Acting
Don Henderson
Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in a trilogy of popular Granada Television police drama series; The XYY Man, Strangers, and Bulman. Following the end of Bulman, Henderson starred as the priest Frank Kane in the BBC drama series The Paradise Club, penned by Bulman creator Murray Smith. Henderson starred in several cult and sci fi serials and films, most notably in the first Star Wars movie in which he played General Tagge, and Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. Prior to acting, Henderson was a dental technician in the army and a detective sergeant in the Essex constabulary, but he resigned when he found he had sympathy for the criminals he was obliged to arrest. He was married twice, firstly to Hilary who died in 1977, and then to the actress Shirley Stelfox, whom he met filming The XYY Man. The pair set up home in Stratford-Upon-Avon and appeared together professionally many times until his death from throat cancer in 1997.
Filmography
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
Film · 1998
Preaching to the Perverted
Film · 1997
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Film · 1997
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Film · 1995
White Angel
Film · 1994
No Escape
Film · 1994
Pat and Margaret
Film · 1994
Dandelion Dead
Series · 1994
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Series · 1994
Liberation
Series · 1994
The Trial
Film · 1993
The Baby of Mâcon
Film · 1993
Tomorrow Calling
Film · 1993
Cracker
Series · 1993
The Detectives
Series · 1993
As You Like It
Film · 1992
Black and Blue
Film · 1992
Carry On Columbus
Film · 1992
My Friend Walter
Film · 1992
Miss Queencake
Film · 1991
The War That Never Ends
Film · 1991
How's Business
Film · 1991
2Point4 Children
Series · 1991
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
Series · 1991
The Fool
Film · 1990
The BFG
Film · 1990
Tank Malling
Film · 1989
The Paradise Club
Series · 1989
Making Out
Series · 1989
Jumping The Queue
Series · 1989
Maigret
Film · 1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Film · 1988
Blanc de Chine
Film · 1988
Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Film · 1987
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Film · 1987
The New Statesman
Series · 1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Series · 1987
Casualty
Series · 1986
Dead Head
Series · 1986
Murder Elite
Film · 1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Film · 1985
Brazil
Film · 1985
A Crack in the Ice
Film · 1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Series · 1985
Bulman
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Squaring the Circle
Film · 1984
The Master of Ballantrae
Film · 1984
Annika
Series · 1984
Bottle Boys
Series · 1984
Atlantis
Film · 1983
The Boy Who Won the Pools
Series · 1983
Dramarama
Series · 1983
The Baker Street Boys
Series · 1983
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Film · 1981
Take the Stage
Series · 1981
The Island
Film · 1980
The Enigma Files
Series · 1980
Dick Turpin
Series · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
The Big Sleep
Film · 1978
Danton's Death
Film · 1978
Scorpion Tales
Series · 1978
Strangers
Series · 1978
Strangers
Series · 1978
Star Wars
Film · 1977
The Finishing Line
Film · 1977
Across the Andes by Frog
Film · 1977
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Film · 1977
One Day at a Time
Film · 1977
The Prince and the Pauper
Film · 1977
Three Piece Suite
Series · 1977
The Littlest Horse Thieves
Film · 1976
Voyage of the Damned
Film · 1976
The XYY Man
Series · 1976
Ripping Yarns
Series · 1976
The Ghoul
Film · 1975
Brannigan
Film · 1975
Angels
Series · 1975
Poldark
Series · 1975
Against the Crowd
Series · 1975
Footsteps
Film · 1974
Regan
Film · 1974
Callan
Film · 1974
A Killer in Every Corner
Film · 1974
Thriller
Series · 1973
Warship
Series · 1973
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
New Scotland Yard
Series · 1972
New Scotland Yard
Series · 1972
Play for Today
Series · 1970
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963