Don Warrington
Known for acting · Born 23 May 1951 · 75 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
76 credits
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
Death in Paradise
2011
Rising Damp
1974
Triangle
1981
Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984
Casualty
1986
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Manchild
2002
Grumpy Old Men
2003
New Street Law
2006
Policing Paradise
2025
Rising Damp
1980
The Crouches
2003
Acting (76)
2025Policing ParadiseSelf - Narrator · 16 episodesSeries
2023Beyond ParadiseCommissioner Selwyn PattersonSeries
2023Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a RoyalSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2022Remembers…SelfSeries
2022Still We ThriveFilm
2020Between the CoversSelfSeries
2018You, Me and HimCharlesFilm
2017Henry IXGilbert · 3 episodesSeries
2016The FiveRay Kenwood · 4 episodesSeries
2016King LearKing LearFilm
2016On Christmas NightHimselfFilm
2015The ArkPaulFilm
2014Chasing ShadowsCS Harley Drayton · 4 episodesSeries
2014Night ShiftDonFilm
2012BBC Comedy FeedsDadSeries
2011Death in ParadiseSelwyn Patterson · 120 episodesSeries
2011The Glass ManAntonFilm
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - ParticipantSeries
2011The Toys That Made ChristmasSelf - Child of the '60sFilm
2011Going Postal 2in1PriestFilm
2010Going PostalPriest of Offler · 2 episodesSeries
2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeChief SuperintendentFilm
2009Law & Order: UKSeries
2009God, Smell and HerFilm
2009The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsReadings (voice)Series
2008Futureshock: CometGeneral HarrisFilm
2007LewisMarcus HardingSeries
2007M.I. HighBodleian / CrimeSeries
2007ExpressoMr JonesFilm
2006Land of the BlindFirst SergeantFilm
2006New Street LawJudge Ken Winyard · 13 episodesSeries
2006Manilla EnvelopesBattersea Gazette Paper BossFilm
2005Doctor WhoMr.PräsidentSeries
2004Fat SlagsGeneral SecretaryFilm
2004LondonIgnatius Sancho · 3 episodesSeries
2003Grumpy Old MenSelf · 14 episodesSeries
2003The CrouchesBailey · 12 episodesSeries
2002Believe NothingChairman · 4 episodesSeries
2002ManchildPatrick · 15 episodesSeries
2001Waking the DeadGideon Barclay · 2 episodesSeries
2000Arabian NightsHari Ben Karim · 2 episodesSeries
2000LighthousePrison Officer Ian GosletFilm
2000The Unforgettable Leonard RossiterSelfFilm
19998 ½ WomenSimonFilm
1999Tube TalesPreacher (Steal Away), Preacher (segment "Steal Away")Film
1999The Seventh ScrollColonel Nogo · 2 episodesSeries
1999CI5: The New ProfessionalsSeries
1998BabymotherLutherFilm
1997Trial & RetributionWillard PembrokeSeries
1997The TrickThe Magic ManFilm
1996HamletVoltimandFilm
1996'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard RossiterSelfFilm
1995ChillerJohn MeybourneSeries
1995BackupSeries
1995Number SixJohn MeybourneFilm
1994Red Dwarf: Smeg UpsCommander BlinksFilm
1993To Play the KingGraham Gaunt · 4 episodesSeries
1990CampingFilm
1988Red DwarfCommander BinksSeries
1988BorderlandJoshFilm
1987The Lion of AfricaHenry PiggotFilm
1986CasualtyTrevor · 7 episodesSeries
1986LovejoyFelixSeries
1985C.A.T.S. EyesNigel Beaumont · 18 episodesSeries
1985The MysteriesAngel Gabriel · 3 episodesSeries
1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathStephen WilsonFilm
1981TriangleAlan Lansing · 26 episodesSeries
1980Rising DampPhilip SmithFilm
1979The Last GiraffePeter MwengaFilm
1976The XYY ManJomo Ibbon · 2 episodesSeries
1975Club HavanaDaveFilm
1975Carbon CopyAlbert Sharpe IIFilm
1975Against the CrowdAlbert Sharpe IISeries
1974Rising DampPhilip · 28 episodesSeries
1973Second City FirstsDaveSeries
1972Six Days of JusticeHenry VaughanSeries