Don Warrington

Acting

Don Warrington

Born 23 May 1951 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago · 75

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

Highlights

Doctor Who2005 · Series · Mr.Präsident
Red Dwarf1988 · Series · Commander Binks
Hamlet1996 · Film · Voltimand
Death in Paradise2011 · Series · Selwyn Patterson
Going Postal2010 · Series · Priest of Offler
Lewis2007 · Series · Marcus Harding

Filmography

Movies

28 films

Still We Thrive2022 · Film
You, Me and Him2018 · Film · Charles
King Lear2016 · Film · King Lear
The Ark2015 · Film · Paul
The Glass Man2011 · Film · Anton
Going Postal 2in12011 · Film · Priest
It's a Wonderful Afterlife2010 · Film · Chief Superintendent
God, Smell and Her2009 · Film
Futureshock: Comet2008 · Film · General Harris
Expresso2007 · Film · Mr Jones
Land of the Blind2006 · Film · First Sergeant
Manilla Envelopes2006 · Film · Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
Fat Slags2004 · Film · General Secretary
Lighthouse2000 · Film · Prison Officer Ian Goslet
Tube Tales1999 · Film · Preacher (Steal Away)
8 ½ Women1999 · Film · Simon
Babymother1998 · Film · Luther
The Trick1997 · Film · The Magic Man
Hamlet1996 · Film · Voltimand
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups1994 · Film · Commander Blinks
Camping1990 · Film
Borderland1988 · Film · Josh
The Lion of Africa1987 · Film · Henry Piggot
Bloodbath at the House of Death1984 · Film · Stephen Wilson
Rising Damp1980 · Film · Philip Smith
The Last Giraffe1979 · Film · Peter Mwenga
Club Havana1975 · Film · Dave
Carbon Copy1975 · Film · Albert Sharpe II

Filmography

Series

31 shows

Beyond Paradise2023 · Series · Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Henry IX2017 · Series · Gilbert
The Five2016 · Series · Ray Kenwood
Chasing Shadows2014 · Series · CS Harley Drayton
Death in Paradise2011 · Series · Selwyn Patterson
Going Postal2010 · Series · Priest of Offler
Law & Order: UK2009 · Series
Lewis2007 · Series · Marcus Harding
M.I. High2007 · Series · Bodleian / Crime
New Street Law2006 · Series · Judge Ken Winyard
Doctor Who2005 · Series · Mr.Präsident
The Crouches2003 · Series · Bailey
Believe Nothing2002 · Series · Chairman
Manchild2002 · Series · Patrick
Waking the Dead2001 · Series · Gideon Barclay
Arabian Nights2000 · Series · Hari Ben Karim
CI5: The New Professionals1999 · Series
The Seventh Scroll1999 · Series · Colonel Nogo
Trial & Retribution1997 · Series · Willard Pembroke
Backup1995 · Series
Chiller1995 · Series · John Meybourne
To Play the King1993 · Series · Graham Gaunt
Red Dwarf1988 · Series · Commander Binks
Casualty1986 · Series · Trevor
Lovejoy1986 · Series · Felix
The Mysteries1985 · Series · Angel Gabriel
C.A.T.S. Eyes1985 · Series · Nigel Beaumont
Triangle1981 · Series · Alan Lansing
The XYY Man1976 · Series · Jomo Ibbon
Rising Damp1974 · Series · Philip
Six Days of Justice1972 · Series · Henry Vaughan