Don Warrington

Known for

Acting

Born

May 23, 1951 (age 75)

Birthplace

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Biography

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).

Best known work

Doctor Who

2005

Hamlet

1996

Red Dwarf

1988

Death in Paradise

2011

Going Postal

2010

Lewis

2007

The Five

2016

Bloodbath at the House of Death

1984

Casualty

1986

8 ½ Women

1999

Filmography

2025
Policing ParadiseTV
as Self - Narrator (16 episodes)
2023
Princess Anne: The Plot to Kidnap a Royal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Beyond ParadiseTV
as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson (1 episode)
2022
Remembers…TV
as Self (1 episode)
2022
Still We Thrive
2020
Between the CoversTV
as Self (1 episode)
2018
You, Me and Him
as Charles
2017
Henry IXTV
as Gilbert (3 episodes)
2016
On Christmas Night
as Himself
2016
King Lear
as King Lear
2016
The FiveTV
as Ray Kenwood (4 episodes)
2015
The Ark
as Paul
2014
Chasing ShadowsTV
as CS Harley Drayton (4 episodes)
2014
Night Shift
as Don
2012
BBC Comedy FeedsTV
as Dad (1 episode)
2011
The Toys That Made Christmas
as Self - Child of the '60s
2011
Death in ParadiseTV
as Selwyn Patterson (120 episodes)
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road TripTV
as Self - Participant (1 episode)
2011
The Glass Man
as Anton
2011
Going Postal 2in1
as Priest
2010
Going PostalTV
as Priest of Offler (2 episodes)
2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
as Chief Superintendent
2009
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own WordsTV
as Readings (voice) (1 episode)
2009
Law & Order: UKTV
2009
God, Smell and Her