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Don Henderson
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and a…
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Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in a trilogy of popular Granada Television police drama series; The XYY Man, Strangers, and Bulman. Following the end of Bulman, Henderson starred as the priest Frank Kane in the BBC drama series The Paradise Club, penned by Bulman creator Murray Smith. Henderson starred in several cult and sci fi serials and films, most notably in the first Star Wars movie in which he played General Tagge, and Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. Prior to acting, Henderson was a dental technician in the army and a detective sergeant in the Essex constabulary, but he resigned when he found he had sympathy for the criminals he was obliged to arrest. He was married twice, firstly to Hilary who died in 1977, and then to the actress Shirley Stelfox, whom he met filming The XYY Man. The pair set up home in Stratford-Upon-Avon and appeared together professionally many times until his death from throat cancer in 1997.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1998
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
Movie Tommy Brock (voice)
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1997
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Movie Feodor
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1997
Preaching to the Perverted
Movie Commander Cope
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1996
The Wind in the Willows
Movie The Sentry
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1996
TFI Friday
TV show
- 1995
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1994
Dandelion Dead
TV show
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1994
Pat and Margaret
Movie Billy
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1994
No Escape
Movie Killian
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1994
White Angel
Movie Inspector Taylor
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1994
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
TV show
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1994
Liberation
TV show Lord Curzon
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1993
Tomorrow Calling
Movie Mervyn Kihn
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1993
Cracker
TV show Hennessy Senior
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1993
The Baby of Mâcon
Movie The Father Confessor
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1993
The Trial
Movie The Flogger
More credits
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1993
The Detectives
TV show Brother Ryan
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1992
As You Like It
Movie The Dukes
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1992
Carry On Columbus
Movie The Bosun
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1992
Black and Blue
Movie Daddy Brett-Smith
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1992
My Friend Walter
Movie Bertie Borrowbill
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1991
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
TV show Galapas
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1991
2Point4 Children
TV show Frank
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1991
The War That Never Ends
Movie Socrates
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1991
How's Business
Movie Mr. Bailey
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1991
Miss Queencake
Movie
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1990
The BFG
Movie Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
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1990
The Fool
Movie Bob
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1989
Tank Malling
Movie Percy
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1989
The Paradise Club
TV show Frank Kane
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1989
Jumping The Queue
TV show Huw Jones
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1989
Making Out
TV show
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1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie Commander
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1988
Blanc de Chine
Movie Malcolm
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1988
Maigret
Movie Barge Captain
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1988
Red Dwarf
TV show Rogue Simulant
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1987
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Movie Gavrok
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1987
The New Statesman
TV show Brigadier Miljanic
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1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
TV show Old Mazy
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1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Movie Old Mazy
