Don Warrington

Actor May 23 (age 75) Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago 1973–2026 (53 year career)

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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

Film

Hamlet

Voltimand

Film

Death in Paradise

Selwyn Patterson

Film

Going Postal

Priest of Offler

Film

To Play the King

Graham Gaunt

Film

Chasing Shadows

CS Harley Drayton

Film

Arabian Nights

Hari Ben Karim

Film

Rising Damp

Philip

Film

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Stephen Wilson

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (37)

What has the BBC ever done for me?

2026

as Selwyn Patterson

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

2023

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Still We Thrive

Rhythm of Life

as Self

You, Me and Him

as Charles

King Lear

as King Lear

On Christmas Night

as Himself

The Ark

2015

as Paul

5.7

The Toys That Made Christmas

2011

as Self - Child of the '60s

The Glass Man

2011

as Anton

5.5

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

as Chief Superintendent

God, Smell and Her

Futureshock: Comet

as General Harris

Expresso

as Mr Jones

Manilla Envelopes

2006

as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss

Land of the Blind

as First Sergeant

Fat Slags

as General Secretary

Lighthouse

as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

4.6

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

2000

as Self

Tube Tales

1999

as Preacher (Steal Away)

8 ½ Women

as Simon

Babymother

as Luther - the don

The Trick

as The Magic Man

Hamlet

as Voltimand

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

1996

as Self

6.0

Number Six

1995

as John Meybourne

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

as Commander Blinks

Camping

Borderland

as Josh

The Lion of Africa

1987

as Henry Piggot

5.7

Bloodbath at the House of Death

as Stephen Wilson

Rising Damp

as Philip Smith

The Last Giraffe

as Peter Mwenga

Club Havana

1975

as Dave

Carbon Copy

1975

as Albert Sharpe II

Night Shift

as Don

Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel

as The President

Television (42)

Policing Paradise

2025

as Self - Narrator

3.3

Beyond Paradise

2023

as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

Remembers…

as Self

Between the Covers

as Self

Henry IX

as Gilbert

The Five

as Ray Kenwood

Chasing Shadows

as CS Harley Drayton

BBC Comedy Feeds

as Dad

Death in Paradise

as Selwyn Patterson

Death in Paradise

as Selwyn Patterson

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Going Postal

as Priest of Offler

Law & Order: UK

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

2009

as Readings (voice)

Lewis

as Marcus Harding

M.I. High

New Street Law

as Judge Ken Winyard

New Street Law

Doctor Who

as Mr.Präsident

London

as Ignatius Sancho

Grumpy Old Men

as Self

The Crouches

as Bailey

Believe Nothing

as Chairman

Manchild

as Patrick

Waking the Dead

as Gideon Barclay

Arabian Nights

as Hari Ben Karim

CI5: The New Professionals

The Seventh Scroll

as Colonel Nogo

Trial & Retribution

Backup

Chiller

as John Meyburne

To Play the King

as Graham Gaunt

Red Dwarf

as Commander Binks

Casualty

as Trevor

Lovejoy

as Felix

C.A.T.S. Eyes

as Nigel Beaumont

The Mysteries

as Angel Gabriel

Triangle

as Alan Lansing

The XYY Man

as Jomo Ibbon

Against the Crowd

as Albert Sharpe II

Rising Damp

1974

as Philip

7.4

Second City Firsts

1973

as Dave