Don Warrington
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).
Known For
Doctor Who
Death in Paradise
Casualty
Red Dwarf
Waking the Dead
Lewis
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Law & Order: UK
All Movies (35)
- Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Still We Thrive2022
- You, Me and Him2018 · as Charles
- On Christmas Night2016 · as Himself
- King Lear2016 · as King Lear
- The Ark2015 · as Paul
- The Toys That Made Christmas2011 · as Self - Child of the '60s
- The Glass Man2011 · as Anton
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife2010 · as Chief Superintendent
- God, Smell and Her2009
- Futureshock: Comet2008 · as General Harris
- Expresso2007 · as Mr Jones
- Land of the Blind2006 · as First Sergeant
- Manilla Envelopes2006 · as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
- Fat Slags2004 · as General Secretary
- The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter2000 · as Self
- Lighthouse2000 · as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
- Tube Tales1999 · as Preacher (Steal Away)
- Tube Tales1999 · as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
- 8 ½ Women1999 · as Simon
- Babymother1998 · as Luther
- The Trick1997 · as The Magic Man
- Hamlet1996 · as Voltimand
- 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter1996 · as Self
- Number Six1995 · as John Meybourne
- Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups1994 · as Commander Blinks
- Camping1990
- Borderland1988 · as Josh
- The Lion of Africa1987 · as Henry Piggot
- Bloodbath at the House of Death1984 · as Stephen Wilson
- Rising Damp1980 · as Philip Smith
- The Last Giraffe1979 · as Peter Mwenga
- Club Havana1975 · as Dave
- Carbon Copy1975 · as Albert Sharpe II
- Night Shift— · as Don
All TV Shows (41)
- Policing Paradise2025 · as Self - Narrator
- Beyond Paradise2023 · as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
- Remembers…2022 · as Self
- Between the Covers2020 · as Self
- Henry IX2017 · as Gilbert
- The Five2016 · as Ray Kenwood
- Chasing Shadows2014 · as CS Harley Drayton
- BBC Comedy Feeds2012 · as Dad
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Selwyn Patterson
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
- Going Postal2010 · as Priest of Offler
- The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words2009 · as Readings (voice)
- Law & Order: UK2009
- Lewis2007 · as Marcus Harding
- M.I. High2007 · as Bodleian / Crime
- New Street Law2006 · as Judge Ken Winyard
- Doctor Who2005 · as Mr.Präsident
- London2004 · as Ignatius Sancho
- Grumpy Old Men2003 · as Self
- The Crouches2003 · as Bailey
- Believe Nothing2002 · as Chairman
- Manchild2002 · as Patrick
- Waking the Dead2001 · as Gideon Barclay
- Arabian Nights2000 · as Hari Ben Karim
- CI5: The New Professionals1999
- The Seventh Scroll1999 · as Colonel Nogo
- Trial & Retribution1997 · as Willard Pembroke
- Backup1995
- Chiller1995 · as John Meybourne
- To Play the King1993 · as Graham Gaunt
- Red Dwarf1988 · as Commander Binks
- Casualty1986 · as Trevor
- Lovejoy1986 · as Felix
- The Mysteries1985 · as Angel Gabriel
- C.A.T.S. Eyes1985 · as Nigel Beaumont
- Triangle1981 · as Alan Lansing
- The XYY Man1976 · as Jomo Ibbon
- Against the Crowd1975 · as Albert Sharpe II
- Rising Damp1974 · as Philip
- Second City Firsts1973 · as Dave
- Six Days of Justice1972 · as Henry Vaughan