Don Warrington
Acting
Biography
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 75
Movies (34)
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal2023Self - Narrator (voice)
Still We Thrive2022
You, Me and Him2018Charles- On Christmas Night2016Himself
King Lear2016King Lear
The Ark2015Paul
The Toys That Made Christmas2011Self - Child of the '60s
The Glass Man2011Anton
It's a Wonderful Afterlife2010Chief Superintendent
God, Smell and Her2009
Futureshock: Comet2008General Harris
Expresso2007Mr Jones
Land of the Blind2006First Sergeant
Manilla Envelopes2006Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
Fat Slags2004General Secretary
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter2000Self
Lighthouse2000Prison Officer Ian Goslet
Tube Tales1999Preacher (Steal Away)
8 ½ Women1999Simon
Babymother1998Luther
The Trick1997The Magic Man
Hamlet1996Voltimand
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter1996Self- Number Six1995John Meybourne
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups1994Commander Blinks
Camping1990
Borderland1988Josh
The Lion of Africa1987Henry Piggot
Bloodbath at the House of Death1984Stephen Wilson
Rising Damp1980Philip Smith
Shows (41)
Policing Paradise2025Self - Narrator
Beyond Paradise2023Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Remembers…2022Self
Between the Covers2020Self
Henry IX2017Gilbert
The Five2016Ray Kenwood
Chasing Shadows2014CS Harley Drayton- BBC Comedy Feeds2012Dad
Death in Paradise2011Selwyn Patterson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011Self - Participant
Going Postal2010Priest of Offler- The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words2009Readings (voice)
Law & Order: UK2009
Lewis2007Marcus Harding
M.I. High2007Bodleian / Crime
New Street Law2006Judge Ken Winyard
Doctor Who2005Mr.Präsident- London2004Ignatius Sancho
Grumpy Old Men2003Self
The Crouches2003Bailey
Believe Nothing2002Chairman
Manchild2002Patrick
Waking the Dead2001Gideon Barclay
Arabian Nights2000Hari Ben Karim
CI5: The New Professionals1999
The Seventh Scroll1999Colonel Nogo
Trial & Retribution1997Willard Pembroke
Backup1995
Chiller1995John Meybourne
To Play the King1993Graham Gaunt