Don Warrington

Known for: Acting

Born: 1951-05-23 (age 75)

From: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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)

TV★ 3.3
Policing Paradise
2025
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Beyond Paradise
2023
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
TV★ 7.0
Remembers…
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Still We Thrive
2022
TV★ 5.5
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
You, Me and Him
2018
as Charles
TV★ 6.0
Henry IX
2017
as Gilbert
MOVIE
On Christmas Night
2016
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
King Lear
2016
as King Lear
TV★ 6.8
The Five
2016
as Ray Kenwood
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Ark
2015
as Paul
TV★ 7.2
Chasing Shadows
2014
as CS Harley Drayton
TV
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
as Dad
MOVIE
The Toys That Made Christmas
2011
as Self - Child of the '60s
TV★ 7.5
Death in Paradise
2011
as Selwyn Patterson
TV★ 6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Glass Man
2011
as Anton
TV★ 7.2
Going Postal
2010
as Priest of Offler
MOVIE★ 4.8
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
as Chief Superintendent
TV
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
as Readings (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
MOVIE
God, Smell and Her
2009
MOVIE★ 5.2
Futureshock: Comet
2008
as General Harris
MOVIE
Expresso
2007
as Mr Jones
TV★ 7.6
Lewis
2007
as Marcus Harding
TV★ 6.1
M.I. High
2007
as Bodleian / Crime
TV★ 6.6
New Street Law
2006
as Judge Ken Winyard
MOVIE★ 5.8
Land of the Blind
2006
as First Sergeant
MOVIE
Manilla Envelopes
2006
as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Mr.Präsident
MOVIE★ 3.4
Fat Slags
2004
as General Secretary
TV★ 10.0
London
2004
as Ignatius Sancho
TV★ 7.4
Grumpy Old Men
2003
as Self
TV★ 4.5
The Crouches
2003
as Bailey
TV★ 6.8
Believe Nothing
2002
as Chairman
TV★ 4.5
Manchild
2002
as Patrick
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Gideon Barclay
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Arabian Nights
2000
as Hari Ben Karim
MOVIE★ 4.6
Lighthouse
2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tube Tales
1999
as Preacher (Steal Away)
TV★ 6.8
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
TV★ 5.7
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Colonel Nogo
MOVIE★ 5.5
8 ½ Women
1999
as Simon
MOVIE★ 4.0
Babymother
1998
as Luther
TV★ 6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Willard Pembroke
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Trick
1997
as The Magic Man
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hamlet
1996
as Voltimand
MOVIE★ 6.0
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Backup
1995
MOVIE
Number Six
1995
as John Meybourne
TV★ 6.2
Chiller
1995
as John Meybourne
MOVIE★ 7.7
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
as Commander Blinks
TV★ 7.8
To Play the King
1993
as Graham Gaunt
MOVIE★ 5.0
Camping
1990
MOVIE
Borderland
1988
as Josh
TV★ 8.1
Red Dwarf
1988
as Commander Binks
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Lion of Africa
1987
as Henry Piggot
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Trevor
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Felix
TV
The Mysteries
1985
as Angel Gabriel
TV★ 6.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
as Nigel Beaumont
MOVIE★ 5.3
Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984
as Stephen Wilson
TV★ 5.8
Triangle
1981
as Alan Lansing
MOVIE★ 5.6
Rising Damp
1980
as Philip Smith
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Giraffe
1979
as Peter Mwenga
TV★ 7.0
The XYY Man
1976
as Jomo Ibbon
MOVIE
Club Havana
1975
as Dave
MOVIE
Carbon Copy
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
TV
Against the Crowd
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
TV★ 7.4
Rising Damp
1974
as Philip
TV
Second City Firsts
1973
as Dave
TV★ 10.0
Six Days of Justice
1972
as Henry Vaughan
MOVIE
Night Shift
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as Don