Acting credits
67
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Don Warrington
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
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Movies: 31Series: 36
TMDB ID: 49813
IMDb ID: nm0913116
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2025
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q5293677
Also known as
دان وارینگتون
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Don Warrington.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023 • Movie
Still We Thrive
2022 • Movie
as Charles
You, Me and Him
2018 • Movie
as King Lear
King Lear
2016 • Movie
as Paul
The Ark
2015 • Movie
as Self - Child of the '60s
The Toys That Made Christmas
2011 • Movie
as Anton
The Glass Man
2011 • Movie
as Chief Superintendent
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010 • Movie
God, Smell and Her
2009 • Movie
as General Harris
Futureshock: Comet
2008 • Movie
as Mr Jones
Expresso
2007 • Movie
as First Sergeant
Land of the Blind
2006 • Movie
as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
Manilla Envelopes
2006 • Movie
as General Secretary
Fat Slags
2004 • Movie
as Self
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000 • Movie
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
Lighthouse
2000 • Movie
as Preacher (Steal Away)
Tube Tales
1999 • Movie
as Simon
8 ½ Women
1999 • Movie
as Luther
Babymother
1998 • Movie
as The Magic Man
The Trick
1997 • Movie
as Voltimand
Hamlet
1996 • Movie
as Self
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996 • Movie
as Commander Blinks
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994 • Movie
Camping
1990 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Don Warrington.
as Self - Narrator • 16 eps
Policing Paradise
2025 • Series
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson • 1 eps
Beyond Paradise
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Remembers…
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Between the Covers
2020 • Series
as Gilbert • 3 eps
Henry IX
2017 • Series
as Ray Kenwood • 4 eps
The Five
2016 • Series
as CS Harley Drayton • 4 eps
Chasing Shadows
2014 • Series
as Selwyn Patterson • 120 eps
Death in Paradise
2011 • Series
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 • Series
as Priest of Offler • 2 eps
Going Postal
2010 • Series
1 eps
Law & Order: UK
2009 • Series
as Marcus Harding • 1 eps
Lewis
2007 • Series
as Bodleian / Crime • 1 eps
M.I. High
2007 • Series
as Judge Ken Winyard • 13 eps
New Street Law
2006 • Series
as Mr.Präsident • 1 eps
Doctor Who
2005 • Series
as Self • 14 eps
Grumpy Old Men
2003 • Series
as Bailey • 12 eps
The Crouches
2003 • Series
as Chairman • 4 eps
Believe Nothing
2002 • Series
as Patrick • 15 eps
Manchild
2002 • Series
as Gideon Barclay • 2 eps
Waking the Dead
2001 • Series
as Hari Ben Karim • 2 eps
Arabian Nights
2000 • Series
1 eps
CI5: The New Professionals
1999 • Series
as Colonel Nogo • 2 eps
The Seventh Scroll
1999 • Series
as Willard Pembroke • 1 eps
Trial & Retribution
1997 • Series