Acting
Don Warrington
Born 23 May 1951 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
72 credits
Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams) 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
Acting 72
- 2025Policing ParadiseSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2023Beyond ParadiseSeriesCommissioner Selwyn Patterson
- 2023Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a RoyalFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Still We ThriveFilm
- 2018You, Me and HimFilmCharles
- 2017Henry IXSeriesGilbert
- 2016The FiveSeriesRay Kenwood
- 2016King LearFilmKing Lear
- 2016On Christmas NightFilmHimself
- 2015The ArkFilmPaul
- 2014Chasing ShadowsSeriesCS Harley Drayton
- 2014Night ShiftFilmDon
- 2012BBC Comedy FeedsSeriesDad
- 2011Death in ParadiseSeriesSelwyn Patterson
- 2011The Glass ManFilmAnton
- 2011Going Postal 2in1FilmPriest
- 2011The Toys That Made ChristmasFilmSelf - Child of the '60s
- 2010Going PostalSeriesPriest of Offler
- 2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeFilmChief Superintendent
- 2009Law & Order: UKSeries
- 2009God, Smell and HerFilm
- 2009The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsSeriesReadings (voice)
- 2008Futureshock: CometFilmGeneral Harris
- 2007LewisSeriesMarcus Harding
- 2007M.I. HighSeriesBodleian / Crime
- 2007ExpressoFilmMr Jones
- 2006Land of the BlindFilmFirst Sergeant
- 2006New Street LawSeriesJudge Ken Winyard
- 2006Manilla EnvelopesFilmBattersea Gazette Paper Boss
- 2005Doctor WhoSeriesMr.Präsident
- 2004Fat SlagsFilmGeneral Secretary
- 2004LondonSeriesIgnatius Sancho
- 2003Grumpy Old MenSeriesSelf
- 2003The CrouchesSeriesBailey
- 2002Believe NothingSeriesChairman
- 2002ManchildSeriesPatrick
- 2001Waking the DeadSeriesGideon Barclay
- 2000Arabian NightsSeriesHari Ben Karim
- 2000LighthouseFilmPrison Officer Ian Goslet
- 2000The Unforgettable Leonard RossiterFilmSelf
- 19998 ½ WomenFilmSimon
- 1999The Seventh ScrollSeriesColonel Nogo
- 1999Tube TalesFilmPreacher (segment "Steal Away"), Preacher (Steal Away)
- 1999CI5: The New ProfessionalsSeries
- 1998BabymotherFilmLuther
- 1997Trial & RetributionSeriesWillard Pembroke
- 1997The TrickFilmThe Magic Man
- 1996HamletFilmVoltimand
- 1996'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard RossiterFilmSelf
- 1995ChillerSeriesJohn Meybourne
- 1995BackupSeries
- 1995Number SixFilmJohn Meybourne
- 1994Red Dwarf: Smeg UpsFilmCommander Blinks
- 1993To Play the KingSeriesGraham Gaunt
- 1990CampingFilm
- 1988Red DwarfSeriesCommander Binks
- 1988BorderlandFilmJosh
- 1987The Lion of AfricaFilmHenry Piggot
- 1986LovejoySeriesFelix
- 1985C.A.T.S. EyesSeriesNigel Beaumont
- 1985The MysteriesSeriesAngel Gabriel
- 1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathFilmStephen Wilson
- 1981TriangleSeriesAlan Lansing
- 1980Rising DampFilmPhilip Smith
- 1979The Last GiraffeFilmPeter Mwenga
- 1976The XYY ManSeriesJomo Ibbon
- 1975Against the CrowdSeriesAlbert Sharpe II
- 1975Club HavanaFilmDave
- 1975Carbon CopyFilmAlbert Sharpe II
- 1974Rising DampSeriesPhilip
- 1973Second City FirstsSeriesDave
- 1972Six Days of JusticeSeriesHenry Vaughan
Filmography from TMDB.