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Don Henderson

Cast & creator

Don Henderson

1932-11-10 (died at 64) Leytonstone, London, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Casualty, Play for Today

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.

Movies

51

film credits

Series

45

television credits

Career

96

1963–1998 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Gavrok · 1963

Casualty

Casualty

Jerry Hunter · 1986

Play for Today

Play for Today

Acting · 1970

Minder

Minder

Billy Lynch · 1979

Screen Two

Screen Two

The Flogger · 1985

Across film & television

Filmography (96)

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Gavrok

Casualty

Casualty

Jerry Hunter

Play for Today

Play for Today

Minder

Minder

Billy Lynch

Screen Two

Screen Two

The Flogger

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Mercier

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

Rogue Simulant

Star Wars

General Taggi

TFI Friday

TFI Friday

New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

Harry Watson

New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

Joe Warner

Van der Valk

Van der Valk

Ullman

Angels

Angels

Cracker

Cracker

Hennessy Senior

Thriller

Thriller

Boz Bostyne

The Protectors

The Protectors

Walters

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

Don

Strangers

Strangers

DS George Bulman

Strangers

Strangers

DCI George Bulman

Dramarama

Dramarama

The Great Callisto

Poldark

Poldark

Tom Carne

2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children

Frank

Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin

Bracewell

The Detectives

The Detectives

Brother Ryan

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

Brigadier Miljanic

Warship

Warship

Master-at-Arms Frank Heron

Making Out

Making Out

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club

Frank Kane

Brazil

Brazil

First 'Black Maria' Guard

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Commander

Liberation

Liberation

Lord Curzon

Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

Sgt. Major

Bulman

Bulman

George Bulman

The XYY Man

The XYY Man

DS George Bulman

The Enigma Files

The Enigma Files

Prince

Bottle Boys

Bottle Boys

Les Burton

No Escape

No Escape

Killian

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

Engineering Officer

Scorpion Tales

Scorpion Tales

Easterman

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Burly Ruffian

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

Galapas

Annika

Annika

Mr Daniels

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon

The Father Confessor

Dandelion Dead

Dandelion Dead

Against the Crowd

Parnell

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

The Sentry

The Island

The Island

Rollo

Dead Head

Dead Head

DI Malcolm

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Lou

Brannigan

Brannigan

Geef

Preaching to the Perverted

Preaching to the Perverted

Commander Cope

The Secret World of Polly Flint

Old Mazy

The Trial

The Trial

The Flogger

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Gavrok

White Angel

White Angel

Inspector Taylor

Danielle Steel's Zoya

Danielle Steel's Zoya

Feodor

As You Like It

As You Like It

The Dukes

The Master of Ballantrae

The Master of Ballantrae

Hicks (uncredited)

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

The Wednesday Man

The Boy Who Won the Pools

Mr. Baverstock

The BFG

The BFG

Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)

Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus

The Bosun

Atlantis

Atlantis

Eddie

Murder Elite

Sgt Jessop

The War That Never Ends

The War That Never Ends

Socrates

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod

Tommy Brock (voice)

Footsteps

Footsteps

Policeman

Maigret

Maigret

Barge Captain

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

Sellors

Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret

Billy

My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter

Bertie Borrowbill

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

Squaring the Circle

Squaring the Circle

Kuron

A Crack in the Ice

A Crack in the Ice

The Peasant

The Fool

Bob

Across the Andes by Frog

Across the Andes by Frog

Sgt. Major

A Killer in Every Corner

A Killer in Every Corner

Boz Bostyne

One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

Jack

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

Jumping The Queue

Huw Jones

Tomorrow Calling

Tomorrow Calling

Mervyn Kihn

Callan

Callan

George

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

Tokkotai

The Secret World of Polly Flint

The Secret World of Polly Flint

Old Mazy

Danton's Death

Danton's Death

Mercier

Take the Stage

Self

Black and Blue

Daddy Brett-Smith

Tank Malling

Tank Malling

Percy

How's Business

Mr. Bailey

Regan

Regan

Strip Club Heavy

The Finishing Line

The Finishing Line

Blanc de Chine

Blanc de Chine

Malcolm

Miss Queencake

Miss Queencake