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Don Warrington

Acting Born May 23, 1951 Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago 24 credits

Biography

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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Known for

Doctor Who

as Mr.Präsident

Death in Paradise

as Selwyn Patterson

Casualty

as Trevor

Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (2005) as Mr.Präsident
  • Death in Paradise (2011) as Selwyn Patterson
  • Casualty (1986) as Trevor
  • Waking the Dead (2001) as Gideon Barclay
  • Red Dwarf (1988) as Commander Binks
  • Lewis (2007) as Marcus Harding
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • Law & Order: UK (2009)
  • Beyond Paradise (2023) as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
  • Remembers… (2022) as Self
  • Lovejoy (1986) as Felix
  • M.I. High (2007) as Bodleian / Crime
  • Trial & Retribution (1997) as Willard Pembroke
  • Between the Covers (2020) as Self
  • The Five (2016) as Ray Kenwood
  • Arabian Nights (2000) as Hari Ben Karim
  • Going Postal (2010) as Priest of Offler
  • Rising Damp (1974) as Philip
  • BBC Comedy Feeds (2012) as Dad
  • C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985) as Nigel Beaumont
  • New Street Law (2006) as Judge Ken Winyard
  • Triangle (1981) as Alan Lansing
  • Backup (1995)
  • To Play the King (1993) as Graham Gaunt