Don Warrington
Born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago — May 23 1951
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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).
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Don Warrington's Credits
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Doctor Who
Mr.Präsident
Death in Paradise
Selwyn Patterson
Casualty
Trevor
Red Dwarf
Commander Binks
Waking the Dead
Gideon Barclay
M.I. High
Bodleian / Crime
Lovejoy
Felix
Law & Order: UK
Beyond Paradise
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Trial & Retribution
BBC Comedy Feeds
Dad
Rising Damp
Philip
The Five
Ray Kenwood
CI5: The New Professionals
Arabian Nights
Hari Ben Karim
Hamlet
Voltimand
New Street Law
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Nigel Beaumont
Triangle
Alan Lansing
Backup
Chiller
John Meybourne
Manchild
Patrick
Going Postal
Priest of Offler
London
Ignatius Sancho
Chasing Shadows
CS Harley Drayton
Believe Nothing
Chairman
The Ark
Paul
To Play the King
Graham Gaunt
The XYY Man
Jomo Ibbon
The Seventh Scroll
Colonel Nogo
Grumpy Old Men
Self
The Crouches
Bailey
Tube Tales
Preacher (Steal Away)
Henry IX
Gilbert
Fat Slags
General Secretary
8 ½ Women
Simon
The Mysteries
Angel Gabriel
Futureshock: Comet
General Harris
Land of the Blind
First Sergeant
Babymother
Luther - the don
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Readings (voice)
Lighthouse
Prison Officer Ian Goslet
You, Me and Him
Charles
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Stephen Wilson
Rising Damp
Philip Smith
King Lear
King Lear
Camping
Manilla Envelopes
Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Chief Superintendent
Night Shift
Don
The Lion of Africa
Henry Piggot
The Glass Man
Anton
The Last Giraffe
Peter Mwenga
God, Smell and Her
Club Havana
Dave
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Commander Blinks
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Self
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
Carbon Copy
Albert Sharpe II
The Toys That Made Christmas
Self - Child of the '60s
The Trick
The Magic Man
Still We Thrive
Borderland
Josh
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
Self - Narrator (voice)
On Christmas Night
Himself