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Don Warrington

Don Warrington

Known For Acting
Birthday May 23, 1951 (74)
Birthplace Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Filmography

You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him

2018

as Charles

King Lear

King Lear

2016

as King Lear

The Ark

The Ark

2015

as Paul

The Glass Man

The Glass Man

2011

as Anton

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

as Chief Superintendent

Futureshock: Comet

Futureshock: Comet

2008

as General Harris

Land of the Blind

Land of the Blind

2006

as First Sergeant

Fat Slags

Fat Slags

2004

as General Secretary

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

2000

as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women

1999

as Simon

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999

as Preacher (Steal Away)

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999

as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")

Babymother

Babymother

1998

as Luther - the don

The Trick

The Trick

1997

as The Magic Man

Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as Voltimand

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

1994

as Commander Blinks

The Lion of Africa

The Lion of Africa

1987

as Henry Piggot

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984

as Stephen Wilson

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

1980

as Philip Smith

The Last Giraffe

The Last Giraffe

1979

as Peter Mwenga

Club Havana

Club Havana

1975

as Dave

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Death in Paradise

as Selwyn Patterson

Episodes: 112

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Rising Damp

as Philip

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Sep 02, 1974

Triangle

as Alan Lansing

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 05, 1981

Manchild

as Patrick

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Feb 19, 2002

The Crouches

as Bailey

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 09, 2003

Casualty

as Trevor

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

New Street Law

as Judge Ken Winyard

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 04, 2006

Believe Nothing

as Chairman

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 14, 2002

Chasing Shadows

as CS Harley Drayton

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 04, 2014

The Five

as Ray Kenwood

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 15, 2016

To Play the King

as Graham Gaunt

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 21, 1993

London

as Ignatius Sancho

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 07, 2004

The Mysteries

as Angel Gabriel

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 22, 1985

Henry IX

as Gilbert

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 05, 2017

Waking the Dead

as Gideon Barclay

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Going Postal

as Priest of Offler

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 30, 2010

Arabian Nights

as Hari Ben Karim

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 30, 2000

The Seventh Scroll

as Colonel Nogo

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 15, 1999

Lovejoy

as Felix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Red Dwarf

as Commander Binks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 15, 1988

Chiller

as John Meyburne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 1995

Doctor Who

as Mr.Präsident

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

as Readings (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 17, 2009

Beyond Paradise

as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 24, 2023

Grumpy Old Men

as Self

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Oct 10, 2003

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 12, 1985

New Street Law

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 04, 2006

Trial & Retribution

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 19, 1997

M.I. High

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2007

Law & Order: UK

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 23, 2009

CI5: The New Professionals

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Between the Covers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2020

Backup

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1995

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2011

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