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Don Warrington
Acting
77 known credits
1.5 popularity score 75 years
Biography
About 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).
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Don Warrington across film and television
76credited titles
35movie credits
41TV credits
1975–2025screen career span
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