Don Warrington

Acting

Don Warrington

Born May 23, 1951 · Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (age 75)

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

8 ½ Women8 ½ Women · 1999
8 ½ Women
5.51999
MovieDramaComedy
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.
HamletHamlet · 1996
Hamlet
7.31996
MovieDrama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
ExpressoExpresso · 2007
Expresso
2007
MovieComedy
Expresso is a series of eight micro-stories, that develop the viewer as they watch the visitors during one day, to one table in a typical UK coffee shop.
Land of the BlindLand of the Blind · 2006
Land of the Blind
5.82006
MovieDramaThriller
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Rising DampRising Damp · 1980
Rising Damp
5.61980
MovieComedy
Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.
Futureshock: CometFutureshock: Comet · 2008
Futureshock: Comet
5.22008
MovieDrama
A comet hits Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 900 million people have to be evacuated.
Tube TalesTube Tales · 1999
Tube Tales
5.31999
MovieDrama
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
Fat SlagsFat Slags · 2004
Fat Slags
3.42004
MovieComedy
Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

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TriangleTriangle · 1981
Triangle
5.81981
SeriesDrama
Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. A third imaginary leg existed between Amsterdam and Felixstowe to justify the programme title, but this was not operated by the ferry company. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as "some of the most mockable British television ever produced". The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes - particularly on Terry Wogan's morning Radio 2 programme - which caused some embarrassment to the BBC. In 1992, the BBC screened TV Hell, an evening of programming devoted to the worst television had to offer, and the first episode of Triangle was broadcast as part of the line-up. The ferry used in the first series was the Tor Line's MS Tor Scandinavia. In the second and third series this was replaced by the DFDS vessel Dana Anglia probably because she had a less intensive schedule and the longer time she spent in port made on-board filming easier.

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