Rising Damp Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African Chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby. However, the landlord quickly accepts his new tenant and henceforth regards him with a wary respect... wary because of Philip's intelligence and smooth manners, and especially because Miss Jones finds herself attracted to the handsome sophisticate. Of these four principal actors, only Beckinsale was a new recruit - the others had all played their roles in the original stage play. In the first series, there was another tenant
Don Warrington the horror film "Lighthouse" (1999). Warrington is an accomplished theatre actor and has performed with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. In 2012–13 he toured with Gwen Taylor in the new stage version of "Driving Miss Daisy". In 2013 Warrington played the lead role of Joe Keller, in Talawa Theatre Company's all-black revival of Arthur Miller's tragedy "All My Sons" at the Manchester Royal Exchange, directed by Michael Buffong – a production that "The Guardian" reviewer called "flawless", giving it a five-star rating. Warrington won universal acclaim for his performance as