Acting

Don Warrington

Born 1951-05-23 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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).

Credits

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