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Don Warrington
Actor · Crew· 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).
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
25 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Policing Paradise | Self - Narrator | TV |
| 2015 | The Ark | Paul | Film |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Selwyn Patterson | TV |
| 2011 | The Glass Man | Anton | Film |
| 2010 | Going Postal | Priest of Offler | TV |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Chief Superintendent | Film |
| 2008 | Futureshock: Comet | General Harris | Film |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | First Sergeant | Film |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Judge Ken Winyard | TV |
| 2004 | London | Ignatius Sancho | TV |
| 2003 | The Crouches | Bailey | TV |
| 2002 | Manchild | Patrick | TV |
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Prison Officer Ian Goslet | Film |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Preacher (Steal Away) | Film |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | Simon | Film |
| 1998 | Babymother | Luther | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Voltimand | Film |
| 1995 | Number Six | John Meybourne | Film |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Graham Gaunt | TV |
| 1990 | Camping | Film | |
| 1987 | The Lion of Africa | Henry Piggot | Film |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Nigel Beaumont | TV |
| 1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | Stephen Wilson | Film |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Philip Smith | Film |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Philip | TV |
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