Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-05-23 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Also known As
دان وارینگتون
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).
1994
as Commander Blinks
2008
as General Harris
2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
1987
as Henry Piggot
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1979
as Peter Mwenga
1996
as Voltimand
1980
as Philip Smith
1998
as Luther - the don
1999
as Preacher (Steal Away)
2006
as First Sergeant
2004
as General Secretary
1997
as The Magic Man
1999
as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
1984
as Stephen Wilson
1988
as Josh
2015
as Paul
2021
as Self
2011
as Anton
2010
as Chief Superintendent
2022
2016
as King Lear
2018
as Charles
1999
as Simon
2011
as Self - Child of the '60s
1975
as Dave
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
-
as Don
2016
as Himself
2000
1990
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