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Don Warrington

Cast & creator

Don Warrington

1951-05-23 (age 75) Trinidad, Trinidad and TobagoIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Death in Paradise, Casualty

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).

Also known as: دان وارینگتون

Movies

36

film credits

Series

41

television credits

Career

77

1972–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mr.Präsident · 2005

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Selwyn Patterson · 2011

Casualty

Casualty

Trevor · 1986

Lewis

Lewis

Marcus Harding · 2007

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Gideon Barclay · 2001

Across film & television

Filmography (77)

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Showing 77 of 77 credits

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mr.Präsident

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Selwyn Patterson

Casualty

Casualty

Trevor

Lewis

Lewis

Marcus Harding

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Gideon Barclay

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

Commander Binks

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK

Beyond Paradise

Beyond Paradise

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Felix

Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution

Willard Pembroke

M.I. High

M.I. High

Bodleian / Crime

Remembers…

Remembers…

Self

BBC Comedy Feeds

Dad

To Play the King

To Play the King

Graham Gaunt

New Street Law

New Street Law

Judge Ken Winyard

The Five

The Five

Ray Kenwood

Triangle

Triangle

Alan Lansing

Between the Covers

Between the Covers

Self

Second City Firsts

Dave

C.A.T.S. Eyes

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Nigel Beaumont

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

Philip

Backup

Backup

Six Days of Justice

Six Days of Justice

Henry Vaughan

CI5: The New Professionals

CI5: The New Professionals

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

Hari Ben Karim

Policing Paradise

Policing Paradise

Self - Narrator

Going Postal

Going Postal

Priest of Offler

The XYY Man

The XYY Man

Jomo Ibbon

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

CS Harley Drayton

Believe Nothing

Believe Nothing

Chairman

Chiller

Chiller

John Meybourne

Hamlet

Hamlet

Voltimand

Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men

Self

Against the Crowd

Albert Sharpe II

The Seventh Scroll

The Seventh Scroll

Colonel Nogo

Manchild

Manchild

Patrick

Land of the Blind

Land of the Blind

First Sergeant

London

Ignatius Sancho

8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women

Simon

Going Postal 2in1

Going Postal 2in1

Priest

The Mysteries

The Mysteries

Angel Gabriel

The Ark

The Ark

Paul

The Crouches

The Crouches

Bailey

You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him

Charles

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

Preacher (Steal Away)

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

Preacher (segment "Steal Away")

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Chief Superintendent

Futureshock: Comet

Futureshock: Comet

General Harris

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

Philip Smith

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Stephen Wilson

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

Readings (voice)

Expresso

Expresso

Mr Jones

Club Havana

Club Havana

Dave

Fat Slags

Fat Slags

General Secretary

Henry IX

Henry IX

Gilbert

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

Self

The Lion of Africa

The Lion of Africa

Henry Piggot

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Commander Blinks

Manilla Envelopes

Manilla Envelopes

Battersea Gazette Paper Boss

Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

Albert Sharpe II

God, Smell and Her

God, Smell and Her

The Toys That Made Christmas

The Toys That Made Christmas

Self - Child of the '60s

Number Six

John Meybourne

The Glass Man

The Glass Man

Anton

The Trick

The Trick

The Magic Man

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter

Self

The Last Giraffe

The Last Giraffe

Peter Mwenga

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Prison Officer Ian Goslet

Babymother

Babymother

Luther

King Lear

King Lear

King Lear

Still We Thrive

Still We Thrive

Camping

Camping

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

Self - Narrator (voice)

Night Shift

Don

Borderland

Borderland

Josh

On Christmas Night

Himself