Acting
Don Warrington
Acting · Born 1951-05-23 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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).
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Policing Paradise
2025 · Self - Narrator
Beyond Paradise
2023 · Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Between the Covers
2020 · Self
FilmYou, Me and Him
2018 · Charles
Henry IX
2017 · Gilbert
FilmKing Lear
2016 · King Lear
The Five
2016 · Ray Kenwood
FilmThe Ark
2015 · Paul
Chasing Shadows
2014 · CS Harley Drayton
BBC Comedy Feeds
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012 · Dad
Death in Paradise
2011 · Selwyn Patterson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
FilmThe Glass Man
2011 · Anton
Going Postal
2010 · Priest of Offler
FilmIt's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010 · Chief Superintendent
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009 · Readings (voice)
Law & Order: UK
2009
FilmFutureshock: Comet
2008 · General Harris
Lewis
2007 · Marcus Harding
M.I. High
2007 · Bodleian / Crime
New Street Law
2006 · Judge Ken Winyard
FilmLand of the Blind
2006 · First Sergeant
Doctor Who
2005 · Mr.Präsident
FilmFat Slags
2004 · General Secretary
London
London
2004 · Ignatius Sancho
Grumpy Old Men
2003 · Self
The Crouches
2003 · Bailey
Believe Nothing
2002 · Chairman
Manchild
2002 · Patrick
Waking the Dead
2001 · Gideon Barclay
FilmThe Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000 · Self
Arabian Nights
2000 · Hari Ben Karim
FilmLighthouse
2000 · Prison Officer Ian Goslet
FilmTube Tales
1999 · Preacher (Steal Away)
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Seventh Scroll
1999 · Colonel Nogo
Film8 ½ Women
1999 · Simon
FilmBabymother
1998 · Luther
Trial & Retribution
1997 · Willard Pembroke
FilmThe Trick
1997 · The Magic Man
FilmHamlet
1996 · Voltimand
Film'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996 · Self
Backup
1995
Chiller
1995 · John Meybourne
FilmRed Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994 · Commander Blinks
To Play the King
1993 · Graham Gaunt
FilmCamping
1990
Red Dwarf
1988 · Commander Binks
FilmThe Lion of Africa
1987 · Henry Piggot
Casualty
1986 · Trevor
Lovejoy
1986 · Felix
The Mysteries
1985 · Angel Gabriel
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985 · Nigel Beaumont
FilmBloodbath at the House of Death
1984 · Stephen Wilson
Triangle
1981 · Alan Lansing
FilmRising Damp
1980 · Philip Smith
FilmThe Last Giraffe
1979 · Peter Mwenga
The XYY Man
1976 · Jomo Ibbon
Against the Crowd
Against the Crowd
1975 · Albert Sharpe II
Rising Damp
1974 · Philip
Second City Firsts
Second City Firsts
1973 · Dave
Six Days of Justice
1972 · Henry Vaughan