Don Warrington

Don Warrington

Actor 23 · 1974 – 2025 · 🎬 10 📺 13 · 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago

Don Warrington MBE 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). His son, Jake Fairbrother, is also an actor.

All · 23 🎬 Movies · 10 📺 TV · 13

Drama Comedy Crime Mystery Fantasy

Frequent Collaborators

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

3 shared

Cleo Rocos

Cleo Rocos

2 shared

Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci

2 shared

Amy Jenkins

2 shared

Peter Greenaway

2 shared

Shyko Amos

Shyko Amos

2 shared

All decades 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

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📺 TV Shows

Policing Paradise

Policing Paradise

actor

2025

The World According to Grandpa

The World According to Grandpa

actor

2020

Celebrity 5 Go Motorhoming

Celebrity 5 Go Motorhoming

actor

2017

Henry IX

Henry IX

actor

2017

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures

actor

2013

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

actor

2011

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

actor

2010

On Christmas Night

On Christmas Night

actor

2008

New Street Law

New Street Law

actor

2006

The Crouches

The Crouches

actor

2003

Manchild

Manchild

actor

2002

C.A.T.S. Eyes

C.A.T.S. Eyes

actor

1985

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

actor

1974

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