Don Henderson
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Don Henderson (10 November 1932 - 22 June 1997) was a British actor, from Leytonstone, London, whose film and TV work covered many years but will be best remembered for his role as the fictional detective George Bulman. This character featured in three TV series The XYY Man in the mid-1970s; the later Strangers that saw Bulman rise from Detective Sergeant to Detective Chief Inspector and, in 1985, the series Bulman saw George retired from the police and pursuing a career as a horologist. Henderson died at Warwick, from cancer, shortly after appearing as a Simulant in the Comedy/Sci Fi show Red Dwarf.
His widow is the actress Shirley Stelfox with whom he appeared professionally many times.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Red Dwarf: Beyond A Joke (1997) .... Rogue Simulant
- FairyTale: A True Story (1997) .... Sydney Chalker
- Preaching to the Perverted (1997) .... Commander Cope
- The Wind in the Willows (1996) .... The Sentry
- No Escape (1994) .... Killian
- The Trial (1993) .... Flogger
- Carry On Columbus (1992) .... The Bosun
- As You Like It (1992) .... The Dukes
- Black and Blue (1992) (TV) .... Daddy Brett-Smith
- The Fool (1990) .... Bob
- The BFG (1989) (voice) .... Bloodbottler/Fleshlumpeater/Sergeant
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) .... Commander
- Maigret (1988) (TV) .... Barge Captain
- Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987) (TV) .... Gavrok
- Dead Head (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Inspector Malcolm
- Brazil (1985) .... First Black Maria Guard
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) .... The Wednesday Man
- The Island (1980)
- Strangers (1978) TV Series .... DS (later DCI) George Bulman
- Danton's Death (1978) (TV)
- The Big Sleep (1978) .... Lou
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) .... General Tagge
- Voyage of the Damned (1976)
- Poldark (1975) TV Series .... Tom Carne
- Abby (1974) .... Flip
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
- Crossroads (1964) TV
