Don Warrington
Acting
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
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Policing Paradise
2025
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
Beyond Paradise
2023
Remembers…
2022
Still We Thrive
2022
Between the Covers
2020
You, Me and Him
2018
Henry IX
2017
On Christmas Night
On Christmas Night
2016
King Lear
2016
The Five
2016
The Ark
2015
Chasing Shadows
2014
BBC Comedy Feeds
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
The Toys That Made Christmas
2011
Death in Paradise
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
The Glass Man
2011
Going Postal
2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
God, Smell and Her
2009
Futureshock: Comet
2008
Expresso
2007
M.I. High
2007
New Street Law
2006
Land of the Blind
2006
Manilla Envelopes
2006
Doctor Who
2005
Fat Slags
2004
London
London
2004
Grumpy Old Men
2003
The Crouches
2003
Believe Nothing
2002
Manchild
2002
Waking the Dead
2001
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
Arabian Nights
2000
Lighthouse
2000
Tube Tales
1999
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
The Seventh Scroll
1999
8 ½ Women
1999
Babymother
1998
Trial & Retribution
1997
The Trick
1997
Hamlet
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
Backup
1995
Number Six
Number Six
1995
Chiller
1995
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
To Play the King
1993
Camping
1990
Borderland
1988
Red Dwarf
1988
The Lion of Africa
1987
Casualty
1986
Lovejoy
1986
The Mysteries
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984
Triangle
1981
Rising Damp
1980
The Last Giraffe
1979
The XYY Man
1976
Club Havana
1975
Carbon Copy
1975
Against the Crowd
Against the Crowd
1975
Rising Damp
1974
Second City Firsts
Second City Firsts
1973
Six Days of Justice
1972
Night Shift
Night Shift