Birthday:
May 23, 1951
Place of Birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Place of Birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Don Warrington
Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) 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).
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups | Commander Blinks | 1994 |
| Futureshock: Comet | General Harris | 2008 |
| Lighthouse | Prison Officer Ian Goslet | 2000 |
| The Lion of Africa | Henry Piggot | 1987 |
| 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter | Self | 1996 |
| Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2023 |
| The Last Giraffe | Peter Mwenga | 1979 |
| Hamlet | Voltimand | 1996 |
| Rising Damp | Philip Smith | 1980 |
| Babymother | Luther - the don | 1998 |
| Tube Tales | Preacher (Steal Away) | 1999 |
| Land of the Blind | First Sergeant | 2006 |
| Fat Slags | General Secretary | 2004 |
| The Trick | The Magic Man | 1997 |
| Tube Tales | Preacher (segment "Steal Away") | 1999 |
| Bloodbath at the House of Death | Stephen Wilson | 1984 |
| Borderland | Josh | 1988 |
| The Ark | Paul | 2015 |
| Rhythm of Life | Self | 2021 |
| The Glass Man | Anton | 2011 |
| It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Chief Superintendent | 2010 |
| Still We Thrive | 2022 | |
| King Lear | King Lear | 2016 |
| You, Me and Him | Charles | 2018 |
| 8 ½ Women | Simon | 1999 |
| Manilla Envelopes | 2006 | |
| The Toys That Made Christmas | Self - Child of the '60s | 2011 |
| Club Havana | Dave | 1975 |
| Carbon Copy | Albert Sharpe II | 1975 |
| Night Shift | Don | 1970 |
| On Christmas Night | Himself | 2016 |
| The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Self | 2000 |
| Camping | 1990 | |
| God, Smell and Her | 2009 | |
| Shelf | Grant | 2024 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Believe Nothing | Chairman | 2002 |
| Rising Damp | Philip | 1974 |
| Lovejoy | Felix | 1986 |
| M.I. High | 2007 | |
| Law & Order: UK | 2009 | |
| The Crouches | Bailey | 2003 |
| Red Dwarf | Commander Binks | 1988 |
| Trial & Retribution | 1997 | |
| CI5: The New Professionals | 1999 | |
| New Street Law | 2006 | |
| Manchild | Patrick | 2002 |
| Between the Covers | Self | 2020 |
| Backup | 1995 | |
| Triangle | Alan Lansing | 1981 |
| New Street Law | Judge Ken Winyard | 2006 |
| London | Ignatius Sancho | 2004 |
| Chiller | John Meyburne | 1995 |
| Chasing Shadows | CS Harley Drayton | 2014 |
| The Mysteries | Angel Gabriel | 1985 |
| The Five | Ray Kenwood | 2016 |
| Waking the Dead | Gideon Barclay | 2001 |
| To Play the King | Graham Gaunt | 1993 |
| Death in Paradise | Selwyn Patterson | 2011 |
| Henry IX | Gilbert | 2017 |
| Doctor Who | Mr.Präsident | 2005 |
| Casualty | Trevor | 1986 |
| Going Postal | Priest of Offler | 2010 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | 1985 | |
| Arabian Nights | Hari Ben Karim | 2000 |
| The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words | Readings (voice) | 2009 |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | 2011 |
| The Seventh Scroll | Colonel Nogo | 1999 |
| Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003 |
| Beyond Paradise | Commissioner Selwyn Patterson | 2023 |
