7.6
TV
Acting
Don Warrington
- Born
- (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Credits
- 76 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.6
TV
7.3
Movie
Hamlet
8.1
TV
Red Dwarf
7.4
TV
Death in Paradise
7.2
TV
Going Postal
7.6
TV
Lewis
6.7
TV
The Five
5.3
Movie
Bloodbath at the House of Death
6.2
TV
Casualty
5.5
Movie
8 ½ Women
7.8
TV
To Play the King
6.8
TV
Arabian Nights
7.1
TV
Beyond Paradise
5.8
Movie
Land of the Blind
7.4
TV
Lovejoy
7.2
TV
Chasing Shadows
5.6
Movie
You, Me and Him
7.0
TV
Law & Order: UK
Acting credits 76
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Policing Paradise TV | Self - Narrator (16 ep) |
| 2023 | Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise TV | Commissioner Selwyn Patterson (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Remembers… TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Still We Thrive Film | |
| 2020 | Between the Covers TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2018 | You, Me and Him Film | Charles |
| 2017 | Henry IX TV | Gilbert (3 ep) |
| 2016 | On Christmas Night Film | Himself |
| 2016 | King Lear Film | King Lear |
| 2016 | The Five TV | Ray Kenwood (4 ep) |
| 2015 | The Ark Film | Paul |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows TV | CS Harley Drayton (4 ep) |
| 2014 | Night Shift Film | Don |
| 2012 | BBC Comedy Feeds TV | Dad (1 ep) |
| 2011 | The Toys That Made Christmas Film | Self - Child of the '60s |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Selwyn Patterson (120 ep) |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV | Self - Participant (1 ep) |
| 2011 | The Glass Man Film | Anton |
| 2011 | Going Postal 2in1 Film | Priest |
| 2010 | Going Postal TV | Priest of Offler (2 ep) |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife Film | Chief Superintendent |
| 2009 | The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words TV | Readings (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK TV | (1 ep) |
| 2009 | God, Smell and Her Film | |
| 2008 | Futureshock: Comet Film | General Harris |
| 2007 | Expresso Film | Mr Jones |
| 2007 | Lewis TV | Marcus Harding (1 ep) |
| 2007 | M.I. High TV | Bodleian / Crime (1 ep) |
| 2006 | New Street Law TV | Judge Ken Winyard (13 ep) |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind Film | First Sergeant |
| 2006 | Manilla Envelopes Film | Battersea Gazette Paper Boss |
| 2005 | Doctor Who TV | Mr.Präsident (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Fat Slags Film | General Secretary |
| 2004 | London TV | Ignatius Sancho (3 ep) |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men TV | Self (14 ep) |
| 2003 | The Crouches TV | Bailey (12 ep) |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing TV | Chairman (4 ep) |
| 2002 | Manchild TV | Patrick (15 ep) |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead TV | Gideon Barclay (2 ep) |
| 2000 | The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter Film | Self |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights TV | Hari Ben Karim (2 ep) |
| 2000 | Lighthouse Film | Prison Officer Ian Goslet |
| 1999 | Tube Tales Film | Preacher (Steal Away), Preacher (segment "Steal Away") |
| 1999 | CI5: The New Professionals TV | (1 ep) |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll TV | Colonel Nogo (2 ep) |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women Film | Simon |
| 1998 | Babymother Film | Luther |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution TV | Willard Pembroke (1 ep) |
| 1997 | The Trick Film | The Magic Man |
| 1996 | Hamlet Film | Voltimand |
| 1996 | 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter Film | Self |
| 1995 | Backup TV | (1 ep) |
| 1995 | Number Six Film | John Meybourne |
| 1995 | Chiller TV | John Meybourne (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups Film | Commander Blinks |
| 1993 | To Play the King TV | Graham Gaunt (4 ep) |
| 1990 | Camping Film | |
| 1988 | Borderland Film | Josh |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf TV | Commander Binks (1 ep) |