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Don Warrington

Actor

Don Warrington

Born May 23, 1951 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago28 films

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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Hamlet posterFirst watchHamlet19967.3as VoltimandHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.View film

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Bloodbath at the House of Death poster5.3Bloodbath at the House of Death1984Land of the Blind poster5.8Land of the Blind20068 ½ Women poster5.58 ½ Women1999

Filmography

28 films as actor
  1. 2018You, Me and HimCharles
  2. 2016King LearKing Lear
  3. 2015The ArkPaul
  4. 2014Night ShiftDon
  5. 2011The Glass ManAnton
  6. 2011Going Postal 2in1Priest
  7. 2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeChief Superintendent
  8. 2009God, Smell and Her
  9. 2008Futureshock: CometGeneral Harris
  10. 2007ExpressoMr Jones
  11. 2006Land of the BlindFirst Sergeant
  12. 2006Manilla EnvelopesBattersea Gazette Paper Boss
  13. 2004Fat SlagsGeneral Secretary
  14. 2000LighthousePrison Officer Ian Goslet
  15. 1999Tube TalesPreacher (Steal Away)
  16. 19998 ½ WomenSimon
  17. 1998BabymotherLuther
  18. 1997The TrickThe Magic Man
  19. 1996HamletVoltimand
  20. 1995Number SixJohn Meybourne
  21. 1990Camping
  22. 1988BorderlandJosh
  23. 1987The Lion of AfricaHenry Piggot
  24. 1984Bloodbath at the House of DeathStephen Wilson
  25. 1980Rising DampPhilip Smith
  26. 1979The Last GiraffePeter Mwenga
  27. 1975Club HavanaDave
  28. 1975Carbon CopyAlbert Sharpe II