Don Warrington

Actor

Born: May 23, 1951 (74 years old)

Place of birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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).

Filmography (35)

• Hamlet (1996, ★ 7.3)
• Rising Damp (1974, ★ 7.5)
• Lovejoy (1986, ★ 7.3)
• Red Dwarf (1988, ★ 8.1)
• Law & Order: UK (2009, ★ 7)
• Chasing Shadows (2014, ★ 7.2)
• Waking the Dead (2001, ★ 7.2)
• To Play the King (1993, ★ 7.8)
• Trial & Retribution (1997, ★ 6.8)
• The Five (2016, ★ 6.8)
• Death in Paradise (2011, ★ 7.5)
• Doctor Who (2005, ★ 7.6)
• Believe Nothing (2002, ★ 6.4)
• New Street Law (2006, ★ 6.6)
• Going Postal (2010, ★ 7.2)
• Arabian Nights (2000, ★ 6.8)
• Grumpy Old Men (2003, ★ 7.2)
• Beyond Paradise (2023, ★ 6.8)
• Futureshock: Comet (2008, ★ 5.2)
• Rising Damp (1980, ★ 5.5)
• Land of the Blind (2006, ★ 5.8)
• The Ark (2015, ★ 5.7)
• You, Me and Him (2018, ★ 5.6)
• Lighthouse (2000, ★ 4.6)
• Tube Tales (1999, ★ 5.1)
• Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984, ★ 5.3)
• The Glass Man (2011, ★ 5.5)
• It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010, ★ 4.8)
• 8 ½ Women (1999, ★ 5.4)
• The Seventh Scroll (1999, ★ 5.6)