Rising Damp (film) than either Rigsby or her. Philip (Don Warrington) is not especially interested in Ruth, but he eggs Rigsby on in order to humiliate him. In adapting the television series to film, the setting was changed from Yorkshire to inner-city London. For her performance as Ruth Jones, Frances da la Tour received an Evening Standard British Film Award in the category of "Best Actress". A reviewer for "Time Out" wrote that the film "[demonstrates] that moderately droll TV boarding-house sitcoms ought not to be stretched to 98 minutes." David Parkinson wrote in the "Radio Times", "the absence of Richard Beckinsale does
Don Warrington Don Warrington Donald Williams, known by the stage name Don Warrington, MBE (born 23 May 1951), is a Trinidadian-born British actor. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. Warrington was born in Trinidad but moved to England with his mother at a young age. He was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. His father, Basil Kydd, was a Trinidadian politician who died in 1958. Warrington trained as an actor at the Drama Centre London. He started acting in repertory theatre at the age of 17. Warrington is known for playing