Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 23, 1951
Place of Birth:
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Still We Thrive | |
| 2021 | Rhythm of Life | Self |
| 2018 | You, Me and Him | Charles |
| 2016 | King Lear | King Lear |
| 2016 | On Christmas Night | Himself |
| 2015 | The Ark | Paul |
| 2011 | The Glass Man | Anton |
| 2011 | The Toys That Made Christmas | Self - Child of the '60s |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Chief Superintendent |
| 2009 | God, Smell and Her | |
| 2008 | Futureshock: Comet | General Harris |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | First Sergeant |
| 2006 | Manilla Envelopes | |
| 2004 | Fat Slags | General Secretary |
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Prison Officer Ian Goslet |
| 2000 | The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Self |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Preacher (Steal Away) |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Preacher (segment "Steal Away") |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | Simon |
| 1998 | Babymother | Luther - the don |
| 1997 | The Trick | The Magic Man |
| 1996 | 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter | Self |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Voltimand |
| 1994 | Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups | Commander Blinks |
| 1990 | Camping | |
| 1988 | Borderland | Josh |
| 1987 | The Lion of Africa | Henry Piggot |
| 1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | Stephen Wilson |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Philip Smith |
| 1979 | The Last Giraffe | Peter Mwenga |
| 1975 | Club Havana | Dave |
| 1975 | Carbon Copy | Albert Sharpe II |
| Night Shift | Don |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Commissioner Selwyn Patterson |
| 2020 | Between the Covers | Self |
| 2017 | Henry IX | Gilbert |
| 2016 | The Five | Ray Kenwood |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | CS Harley Drayton |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Selwyn Patterson |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2010 | Going Postal | Priest of Offler |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | |
| 2009 | The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words | Readings (voice) |
| 2007 | M.I. High | |
| 2006 | New Street Law | |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Judge Ken Winyard |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Mr.Präsident |
| 2004 | London | Ignatius Sancho |
| 2003 | The Crouches | Bailey |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men | Self |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | Chairman |
| 2002 | Manchild | Patrick |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Gideon Barclay |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Hari Ben Karim |
| 1999 | CI5: The New Professionals | |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Colonel Nogo |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1995 | Backup | |
| 1995 | Chiller | John Meyburne |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Graham Gaunt |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Commander Binks |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Felix |
| 1986 | Casualty | Trevor |
| 1985 | The Mysteries | Angel Gabriel |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | |
| 1981 | Triangle | Alan Lansing |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Philip |