Don Warrington

Biography

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).

Known for

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Acting roles

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