Don Warrington
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Policing Paradise
2025
as Self - Narrator
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Beyond Paradise
2023
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Still We Thrive
2022
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
You, Me and Him
2018
as Charles
Henry IX
2017
as Gilbert
King Lear
2016
as King Lear
On Christmas Night
2016
as Himself
The Five
2016
as Ray Kenwood
The Ark
2015
as Paul
Night Shift
2014
as Don
Chasing Shadows
2014
as CS Harley Drayton
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
as Dad
The Glass Man
2011
as Anton
The Toys That Made Christmas
2011
as Self - Child of the '60s
Going Postal 2in1
2011
as Priest
Death in Paradise
2011
as Selwyn Patterson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
as Chief Superintendent
Going Postal
2010
as Priest of Offler
God, Smell and Her
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
as Readings (voice)
Futureshock: Comet
2008
as General Harris
Expresso
2007
as Mr Jones
M.I. High
2007
as Bodleian / Crime
Lewis
2007
as Marcus Harding
Land of the Blind
2006
as First Sergeant
Manilla Envelopes
2006
as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
New Street Law
2006
as Judge Ken Winyard
Doctor Who
2005
as Mr.Präsident
Fat Slags
2004
as General Secretary
London
2004
as Ignatius Sancho
The Crouches
2003
as Bailey
Grumpy Old Men
2003
as Self
Believe Nothing
2002
as Chairman
Manchild
2002
as Patrick
Waking the Dead
2001
as Gideon Barclay
Lighthouse
2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
as Self
Arabian Nights
2000
as Hari Ben Karim
Tube Tales
1999
as Preacher (Steal Away)
Tube Tales
1999
as Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
8 ½ Women
1999
as Simon
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Colonel Nogo
Babymother
1998
as Luther
The Trick
1997
as The Magic Man
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Willard Pembroke
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
as Self
Hamlet
1996
as Voltimand
Number Six
1995
as John Meybourne
Backup
1995
Chiller
1995
as John Meybourne
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
as Commander Blinks
To Play the King
1993
as Graham Gaunt
Camping
1990
Borderland
1988
as Josh
Red Dwarf
1988
as Commander Binks
The Lion of Africa
1987
as Henry Piggot
Lovejoy
1986
as Felix
Casualty
1986
as Trevor
The Mysteries
1985
as Angel Gabriel
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
as Nigel Beaumont
Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984
as Stephen Wilson
Triangle
1981
as Alan Lansing
Rising Damp
1980
as Philip Smith
The Last Giraffe
1979
as Peter Mwenga
The XYY Man
1976
as Jomo Ibbon
Club Havana
1975
as Dave
Carbon Copy
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
Against the Crowd
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
Rising Damp
1974
as Philip
Second City Firsts
1973
as Dave
Six Days of Justice
1972
as Henry Vaughan