Person
Don Warrington
Acting · Born 1951-05-23 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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).
Known for
Doctor Who
Mr.Präsident
Death in Paradise
Selwyn Patterson
Casualty
Trevor
Lewis
Marcus Harding
Waking the Dead
Gideon Barclay
Red Dwarf
Commander Binks
Beyond Paradise
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Trial & Retribution
Willard Pembroke
Law & Order: UK
2009
Filmography
- 2025Policing ParadiseSelf - Narrator
- 2023Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a RoyalSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2023Beyond ParadiseCommissioner Selwyn Patterson
- 2022Remembers…Self
- 2022Still We Thrive
- 2020Between the CoversSelf
- 2018You, Me and HimCharles
- 2017Henry IXGilbert
- 2016On Christmas NightHimself
- 2016King LearKing Lear
- 2016The FiveRay Kenwood
- 2015The ArkPaul
- 2014Chasing ShadowsCS Harley Drayton
- 2012BBC Comedy FeedsDad
- 2011The Toys That Made ChristmasSelf - Child of the '60s
- 2011Death in ParadiseSelwyn Patterson
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2011The Glass ManAnton
- 2010Going PostalPriest of Offler
- 2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeChief Superintendent
- 2009The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsReadings (voice)
- 2009Law & Order: UK
- 2009God, Smell and Her
- 2008Futureshock: CometGeneral Harris
- 2007ExpressoMr Jones
- 2007LewisMarcus Harding
- 2007M.I. HighBodleian / Crime
- 2006New Street LawJudge Ken Winyard
- 2006Land of the BlindFirst Sergeant
- 2006Manilla EnvelopesBattersea Gazette Paper Boss
- 2005Doctor WhoMr.Präsident
- 2004Fat SlagsGeneral Secretary
- 2004LondonIgnatius Sancho
- 2003Grumpy Old MenSelf
- 2003The CrouchesBailey
- 2002Believe NothingChairman
- 2002ManchildPatrick
- 2001Waking the DeadGideon Barclay
- 2000The Unforgettable Leonard RossiterSelf
- 2000Arabian NightsHari Ben Karim
- 2000LighthousePrison Officer Ian Goslet
- 1999Tube TalesPreacher (Steal Away)
- 1999CI5: The New Professionals
- 1999The Seventh ScrollColonel Nogo
- 19998 ½ WomenSimon
- 1998BabymotherLuther
- 1997Trial & RetributionWillard Pembroke
- 1997The TrickThe Magic Man
- 1996HamletVoltimand
- 1996'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard RossiterSelf
- 1995Backup
- 1995Number SixJohn Meybourne
- 1995ChillerJohn Meybourne
- 1994Red Dwarf: Smeg UpsCommander Blinks
- 1993To Play the KingGraham Gaunt
- 1990Camping
- 1988BorderlandJosh
- 1988Red DwarfCommander Binks
- 1987The Lion of AfricaHenry Piggot
- 1986CasualtyTrevor
- 1986LovejoyFelix
- 1985The MysteriesAngel Gabriel
- 1985C.A.T.S. EyesNigel Beaumont
- 1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathStephen Wilson
- 1981TriangleAlan Lansing
- 1980Rising DampPhilip Smith
- 1979The Last GiraffePeter Mwenga
- 1976The XYY ManJomo Ibbon
- 1975Club HavanaDave
- 1975Carbon CopyAlbert Sharpe II
- 1975Against the CrowdAlbert Sharpe II
- 1974Rising DampPhilip
- 1973Second City FirstsDave
- 1972Six Days of JusticeHenry Vaughan
- —Night ShiftDon
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