Don Warrington Philip Smith in "Rising Damp", from 1974 to 1978, alongside Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, and Frances de la Tour. Warrington also appeared as series regular in the crime drama "C.A.T.S. Eyes", as government contact Nigel Beaumont (1985–1987); in "Impact Earth" (2007) playing General Harris; and in "New Street Law" as Judge Ken Winyard. In 1993 Warrington played television reporter Graham Gaunt in "To Play The King", the second part of the BBC's "House of Cards" trilogy. He has had smaller roles in many programmes including "Red Dwarf", "Lovejoy", "Manchild", and "Diamond Geezer". Warrington portrayed the villainous founder of Time Lord
Don Warrington which has been broadcast since 11 January 2010. Since 2011, Warrington has played Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the hit BBC show "Death in Paradise". He also appeared as jazz musician Frederick J. Louden in a BBC radio production of "The Devil's Music", written by Alan Plater. In 2011, Warrington played the father of a suspected terrorist in the last series of the BBC drama "Waking the Dead". His film roles included the movie version of "Rising Damp" (1980), the Kenny Everett horror comedy "Bloodbath at the House of Death" (1983), Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" (1996), Peter Greenaway's "8½ Women" (1999) and