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Don Warrington

Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) 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).

English

Futureshock: Comet

2007
as General Harris

Lighthouse

2000
as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

The Ark

2015
as Paul

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010
as Chief Superintendent

Rising Damp

1980
as Philip Smith

Land of the Blind

2006
as First Sergeant

You, Me and Him

2017
as Charles

King Lear

2016
as King Lear

8 ½ Women

1999
as Simon

The Trick

1997
as The Magic Man

Black XXX-Mas

1999
as Black Santa

Hamlet

1996
as Voltimand

The Lion of Africa

1988
as Henry Piggot