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Don Warrington

Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) 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).

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Filmography

Death in Paradise

2011
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

House of Cards

1990
as Graham Gaunt

The World According to Grandpa

2020
as Grandpa

Rising Damp

1974
as Philip Smith

Futureshock: Comet

2007
as General Harris

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

2010
as Priest of Offler

Lighthouse

2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984
as Stephen Wilson

The Ark

2015
as Paul

Babymother

1998

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010
as Chief Superintendent

New Street Law

2006

Rising Damp

1980
as Philip Smith

Land of the Blind

2006
as First Sergeant

You, Me and Him

2017
as Charles

King Lear

2016
as King Lear

Manchild

2002

Second City Firsts

1973
as Dave

8 ½ Women

1999
as Simon

Believe Nothing

2002
as Chairman

The Trick

1997
as The Magic Man

Black XXX-Mas

1999
as Black Santa

Celebrity 5 Go Motorhoming

2017
as Himself

Hamlet

1996
as Voltimand

Tube Tales

1999

C.A.T.S. Eyes

1985
as Nigel Beaumont

The Lion of Africa

1988
as Henry Piggot

The Crouches

2003

Guest Star

Episode Waking the Dead
Conviction (1) 		2011
Episode BBC Drama
King Lear 		2016
Episode Holby City
Seasons in the Sun 		2003
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
Rise of the Cybermen (1) 		2006
Episode The ONE Show
Kris Marshall, Don Warrington 		2017
Episode Red Dwarf
Holoship 		1992
Episode Holby City
Desperate Measures 		2003
Episode BBC Drama
The Ark 		2015
Episode Death in Paradise
La Murder Le Diable 		2020
Episode Beyond Paradise
Episode 6 		2023
Episode Holding the Fort
All Boys Together 		1982
Episode Holby City
Glass Half Empty 		2003
Episode Lewis
Generation of Vipers 		2012
Episode Rising Damp
Rising Damp Forever: Part 1 		2016
Episode This is Jinsy
Vel 		2011