
Don Warrington
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1951
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

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
2023

King Lear
2016

Club Havana
1975

Carbon Copy
1975
On Christmas Night
2016

Borderland
1988

Still We Thrive
2022

Rising Damp
1980

Babymother
1998

Expresso
2007

The Lion of Africa
1987

The Last Giraffe
1979

The Trick
1997
Night Shift
Number Six
1995

Lighthouse
2000

Bloodbath at the House of Death
1984

Futureshock: Comet
2008

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996

The Ark
2015

The Toys That Made Christmas
2011

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010

You, Me and Him
2018

8 ½ Women
1999

Land of the Blind
2006

The Glass Man
2011

God, Smell and Her
2009

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
1994

Manilla Envelopes
2006

Camping
1990

Tube Tales
1999

Hamlet
1996

Believe Nothing
2002

Rising Damp
1974

Lovejoy
1986

Law & Order: UK
2009

The Crouches
2003

Red Dwarf
1988

CI5: The New Professionals
1999

Manchild
2002

Between the Covers
2020

Backup
1995

Fat Slags
2004

Triangle
1981

New Street Law
2006
London
2004

Chasing Shadows
2014

The Mysteries
1985

The Five
2016

Waking the Dead
2001

To Play the King
1993

Death in Paradise
2011

Henry IX
2017

Doctor Who
2005

Casualty
1986

Going Postal
2010

Arabian Nights
2000
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

The Seventh Scroll
1999

Grumpy Old Men
2003

Beyond Paradise
2023

C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012

Chiller
1995

Remembers…
2022

M.I. High
2007

The XYY Man
1976

Policing Paradise
2025

Six Days of Justice
1972
Against the Crowd
1975

Trial & Retribution
1997
Second City Firsts
1973

Lewis
2007