Don Warrington: movies and TV shows
Don Warrington has 78 credits in the archive: 37 films and 41 TV series, from 1972 to 2026. Highest rated: Red Dwarf (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1972 – 2026 · busiest year: 1999 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | What has the BBC ever done for me? | Selwyn Patterson | Film | — | 75 |
| 2025 | Policing Paradise | Self - Narrator | TV | 3.3 | 74 |
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Commissioner Selwyn Patterson | TV | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2023 | Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 72 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2022 | Still We Thrive | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2020 | Between the Covers | Self | TV | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2018 | You, Me and Him | Charles | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2017 | Henry IX | Gilbert | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2016 | The Five | Ray Kenwood | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2016 | King Lear | King Lear | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2016 | On Christmas Night | Himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2015 | The Ark | Paul | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | CS Harley Drayton | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2012 | BBC Comedy Feeds | Dad | TV | — | 61 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Selwyn Patterson | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2011 | The Glass Man | Anton | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2011 | The Toys That Made Christmas | Self - Child of the '60s | Film | — | 60 |
| 2010 | Going Postal | Priest of Offler | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Chief Superintendent | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | TV | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 2009 | The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words | Readings (voice) | TV | — | 58 |
| 2009 | God, Smell and Her | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2008 | Futureshock: Comet | General Harris | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Marcus Harding | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2007 | M.I. High | Bodleian / Crime | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2007 | Expresso | Mr Jones | Film | — | 56 |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Judge Ken Winyard | TV | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2006 | Manilla Envelopes | Battersea Gazette Paper Boss | Film | — | 55 |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | First Sergeant | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Mr.Präsident | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2004 | London | Ignatius Sancho | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 2004 | Fat Slags | General Secretary | Film | 3.4 | 53 |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men | Self | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 2003 | The Crouches | Bailey | TV | 4.5 | 52 |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | Chairman | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2002 | Manchild | Patrick | TV | 4.5 | 51 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Gideon Barclay | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Hari Ben Karim | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Prison Officer Ian Goslet | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 2000 | The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Self | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | Simon | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1999 | CI5: The New Professionals | TV | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Preacher (Steal Away) | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Preacher (segment "Steal Away") | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Colonel Nogo | TV | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1998 | Babymother | Luther | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | Willard Pembroke | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1997 | The Trick | The Magic Man | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Voltimand | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1996 | 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter | Self | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1995 | Backup | TV | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1995 | Chiller | John Meybourne | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1995 | Number Six | John Meybourne | Film | — | 44 |
| 1994 | Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups | Commander Blinks | Film | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Graham Gaunt | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1990 | Camping | Film | 5.0 | 39 | |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Commander Binks | TV | 8.1 | 37 |
| 1988 | Borderland | Josh | Film | — | 37 |
| 1987 | The Lion of Africa | Henry Piggot | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Trevor | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Felix | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Nigel Beaumont | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1985 | The Mysteries | Angel Gabriel | TV | — | 34 |
| 1984 | Bloodbath at the House of Death | Stephen Wilson | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1981 | Triangle | Alan Lansing | TV | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Philip Smith | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1979 | The Last Giraffe | Peter Mwenga | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1976 | The XYY Man | Jomo Ibbon | TV | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1975 | Against the Crowd | Albert Sharpe II | TV | — | 24 |
| 1975 | Carbon Copy | Albert Sharpe II | Film | — | 24 |
| 1975 | Club Havana | Dave | Film | — | 24 |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Philip | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | Dave | TV | — | 22 |
| 1972 | Six Days of Justice | Henry Vaughan | TV | 10.0 | 21 |
| Night Shift | Don | Film | — | — | |
| Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel | The President | Film | — | — |