Acting76 credits

Don Warrington

Born 1951-05-23
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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

3.2

Policing Paradise

2025 · TV Show

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

2023 · Movie

7.1

Beyond Paradise

2023 · TV Show

7.0

Remembers…

2022 · TV Show

Still We Thrive

2022 · Movie

5.5

Between the Covers

2020 · TV Show

5.6

You, Me and Him

2018 · Movie

6.0

Henry IX

2017 · TV Show

On Christmas Night

2016 · Movie

8.0

King Lear

2016 · Movie

6.7

The Five

2016 · TV Show

5.7

The Ark

2015 · Movie

7.2

Chasing Shadows

2014 · TV Show

Night Shift

2014 · Movie

BBC Comedy Feeds

2012 · TV Show

The Toys That Made Christmas

2011 · Movie

7.4

Death in Paradise

2011 · TV Show

6.0

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011 · TV Show

5.5

The Glass Man

2011 · Movie

Going Postal 2in1

2011 · Movie

7.3

Going Postal

2010 · TV Show

4.8

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010 · Movie

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

2009 · TV Show

7.0

Law & Order: UK

2009 · TV Show

God, Smell and Her

2009 · Movie

5.3

Futureshock: Comet

2008 · Movie

Expresso

2007 · Movie

7.6

Lewis

2007 · TV Show

6.1

M.I. High

2007 · TV Show

6.6

New Street Law

2006 · TV Show

5.8

Land of the Blind

2006 · Movie

Manilla Envelopes

2006 · Movie

7.6

Doctor Who

2005 · TV Show

3.4

Fat Slags

2004 · Movie

10.0

London

2004 · TV Show

7.4

Grumpy Old Men

2003 · TV Show

4.5

The Crouches

2003 · TV Show

6.8

Believe Nothing

2002 · TV Show

4.5

Manchild

2002 · TV Show

7.2

Waking the Dead

2001 · TV Show

7.0

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

2000 · Movie

6.8

Arabian Nights

2000 · TV Show

4.5

Lighthouse

2000 · Movie

5.3

Tube Tales

1999 · Movie

6.8

CI5: The New Professionals

1999 · TV Show

5.6

The Seventh Scroll

1999 · TV Show

5.5

8 ½ Women

1999 · Movie

4.0

Babymother

1998 · Movie

6.8

Trial & Retribution

1997 · TV Show

7.3

The Trick

1997 · Movie

7.3

Hamlet

1996 · Movie

6.0

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

1996 · Movie

6.0

Backup

1995 · TV Show

Number Six

1995 · Movie

6.2

Chiller

1995 · TV Show

7.7

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

1994 · Movie

7.9

To Play the King

1993 · TV Show

5.0

Camping

1990 · Movie

Borderland

1988 · Movie

8.1

Red Dwarf

1988 · TV Show

6.0

The Lion of Africa

1987 · Movie

6.2

Casualty

1986 · TV Show

7.4

Lovejoy

1986 · TV Show

The Mysteries

1985 · TV Show

6.0

C.A.T.S. Eyes

1985 · TV Show

5.3

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984 · Movie

5.8

Triangle

1981 · TV Show

5.6

Rising Damp

1980 · Movie

7.0

The Last Giraffe

1979 · Movie

7.0

The XYY Man

1976 · TV Show

Club Havana

1975 · Movie

Carbon Copy

1975 · Movie

Against the Crowd

1975 · TV Show

7.4

Rising Damp

1974 · TV Show

Second City Firsts

1973 · TV Show

10.0

Six Days of Justice

1972 · TV Show

Full Filmography

76 titles, newest first

3.2

Policing Paradise

2025 · TV Show

Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal

2023 · Movie

7.1

Beyond Paradise

2023 · TV Show

7.0

Remembers…

2022 · TV Show

Still We Thrive

2022 · Movie

5.5

Between the Covers

2020 · TV Show

5.6

You, Me and Him

2018 · Movie

6.0

Henry IX

2017 · TV Show