Don Warrington
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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
Credits
Hamlet (1996)
as Voltimand
Land of the Blind (2006)
as First Sergeant
Rising Damp (1980)
as Philip Smith
8 ½ Women (1999)
as Simon
Futureshock: Comet (2008)
as General Harris
Expresso (2007)
as Mr Jones
Manilla Envelopes (2006)
as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
You, Me and Him (2018)
as Charles
Tube Tales (1999)
as Preacher (Steal Away)
Fat Slags (2004)
as General Secretary
Carbon Copy (1975)
as Albert Sharpe II
The Ark (2015)
as Paul
It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
as Chief Superintendent
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
as Stephen Wilson
Camping (1990)
Actor
The Glass Man (2011)
as Anton
The Trick (1997)
as The Magic Man
The Last Giraffe (1979)
as Peter Mwenga
Number Six (1995)
as John Meybourne
Lighthouse (2000)
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
Club Havana (1975)
as Dave
King Lear (2016)
as King Lear
God, Smell and Her (2009)
Actor
What Has the BBC Ever Done For Me? (2026)
as Selwyn Patterson
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter (2000)
as Self
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994)
as Commander Blinks
The Lion of Africa (1987)
as Henry Piggot
Still We Thrive (2022)
Actor
Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel (—)
as The President
On Christmas Night (2016)
as Himself
Borderland (1988)
as Josh
Babymother (1998)
as Luther
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (1996)
as Self
The Toys That Made Christmas (2011)
as Self - Child of the '60s
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Night Shift (—)
as Don