2000
Lighthouse as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
1999
Tube Tales as Preacher (Steal Away)
1999
Tube Tales as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
1999
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Seventh Scroll as Colonel Nogo
1999
8 ½ Women as Simon
1998
Babymother as Luther - the don
1997
Trial & Retribution
1997
The Trick as The Magic Man
1996
Hamlet as Voltimand
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter as Self
1995
Backup
1995
Chiller as John Meyburne
1994
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups as Commander Blinks
1993
To Play the King as Graham Gaunt
1990
Camping
1988
Borderland as Josh
1988
Red Dwarf as Commander Binks
1987
The Lion of Africa as Henry Piggot
1986
Casualty as Trevor
1986
Lovejoy as Felix
1985
The Mysteries as Angel Gabriel
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes as Nigel Beaumont
1984
Bloodbath at the House of Death as Stephen Wilson
1981
Triangle as Alan Lansing
1980
Rising Damp as Philip Smith
1979
The Last Giraffe as Peter Mwenga
1975
Club Havana as Dave
1975
Carbon Copy as Albert Sharpe II
1974
Rising Damp as Philip
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Night Shift as Don