Don Warrington

Personal Info

Birthday

May 23, 1951

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Also Known As

دان وارینگتون

Don Warrington

Biography

Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) 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

Death in Paradise

Doctor Who

Red Dwarf

Casualty

Waking the Dead

Beyond Paradise

Lovejoy

Going Postal

Filmography

2023
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Rhythm of Life
as Self
2018
You, Me and Him
as Charles
2016
On Christmas Night
as Himself
King Lear
as King Lear
2015
The Ark
as Paul
2011
The Toys That Made Christmas
as Self - Child of the '60s
The Glass Man
as Anton
2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
as Chief Superintendent
2008
Futureshock: Comet
as General Harris
2006
Land of the Blind
as First Sergeant
2004
Fat Slags
as General Secretary
2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Self
Lighthouse
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
1999
Tube Tales
as Preacher (Steal Away)
8 ½ Women
as Simon
1998
Babymother
as Luther - the don
1997
The Trick
as The Magic Man
1996
Hamlet
as Voltimand
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
1994
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
as Commander Blinks
1988
Borderland
as Josh
1987
The Lion of Africa
as Henry Piggot
1984
Bloodbath at the House of Death
as Stephen Wilson
1979
The Last Giraffe
as Peter Mwenga
1975
Club Havana
as Dave
Carbon Copy
as Albert Sharpe II