Birthday
1951/05/23 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Also know as
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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).
(1994) Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
as Commander Blinks
(2008) Futureshock: Comet
as General Harris
(2000) Lighthouse
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
(1987) The Lion of Africa
as Henry Piggot
(1996) 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
(2023) Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1979) The Last Giraffe
as Peter Mwenga
(1996) Hamlet
as Voltimand
(1980) Rising Damp
as Philip Smith
(1998) Babymother
as Luther - the don
(1999) Tube Tales
as Preacher (Steal Away)
(2006) Land of the Blind
as First Sergeant
(2004) Fat Slags
as General Secretary
(1997) The Trick
as The Magic Man
(1999) Tube Tales
as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
(1984) Bloodbath at the House of Death
as Stephen Wilson
(1988) Borderland
as Josh
(2015) The Ark
as Paul
(2021) Rhythm of Life
as Self
(2011) The Glass Man
as Anton
(2010) It's a Wonderful Afterlife
as Chief Superintendent
(2022) Still We Thrive
as ---
(2016) King Lear
as King Lear
(2018) You, Me and Him
as Charles
(1999) 8 ½ Women
as Simon
(2006) Manilla Envelopes
as ---
(2011) The Toys That Made Christmas
as Self - Child of the '60s
(1975) Club Havana
as Dave
(1975) Carbon Copy
as Albert Sharpe II
Night Shift
as Don
(2016) On Christmas Night
as Himself
(2000) The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Self
(1990) Camping
as ---
(2009) God, Smell and Her
as ---
(2024) Shelf
as Grant
(2002) Believe Nothing
as Chairman
(1974) Rising Damp
as Philip
(1986) Lovejoy
as Felix
(2007) M.I. High
as ---
(2009) Law & Order: UK
as ---
(2003) The Crouches
as Bailey
(1988) Red Dwarf
as Commander Binks
(1997) Trial & Retribution
as ---
(1999) CI5: The New Professionals
as ---
(2006) New Street Law
as ---
(2002) Manchild
as Patrick
(2020) Between the Covers
as Self
(1995) Backup
as ---
(1981) Triangle
as Alan Lansing
(2006) New Street Law
as Judge Ken Winyard
(2004) London
as Ignatius Sancho
(1995) Chiller
as John Meyburne
(2014) Chasing Shadows
as CS Harley Drayton
(1985) The Mysteries
as Angel Gabriel
(2016) The Five
as Ray Kenwood
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Gideon Barclay
(1993) To Play the King
as Graham Gaunt
(2011) Death in Paradise
as Selwyn Patterson
(2017) Henry IX
as Gilbert
(2005) Doctor Who
as Mr.Präsident
(1986) Casualty
as Trevor
(2010) Going Postal
as Priest of Offler
(1985) C.A.T.S. Eyes
as ---
(2000) Arabian Nights
as Hari Ben Karim
(2009) The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
as Readings (voice)
(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
(1999) The Seventh Scroll
as Colonel Nogo
(2003) Grumpy Old Men
as Self
(2023) Beyond Paradise
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson