Acting · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago · Born May 23, 1951
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).
What has the BBC ever done for me?
2026
as Selwyn Patterson
TVPolicing Paradise
2025
as Self - Narrator
MoviePrincess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVBeyond Paradise
2023
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
MovieStill We Thrive
2022
TVBetween the Covers
2020
as Self
MovieYou, Me and Him
2018
as Charles
TVHenry IX
2017
as Gilbert
On Christmas Night
2016
as Himself
MovieKing Lear
2016
as King Lear
TVThe Five
2016
as Ray Kenwood
MovieThe Ark
2015
as Paul
TVChasing Shadows
2014
as CS Harley Drayton
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
as Dad
MovieThe Toys That Made Christmas
2011
as Self - Child of the '60s
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Selwyn Patterson
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MovieThe Glass Man
2011
as Anton
TVGoing Postal
2010
as Priest of Offler
MovieIt's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
as Chief Superintendent
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
as Readings (voice)
TVLaw & Order: UK
2009
MovieGod, Smell and Her
2009
MovieFutureshock: Comet
2008
as General Harris
MovieExpresso
2007
as Mr Jones
TVLewis
2007
as Marcus Harding
TVM.I. High
2007
as Bodleian / Crime
TVNew Street Law
2006
as Judge Ken Winyard
MovieLand of the Blind
2006
as First Sergeant
MovieManilla Envelopes
2006
as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Mr.Präsident
MovieFat Slags
2004
as General Secretary
London
2004
as Ignatius Sancho
TVGrumpy Old Men
2003
as Self
TVThe Crouches
2003
as Bailey
TVBelieve Nothing
2002
as Chairman
TVManchild
2002
as Patrick
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Gideon Barclay
MovieThe Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
as Self
TVArabian Nights
2000
as Hari Ben Karim
MovieLighthouse
2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet
MovieTube Tales
1999
as Preacher (Steal Away)
TVCI5: The New Professionals
1999
TVThe Seventh Scroll
1999
as Colonel Nogo
Movie8 ½ Women
1999
as Simon
MovieBabymother
1998
as Luther
TVTrial & Retribution
1997
as Willard Pembroke
MovieThe Trick
1997
as The Magic Man
MovieHamlet
1996
as Voltimand
Movie'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
as Self
TVBackup
1995
Number Six
1995
as John Meybourne
TVChiller
1995
as John Meybourne
MovieRed Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
as Commander Blinks
TVTo Play the King
1993
as Graham Gaunt
MovieCamping
1990
MovieBorderland
1988
as Josh
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Commander Binks
MovieThe Lion of Africa
1987
as Henry Piggot
TVCasualty
1986
as Trevor
TVLovejoy
1986
as Felix
TVThe Mysteries
1985
as Angel Gabriel
TVC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
as Nigel Beaumont
MovieBloodbath at the House of Death
1984
as Stephen Wilson
TVTriangle
1981
as Alan Lansing
MovieRising Damp
1980
as Philip Smith
MovieThe Last Giraffe
1979
as Peter Mwenga
TVThe XYY Man
1976
as Jomo Ibbon
MovieClub Havana
1975
as Dave
MovieCarbon Copy
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
Against the Crowd
1975
as Albert Sharpe II
TVRising Damp
1974
as Philip
Second City Firsts
1973
as Dave
TVSix Days of Justice
1972
as Henry Vaughan
Night Shift
as Don
MovieDoctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel
as The President
