Don Warrington
Acting
Biography
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).
Born: May 23, 1951
Place of Birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Known For
Red Dwarf
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf.
King Lear
Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
To Play the King
Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.
Doctor Who
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Rising Damp
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
Death in Paradise
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Lovejoy
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Chasing Shadows
A socially awkward detective who deals better with data than people is assigned to work on a missing persons unit searching for lost souls.
Filmography
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
as Self
as Self
as Charles
as Gilbert
as King Lear
as Ray Kenwood
as Paul
as CS Harley Drayton
as Self - Child of the '60s
as Selwyn Patterson
as Self - Participant
as Anton
as Priest of Offler
as Chief Superintendent
as General Harris
as Judge Ken Winyard
as First Sergeant
as Mr.Präsident
as General Secretary
as Self
as Bailey
as Chairman
as Gideon Barclay
as Hari Ben Karim
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
as Preacher (Steal Away)
as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
as Colonel Nogo
as Simon
as Luther - the don
as The Magic Man
as Voltimand
as John Meyburne
as Commander Blinks
as Graham Gaunt
as Josh
as Commander Binks
as Henry Piggot
as Trevor
as Felix
as Angel Gabriel
as Nigel Beaumont
as Stephen Wilson
as Alan Lansing
as Philip Smith
as Peter Mwenga
as Dave
as Albert Sharpe II
as Philip