Don Warrington

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-05-23 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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).

Acting

1994

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

as Commander Blinks

2008

Futureshock: Comet

as General Harris

2000

Lighthouse

as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

1987

The Lion of Africa

as Henry Piggot

2023

1979

The Last Giraffe

as Peter Mwenga

1996

Hamlet

as Voltimand

1980

Rising Damp

as Philip Smith

1998

Babymother

as Luther - the don

1999

Tube Tales

as Preacher (Steal Away)

2006

Land of the Blind

as First Sergeant

2004

Fat Slags

as General Secretary

1997

The Trick

as The Magic Man

1999

Tube Tales

as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")

1984

1988

Borderland

as Josh

2015

The Ark

as Paul

2021

2011

2010

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

as Chief Superintendent

2016

King Lear

as King Lear

2018

You, Me and Him

as Charles

1999

8 ½ Women

as Simon

2011

The Toys That Made Christmas

as Self - Child of the '60s

1975

1975

Carbon Copy

as Albert Sharpe II

2016

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