Don Warrington

Don Warrington

Known for
Acting
Born
May 23, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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

2025
Policing Paradise poster

Policing Paradise

TV · as Self - Narrator · 16 eps

2023
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal poster

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Beyond Paradise poster

Beyond Paradise

TV · as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson · 1 ep

2022
Still We Thrive poster

Still We Thrive

Movie

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
You, Me and Him poster

You, Me and Him

Movie · as Charles

2017
Henry IX poster

Henry IX

TV · as Gilbert · 3 eps

2016
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as King Lear

2016
On Christmas Night

On Christmas Night

Movie · as Himself

2016
The Five poster

The Five

TV · as Ray Kenwood · 4 eps

2015
The Ark poster

The Ark

Movie · as Paul

2014
Night Shift

Night Shift

Movie · as Don

2014
Chasing Shadows poster

Chasing Shadows

TV · as CS Harley Drayton · 4 eps

2012
BBC Comedy Feeds

BBC Comedy Feeds

TV · as Dad · 1 ep

2011
The Glass Man poster

The Glass Man

Movie · as Anton

2011
The Toys That Made Christmas poster

The Toys That Made Christmas

Movie · as Self - Child of the '60s

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Priest

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Selwyn Patterson · 120 eps

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife poster

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Movie · as Chief Superintendent

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Priest of Offler · 2 eps

2009
God, Smell and Her poster

God, Smell and Her

Movie

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · 1 ep

2009
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

TV · as Readings (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Futureshock: Comet poster

Futureshock: Comet

Movie · as General Harris

2007
Expresso poster

Expresso

Movie · as Mr Jones

2007
M.I. High poster

M.I. High

TV · as Bodleian / Crime · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Marcus Harding · 1 ep

2006
Land of the Blind poster

Land of the Blind

Movie · as First Sergeant

2006
Manilla Envelopes poster

Manilla Envelopes

Movie · as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss

2006
New Street Law poster

New Street Law

TV · as Judge Ken Winyard · 13 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mr.Präsident · 1 ep

2004
Fat Slags poster

Fat Slags

Movie · as General Secretary

2004
London

London

TV · as Ignatius Sancho · 3 eps

2003
The Crouches poster

The Crouches

TV · as Bailey · 12 eps

2003
Grumpy Old Men poster

Grumpy Old Men

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2002
Believe Nothing poster

Believe Nothing

TV · as Chairman · 4 eps

2002
Manchild poster

Manchild

TV · as Patrick · 15 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Gideon Barclay · 2 eps

2000
Lighthouse poster

Lighthouse

Movie · as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter poster

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

Movie · as Self

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as Hari Ben Karim · 2 eps

1999
Tube Tales poster

Tube Tales

Movie · as Preacher (Steal Away), Preacher (segment "Steal Away")

1999
8 ½ Women poster

8 ½ Women

Movie · as Simon

1999
CI5: The New Professionals poster

CI5: The New Professionals

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Seventh Scroll poster

The Seventh Scroll

TV · as Colonel Nogo · 2 eps

1998
Babymother poster

Babymother

Movie · as Luther

1997
The Trick poster

The Trick

Movie · as The Magic Man

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Willard Pembroke · 1 ep

1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter poster

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter

Movie · as Self

1996
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Voltimand

1995
Number Six

Number Six

Movie · as John Meybourne

1995
Backup poster

Backup

TV · 1 ep

1995
Chiller poster

Chiller

TV · as John Meybourne · 1 ep

1994
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups poster

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Movie · as Commander Blinks

1993
To Play the King poster

To Play the King

TV · as Graham Gaunt · 4 eps

1990
Camping poster

Camping

Movie

1988
Borderland poster

Borderland

Movie · as Josh

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as Commander Binks · 1 ep

1987
The Lion of Africa poster

The Lion of Africa

Movie · as Henry Piggot

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Felix · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Trevor · 7 eps

1985
The Mysteries poster

The Mysteries

TV · as Angel Gabriel · 3 eps

1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes poster

C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV · as Nigel Beaumont · 18 eps

1984
Bloodbath at the House of Death poster

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Movie · as Stephen Wilson

1981
Triangle poster

Triangle

TV · as Alan Lansing · 26 eps

1980
Rising Damp poster

Rising Damp

Movie · as Philip Smith

1979
The Last Giraffe poster

The Last Giraffe

Movie · as Peter Mwenga

1976
The XYY Man poster

The XYY Man

TV · as Jomo Ibbon · 2 eps

1975
Club Havana poster

Club Havana

Movie · as Dave

1975
Carbon Copy poster

Carbon Copy

Movie · as Albert Sharpe II

1975
Against the Crowd

Against the Crowd

TV · as Albert Sharpe II · 1 ep

1974
Rising Damp poster

Rising Damp

TV · as Philip · 28 eps

1973
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

TV · as Dave · 1 ep

1972
Six Days of Justice poster

Six Days of Justice

TV · as Henry Vaughan · 1 ep