Don Warrington
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1951
Place of birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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).
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Filmography
35 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
3.2
Policing Paradise
2025
NR
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023
7.0
Beyond Paradise
2023
7.0
Remembers…
2022
NR
Still We Thrive
2022
5.5
Between the Covers
2020
5.6
You, Me and Him
2018
6.0
Henry IX
2017NR
On Christmas Night
2016
8.0
King Lear
2016
6.8
The Five
2016
5.7
The Ark
2015
7.2
Chasing Shadows
2014NR
Night Shift
2014NR
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
NR
The Toys That Made Christmas
2011
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
5.5
The Glass Man
2011
NR
Going Postal 2in1
2011
7.2
Going Postal
2010
4.8
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010NR
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
NR
God, Smell and Her
2009
5.2
Futureshock: Comet
2008
NR
Expresso
2007
7.6
Lewis
2007
6.1
M.I. High
2007
6.6
New Street Law
2006
5.8
Land of the Blind
2006
NR
Manilla Envelopes
2006
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
3.4
Fat Slags
200410.0
London
2004
7.4
Grumpy Old Men
2003
4.5
The Crouches
2003
6.8
Believe Nothing
2002
4.5
Manchild
2002
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
7.0
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
6.8
Arabian Nights
2000
4.5
Lighthouse
2000
5.3
Tube Tales
1999
6.8
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
5.7
The Seventh Scroll
1999
5.5
8 ½ Women
1999
4.0
Babymother
1998
6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
7.3
The Trick
1997
7.3
Hamlet
1996
6.0
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
6.0
Backup
1995NR
Number Six
1995
6.2
Chiller
1995
7.7
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994
7.8
To Play the King
1993
5.0
Camping
1990
NR
Borderland
1988
8.1
Red Dwarf
1988
6.0
The Lion of Africa
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
NR
The Mysteries
1985
6.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
5.3
Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984
5.8
Triangle
1981
5.6
Rising Damp
1980
7.0
The Last Giraffe
1979
7.0
The XYY Man
1976
NR
Club Havana
1975
NR
Carbon Copy
1975NR
Against the Crowd
1975
7.4
Rising Damp
1974NR
Second City Firsts
1973
10.0
Six Days of Justice
1972