Don Warrington
Acting
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).
TV Shows(36)
Beyond Paradise
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
2023
Remembers…
Self
2022
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Henry IX
Gilbert
2017
The Five
Ray Kenwood
2016
Chasing Shadows
CS Harley Drayton
2014
BBC Comedy Feeds
Dad
2012
Death in Paradise
Selwyn Patterson
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Going Postal
Priest of Offler
2010
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Readings (voice)
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
M.I. High
Bodleian / Crime
2007
New Street Law
2006
Doctor Who
Mr.Präsident
2005
London
Ignatius Sancho
2004
Grumpy Old Men
Self
2003
The Crouches
Bailey
2003
Believe Nothing
Chairman
2002
Manchild
Patrick
2002
Waking the Dead
Gideon Barclay
2001
Arabian Nights
Hari Ben Karim
2000
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Seventh Scroll
Colonel Nogo
1999
Trial & Retribution
1997
Backup
1995
Chiller
John Meybourne
1995
To Play the King
Graham Gaunt
1993
Red Dwarf
Commander Binks
1988
Casualty
Trevor
1986
Lovejoy
Felix
1986
The Mysteries
Angel Gabriel
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Nigel Beaumont
1985
Triangle
Alan Lansing
1981
The XYY Man
Jomo Ibbon
1976
Rising Damp
Philip
1974
Movies(33)
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Still We Thrive
2022
You, Me and Him
Charles
2018
On Christmas Night
Himself
2016
King Lear
King Lear
2016
The Ark
Paul
2015
The Toys That Made Christmas
Self - Child of the '60s
2011
The Glass Man
Anton
2011
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Chief Superintendent
2010
God, Smell and Her
2009
Futureshock: Comet
General Harris
2008
Expresso
Mr Jones
2007
Land of the Blind
First Sergeant
2006
Manilla Envelopes
Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
2006
Fat Slags
General Secretary
2004
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Self
2000
Lighthouse
Prison Officer Ian Goslet
2000
Tube Tales
Preacher (Steal Away)
1999
8 ½ Women
Simon
1999
Babymother
Luther
1998
The Trick
The Magic Man
1997
Hamlet
Voltimand
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
1996
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Commander Blinks
1994
Camping
1990
Borderland
Josh
1988
The Lion of Africa
Henry Piggot
1987
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Stephen Wilson
1984
Rising Damp
Philip Smith
1980
The Last Giraffe
Peter Mwenga
1979
Club Havana
Dave
1975
Carbon Copy
Albert Sharpe II
1975
Night Shift
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