Don Warrington
Acting
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
Acting75
tvPolicing Paradise
2025
Self - Narrator
moviePrincess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvBeyond Paradise
2023
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieYou, Me and Him
2018
Charles
tvHenry IX
2017
Gilbert
movieKing Lear
2016
King Lear
tvThe Five
2016
Ray Kenwood
movieThe Ark
2015
Paul
tvChasing Shadows
2014
CS Harley Drayton
movieThe Toys That Made Christmas
2011
Self - Child of the '60s
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Selwyn Patterson
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
tvGoing Postal
2010
Priest of Offler
movieIt's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
Chief Superintendent
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
Readings (voice)
movieFutureshock: Comet
2008
General Harris
movieExpresso
2007
Mr Jones
tvLewis
2007
Marcus Harding
tvM.I. High
2007
Bodleian / Crime
tvNew Street Law
2006
Judge Ken Winyard
movieLand of the Blind
2006
First Sergeant
movieManilla Envelopes
2006
Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
tvDoctor Who
2005
Mr.Präsident
movieFat Slags
2004
General Secretary
London
2004
Ignatius Sancho
tvThe Crouches
2003
Bailey
tvBelieve Nothing
2002
Chairman
tvManchild
2002
Patrick
tvWaking the Dead
2001
Gideon Barclay
tvArabian Nights
2000
Hari Ben Karim
movieLighthouse
2000
Prison Officer Ian Goslet
movieTube Tales
1999
Preacher (Steal Away) / Preacher (segment "Steal Away")
tvThe Seventh Scroll
1999
Colonel Nogo
movie8 ½ Women
1999
Simon
movieBabymother
1998
Luther
tvTrial & Retribution
1997
Willard Pembroke
movieThe Trick
1997
The Magic Man
movieHamlet
1996
Voltimand
Number Six
1995
John Meybourne
tvChiller
1995
John Meybourne
movieRed Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
Commander Blinks
tvTo Play the King
1993
Graham Gaunt
tvRed Dwarf
1988
Commander Binks
movieThe Lion of Africa
1987
Henry Piggot
tvCasualty
1986
Trevor
tvLovejoy
1986
Felix
tvThe Mysteries
1985
Angel Gabriel
tvC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Nigel Beaumont
movieBloodbath at the House of Death
1984
Stephen Wilson
tvTriangle
1981
Alan Lansing
movieRising Damp
1980
Philip Smith
movieThe Last Giraffe
1979
Peter Mwenga
tvThe XYY Man
1976
Jomo Ibbon
movieCarbon Copy
1975
Albert Sharpe II
Against the Crowd
1975
Albert Sharpe II
tvRising Damp
1974
Philip
tvSix Days of Justice
1972
Henry Vaughan