Don Warrington

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).

Known For

Hamlet

as Voltimand

8 ½ Women

as Simon

Cast Credits

You, Me and Him

as Charles

King Lear

as King Lear

The Ark

as Paul

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

as Chief Superintendent

Futureshock: Comet

as General Harris

Land of the Blind

as First Sergeant

Manilla Envelopes

as Battersea Gazette Paper Boss

Fat Slags

as General Secretary

Lighthouse

as Prison Officer Ian Goslet

Tube Tales

as Preacher (Steal Away)

8 ½ Women

as Simon

Babymother

as Luther - the don

The Trick

as The Magic Man

Hamlet

as Voltimand

Borderland

as Josh

The Lion of Africa

as Henry Piggot

Rising Damp

as Philip Smith

The Last Giraffe

as Peter Mwenga

Carbon Copy

as Albert Sharpe II