Don Henderson
Known for: Acting
Born: November 10, 1932
Died: June 22, 1997
Place of birth: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
51 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
1998
4.9
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
6.2
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
7.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
9.0
Dandelion Dead
1994
7.7
Pat and Margaret
1994
6.2
No Escape
1994
4.9
White Angel
1994
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Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
8.0
Liberation
1994
5.7
Tomorrow Calling
1993
6.6
Cracker
1993
6.8
The Baby of Mâcon
1993
6.0
The Trial
1993
6.9
The Detectives
1993
6.0
As You Like It
1992
3.9
Carry On Columbus
19929.0
Black and Blue
1992
7.0
My Friend Walter
1992
7.0
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
7.3
2Point4 Children
1991
5.0
The War That Never Ends
19919.0
How's Business
1991
4.0
Miss Queencake
1991
6.4
The BFG
19908.0
The Fool
1990
3.8
Tank Malling
1989
6.2
The Paradise Club
19893.3
Jumping The Queue
1989
6.0
Making Out
1989
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
7.0
Blanc de Chine
1988
7.5
Maigret
1988
8.1
Red Dwarf
1988
6.2
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987
7.5
The New Statesman
1987
10.0
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
5.8
Dead Head
1986
6.1
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
NR
A Crack in the Ice
1985
7.0
Bulman
1985
7.7
Brazil
1985
6.8
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
7.1
Screen Two
19857.7
Murder Elite
1985
7.3
Bottle Boys
1984
4.2
Annika
1984
5.0
Squaring the Circle
1984
6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
7.3
Dramarama
1983
NR
Atlantis
19836.0
The Boy Who Won the Pools
1983NR
Take the Stage
1981NR
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
5.3
The Island
1980
6.0
The Enigma Files
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
7.4
Dick Turpin
1979
7.3
Strangers
1978
7.3
Scorpion Tales
1978
9.0
Danton's Death
1978
5.8
The Big Sleep
1978
NR
One Day at a Time
1977
NR
Across the Andes by Frog
1977
6.1
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
8.2
Star Wars
1977
8.0
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
1977
5.7
The Finishing Line
1977
6.0
Voyage of the Damned
1976
7.0
The XYY Man
1976
6.9
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
7.7
Ripping Yarns
1976
6.9
Poldark
1975
4.5
Angels
1975NR
Against the Crowd
1975
4.9
The Ghoul
1975
6.0
Brannigan
1975
8.0
A Killer in Every Corner
1974
7.0
Footsteps
1974
8.7
Regan
1974
6.9
Callan
1974
6.7
Warship
1973
7.0
Thriller
1973
6.1
The Protectors
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
6.6
Play for Today
1970
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963