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Don Warrington
AKA: دان وارینگتون
Acting
Born: 1951
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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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).
Known For
Policing Paradise
Self - Narrator
2025 · GB
Beyond Paradise
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
2023 · GB
Remembers…
Self
2022 · GB
Between the Covers
Self
2020 · GB
The Five
Ray Kenwood
2016 · GB
Chasing Shadows
CS Harley Drayton
2014 · GB
BBC Comedy Feeds
Dad
2012 · GB
Death in Paradise
Selwyn Patterson
2011 · GB
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Policing Paradise | 2025 | Self - Narrator |
| Beyond Paradise | 2023 | Commissioner Selwyn Patterson |
| Remembers… | 2022 | Self |
| Between the Covers | 2020 | Self |
| The Five | 2016 | Ray Kenwood |
| Chasing Shadows | 2014 | CS Harley Drayton |
| BBC Comedy Feeds | 2012 | Dad |
| Death in Paradise | 2011 | Selwyn Patterson |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 2011 | Self - Participant |
| Going Postal | 2010 | Priest of Offler |
| Law & Order: UK | 2009 | Contributor |
| Lewis | 2007 | Marcus Harding |
| M.I. High | 2007 | Bodleian / Crime |
| New Street Law | 2006 | Judge Ken Winyard |
| Grumpy Old Men | 2003 | Self |
| Waking the Dead | 2001 | Gideon Barclay |
| Arabian Nights | 2000 | Hari Ben Karim |
| Trial & Retribution | 1997 | Willard Pembroke |
| Chiller | 1995 | John Meybourne |
| Red Dwarf | 1988 | Commander Binks |
| Casualty | 1986 | Trevor |
| Lovejoy | 1986 | Felix |