Don Warrington

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Don Warrington

Acting 75 May 23, 1951

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…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

8.1 1988 TV Show
Hamlet

Hamlet

7.3 1996 Movie
Lewis

Lewis

7.6 2007 TV Show
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2 2001 TV Show
Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK

7.0 2009 TV Show
Going Postal

Going Postal

7.2 2010 TV Show
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

6.0 2011 TV Show
Beyond Paradise

Beyond Paradise

7.0 2023 TV Show
The Five

The Five

6.8 2016 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Policing Paradise

    TV show Self - Narrator

  2. 2023
    Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

    Movie Self - Narrator (voice)

  3. 2023
    Beyond Paradise

    TV show Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

  4. 2022
    Remembers…

    TV show Self

  5. 2022
    Still We Thrive

    Movie

  6. 2020
    Between the Covers

    TV show Self

  7. 2018
    You, Me and Him

    Movie Charles

  8. 2017
    Henry IX

    TV show Gilbert

  9. 2016
    On Christmas Night

    Movie Himself

  10. 2016
    King Lear

    Movie King Lear

  11. 2016
    The Five

    TV show Ray Kenwood

  12. 2015
    The Ark

    Movie Paul

  13. 2014
    Chasing Shadows

    TV show CS Harley Drayton

  14. 2014
    Night Shift

    Movie Don

  15. 2012
    BBC Comedy Feeds

    TV show Dad

  16. 2011
    The Toys That Made Christmas

    Movie Self - Child of the '60s

More credits
  1. 2011
    Death in Paradise

    TV show Selwyn Patterson

  2. 2011
    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    TV show Self - Participant

  3. 2011
    The Glass Man

    Movie Anton

  4. 2011
    Going Postal 2in1

    Movie Priest

  5. 2010
    Going Postal

    TV show Priest of Offler

  6. 2010
    It's a Wonderful Afterlife

    Movie Chief Superintendent

  7. 2009
    The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

    TV show Readings (voice)

  8. 2009
    Law & Order: UK

    TV show

  9. 2009
    God, Smell and Her

    Movie

  10. 2008
    Futureshock: Comet

    Movie General Harris

  11. 2007
    Expresso

    Movie Mr Jones

  12. 2007
    Lewis

    TV show Marcus Harding

  13. 2007
    M.I. High

    TV show Bodleian / Crime

  14. 2006
    New Street Law

    TV show Judge Ken Winyard

  15. 2006
    Land of the Blind

    Movie First Sergeant

  16. 2006
    Manilla Envelopes

    Movie Battersea Gazette Paper Boss

  17. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Mr.Präsident

  18. 2004
    Fat Slags

    Movie General Secretary

  19. 2004
    London

    TV show Ignatius Sancho

  20. 2003
    Grumpy Old Men

    TV show Self

  21. 2003
    The Crouches

    TV show Bailey

  22. 2002
    Believe Nothing

    TV show Chairman

  23. 2002
    Manchild

    TV show Patrick

  24. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Gideon Barclay