Don Warrington

May 23, 1951 (74 years old) in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) 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

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Death in Paradise

Selwyn Patterson

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Doctor Who

Mr.Präsident

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Red Dwarf

Commander Binks

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Casualty

Trevor

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Waking the Dead

Gideon Barclay

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M.I. High

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Law & Order: UK

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Triangle

Alan Lansing

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Beyond Paradise

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

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C.A.T.S. Eyes

Nigel Beaumont

Credits

Night Shift Future

Don

★ NR
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal 2023

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Beyond Paradise 2023

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

★ 6.6
Still We Thrive 2022

★ NR
Rhythm of Life 2021

Self

★ 6.5
You, Me and Him 2018

Charles

★ 5.7
Henry IX 2017

Gilbert

★ 6
On Christmas Night 2016

Himself

★ NR
King Lear 2016

King Lear

★ 8
The Ark 2015

Paul

★ 5.7
Chasing Shadows 2014

CS Harley Drayton

★ 7.2
The Toys That Made Christmas 2011

Self - Child of the '60s

★ NR
Death in Paradise 2011

Selwyn Patterson

★ 7.4
The Glass Man 2011

Anton

★ 5.5
Going Postal 2010

Priest of Offler

★ 7.2
It's a Wonderful Afterlife 2010

Chief Superintendent

★ 4.8
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words 2009

Readings (voice)

★ NR
Law & Order: UK 2009

★ 7
God, Smell and Her 2009

★ NR
Futureshock: Comet 2008

General Harris

★ 5.2
M.I. High 2007

★ 6.2
New Street Law 2006

★ 6.6
Land of the Blind 2006

First Sergeant

★ 5.8
Manilla Envelopes 2006

★ NR
Doctor Who 2005

Mr.Präsident

★ 7.6
Fat Slags 2004

General Secretary

★ 3
London 2004

Ignatius Sancho

★ NR
Grumpy Old Men 2003

Self

★ 7.2
The Crouches 2003

Bailey

★ 1
Believe Nothing 2002

Chairman

★ 6.7
Manchild 2002

Patrick

★ 4
Waking the Dead 2001

Gideon Barclay

★ 7.2
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter 2000

Self

★ NR
Arabian Nights 2000

Hari Ben Karim

★ 6.7
Lighthouse 2000

Prison Officer Ian Goslet

★ 4.8
Tube Tales 1999

Preacher (Steal Away)

★ 5.1
CI5: The New Professionals 1999

★ 6.5
The Seventh Scroll 1999

Colonel Nogo

★ 5.6
8 ½ Women 1999

Simon

★ 5.6
Babymother 1998

Luther - the don

★ 3.3
Trial & Retribution 1997

★ 6.8
The Trick 1997

The Magic Man

★ 7
Hamlet 1996

Voltimand

★ 7.3
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter 1996

Self

★ 6
Backup 1995

★ 4.5
Chiller 1995

John Meyburne

★ 6.2
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups 1994

Commander Blinks

★ 8
To Play the King 1993

Graham Gaunt

★ 8
Camping 1990

★ 3
Borderland 1988

Josh

★ NR
Red Dwarf 1988

Commander Binks

★ 8.1
The Lion of Africa 1987

Henry Piggot

★ 5.7
Casualty 1986

Trevor

★ 6.1
Lovejoy 1986

Felix

★ 7.3
The Mysteries 1985

Angel Gabriel

★ NR
C.A.T.S. Eyes 1985

Nigel Beaumont

★ 5.7
Bloodbath at the House of Death 1984

Stephen Wilson

★ 5.4
Triangle 1981

Alan Lansing

★ 5.3
Rising Damp 1980

Philip Smith

★ 5.5
The Last Giraffe 1979

Peter Mwenga

★ NR
Club Havana 1975

Dave

★ NR
Carbon Copy 1975

Albert Sharpe II

★ NR