Actor
Don Warrington
23 May 1951 (75) Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Movies
- 35
- Shows
- 38
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
- 2025
- Policing Paradise · Series · Narrator
- 2023
- Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal · Film · Narrator (voice)
- Beyond Paradise · Series · Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
- 2022
- Still We Thrive · Film
- 2018
- You, Me and Him · Film · Charles
- 2017
- Henry IX · Series · Gilbert
- 2016
- On Christmas Night · Film
- King Lear · Film · King Lear
- The Five · Series · Ray Kenwood
- 2015
- The Ark · Film · Paul
- 2014
- Night Shift · Film · Don
- Chasing Shadows · Series · CS Harley Drayton
- 2012
- BBC Comedy Feeds · Series · Dad
- 2011
- The Toys That Made Christmas · Film · Child of the '60s
- The Glass Man · Film · Anton
- Going Postal 2in1 · Film · Priest
- Death in Paradise · Series · Selwyn Patterson
- 2010
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife · Film · Chief Superintendent
- Going Postal · Series · Priest of Offler
- 2009
- God, Smell and Her · Film
- The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words · Series · Readings (voice)
- Law & Order: UK · Series
- 2008
- Futureshock: Comet · Film · General Harris
- 2007
- 2006
- Land of the Blind · Film · First Sergeant
- Manilla Envelopes · Film · Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
- New Street Law · Series · Judge Ken Winyard
- 2005
- Doctor Who · Series · Mr.Präsident
- 2004
- 2003
- Grumpy Old Men · Series
- The Crouches · Series · Bailey
- 2002
- Believe Nothing · Series · Chairman
- Manchild · Series · Patrick
- 2001
- Waking the Dead · Series · Gideon Barclay
- 2000
- The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter · Film
- Lighthouse · Film · Prison Officer Ian Goslet
- Arabian Nights · Series · Hari Ben Karim
- 1999
- Tube Tales · Film · Preacher (Steal Away)
- 8 ½ Women · Film · Simon
- CI5: The New Professionals · Series
- The Seventh Scroll · Series · Colonel Nogo
- 1998
- Babymother · Film · Luther
- 1997
- The Trick · Film · The Magic Man
- Trial & Retribution · Series · Willard Pembroke
- 1996
- Hamlet · Film · Voltimand
- 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter · Film
- 1995
- Number Six · Film · John Meybourne
- Backup · Series
- Chiller · Series · John Meybourne
- 1994
- Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups · Film · Commander Blinks
- 1993
- To Play the King · Series · Graham Gaunt
- 1990
- Camping · Film
- 1988
- Borderland · Film · Josh
- Red Dwarf · Series · Commander Binks
- 1987
- The Lion of Africa · Film · Henry Piggot
- 1986
- 1985
- The Mysteries · Series · Angel Gabriel
- C.A.T.S. Eyes · Series · Nigel Beaumont
- 1984
- Bloodbath at the House of Death · Film · Stephen Wilson
- 1981
- Triangle · Series · Alan Lansing
- 1980
- Rising Damp · Film · Philip Smith
- 1979
- The Last Giraffe · Film · Peter Mwenga
- 1976
- The XYY Man · Series · Jomo Ibbon
- 1975
- Club Havana · Film · Dave
- Carbon Copy · Film · Albert Sharpe II
- Against the Crowd · Series · Albert Sharpe II
- 1974
- Rising Damp · Series · Philip
- 1973
- Second City Firsts · Series · Dave
- 1972
- Six Days of Justice · Series · Henry Vaughan