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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