Acting
Don Warrington
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
Policing Paradise
Series · 2025
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
Film · 2023
Beyond Paradise
Series · 2023
Still We Thrive
Film · 2022
Remembers…
Series · 2022
Between the Covers
Series · 2020
You, Me and Him
Film · 2018
Henry IX
Series · 2017
King Lear
Film · 2016
On Christmas Night
Film · 2016
The Five
Series · 2016
The Ark
Film · 2015
Night Shift
Film · 2014
Chasing Shadows
Series · 2014
BBC Comedy Feeds
Series · 2012
The Glass Man
Film · 2011
The Toys That Made Christmas
Film · 2011
Going Postal 2in1
Film · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Film · 2010
Going Postal
Series · 2010
God, Smell and Her
Film · 2009
Law & Order: UK
Series · 2009
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Series · 2009
Futureshock: Comet
Film · 2008
Expresso
Film · 2007
M.I. High
Series · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
Land of the Blind
Film · 2006
Manilla Envelopes
Film · 2006
New Street Law
Series · 2006
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Fat Slags
Film · 2004
London
Series · 2004
The Crouches
Series · 2003
Grumpy Old Men
Series · 2003
Believe Nothing
Series · 2002
Manchild
Series · 2002
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
Lighthouse
Film · 2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Film · 2000
Arabian Nights
Series · 2000
Tube Tales
Film · 1999
Tube Tales
Film · 1999
8 ½ Women
Film · 1999
CI5: The New Professionals
Series · 1999
The Seventh Scroll
Series · 1999
Babymother
Film · 1998
The Trick
Film · 1997
Trial & Retribution
Series · 1997
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Film · 1996
Hamlet
Film · 1996
Number Six
Film · 1995
Backup
Series · 1995
Chiller
Series · 1995
Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups
Film · 1994
To Play the King
Series · 1993
Camping
Film · 1990
Borderland
Film · 1988
Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
The Lion of Africa
Film · 1987
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
The Mysteries
Series · 1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Series · 1985
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Film · 1984
Triangle
Series · 1981
Rising Damp
Film · 1980
The Last Giraffe
Film · 1979
The XYY Man
Series · 1976
Club Havana
Film · 1975
Carbon Copy
Film · 1975
Against the Crowd
Series · 1975
Rising Damp
Series · 1974
Second City Firsts
Series · 1973
Six Days of Justice
Series · 1972