Acting · Leytonstone, London, England, UK · Born November 10, 1932
Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in a trilogy of popular Granada Television police drama series; The XYY Man, Strangers, and Bulman. Following the end of Bulman, Henderson starred as the priest Frank Kane in the BBC drama series The Paradise Club, penned by Bulman creator Murray Smith. Henderson starred in several cult and sci fi serials and films, most notably in the first Star Wars movie in which he played General Tagge, and Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. Prior to acting, Henderson was a dental technician in the army and a detective sergeant in the Essex constabulary, but he resigned when he found he had sympathy for the criminals he was obliged to arrest. He was married twice, firstly to Hilary who died in 1977, and then to the actress Shirley Stelfox, whom he met filming The XYY Man. The pair set up home in Stratford-Upon-Avon and appeared together professionally many times until his death from throat cancer in 1997.
MovieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
1998
as Tommy Brock (voice)
MovieDanielle Steel's Zoya
1997
as Feodor
MoviePreaching to the Perverted
1997
as Commander Cope
MovieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Sentry
MovieThe Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
TVDandelion Dead
1994
MoviePat and Margaret
1994
as Billy
MovieNo Escape
1994
as Killian
MovieWhite Angel
1994
as Inspector Taylor
TVJo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
TVLiberation
1994
as Lord Curzon
MovieTomorrow Calling
1993
as Mervyn Kihn
TVCracker
1993
as Hennessy Senior
MovieThe Baby of Mâcon
1993
as The Father Confessor
MovieThe Trial
1993
as The Flogger
TVThe Detectives
1993
as Brother Ryan
MovieAs You Like It
1992
as The Dukes
MovieCarry On Columbus
1992
as The Bosun
Black and Blue
1992
as Daddy Brett-Smith
MovieMy Friend Walter
1992
as Bertie Borrowbill
TVMerlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
as Galapas
TV2Point4 Children
1991
as Frank
MovieThe War That Never Ends
1991
as Socrates
How's Business
1991
as Mr. Bailey
MovieMiss Queencake
1991
MovieThe BFG
1990
as Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
The Fool
1990
as Bob
MovieTank Malling
1989
as Percy
TVThe Paradise Club
1989
as Frank Kane
Jumping The Queue
1989
as Huw Jones
TVMaking Out
1989
MovieThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Commander
MovieBlanc de Chine
1988
as Malcolm
MovieMaigret
1988
as Barge Captain
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Rogue Simulant
MovieDoctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987
as Gavrok
TVThe New Statesman
1987
as Brigadier Miljanic
MovieThe Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
as Old Mazy
TVCasualty
1986
as Jerry Hunter
TVDead Head
1986
as DI Malcolm
MovieBilly the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as The Wednesday Man
MovieA Crack in the Ice
1985
as The Peasant
TVBulman
1985
as George Bulman
MovieBrazil
1985
as First 'Black Maria' Guard
TVDempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Don
TVScreen Two
1985
as The Flogger
Murder Elite
1985
as Sgt Jessop
TVBottle Boys
1984
as Les Burton
TVAnnika
1984
as Mr Daniels
MovieSquaring the Circle
1984
as Kuron
MovieThe Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Hicks (uncredited)
TVDramarama
1983
as The Great Callisto
MovieAtlantis
1983
as Eddie
The Boy Who Won the Pools
1983
as Mr. Baverstock
Take the Stage
1981
as Self
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Tokkotai
MovieThe Island
1980
as Rollo
TVThe Enigma Files
1980
as Prince
TVMinder
1979
as Billy Lynch
TVDick Turpin
1979
as Bracewell
TVStrangers
1978
as DS George Bulman
TVScorpion Tales
1978
as Easterman
MovieDanton's Death
1978
as Mercier
MovieThe Big Sleep
1978
as Lou
MovieOne Day at a Time
1977
as Jack
MovieAcross the Andes by Frog
1977
as Sgt. Major
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Burly Ruffian
MovieStar Wars
1977
as General Taggi
MovieGotcha / Campion's Interview
1977
as Sellors
MovieThe Finishing Line
1977
MovieVoyage of the Damned
1976
as Engineering Officer
TVThe XYY Man
1976
as DS George Bulman
MovieThe Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
TVRipping Yarns
1976
as Sgt. Major
TVPoldark
1975
as Tom Carne
TVAngels
1975
Against the Crowd
1975
as Parnell
MovieThe Ghoul
1975
as The Ghoul
MovieBrannigan
1975
as Geef
MovieA Killer in Every Corner
1974
as Boz Bostyne
MovieFootsteps
1974
as Policeman
MovieRegan
1974
as Strip Club Heavy
MovieCallan
1974
as George
TVWarship
1973
as Master-at-Arms Frank Heron
TVThriller
1973
as Boz Bostyne
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Walters
TVVan der Valk
1972
as Ullman
TVNew Scotland Yard
1972
as Harry Watson
TVPlay for Today
1970
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mercier
TVTheatre 625
1964
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Gavrok
