Don Warrington
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| Born | Don Warrington 1952 age 55 or 56 Trinidad |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974 - present |
Don Warrington (born 1952) is a Trinidadian British actor.
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[edit] Personal life
Warrington was born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1952 and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His father was Trinidad politician Basil Warrington who died in 1958.
His acting career started when he joined his local repertory theatre aged 17.
He has two sons.
[edit] Career
He is chiefly known for playing Philip Smith in Rising Damp, alongside Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale. He has also appeared in the crime drama C.A.T.S. Eyes, as government contact Nigel Beaumont and played Judge Ken Winyard in New Street Law.
He has also appeared in various UK TV programmes, including Red Dwarf, Lovejoy, Doctor Who, Manchild, and Diamond Geezer.
Warrington has also performed with the National Theatre, the English Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic and regularly provides voice-overs for both BBC TV and radio.
He portrayed Rassilon in several Doctor Who audio plays, and also appeared as "The President (of Great Britain)" in the Doctor Who (2006) episode "Rise of the Cybermen". Soon after, he recorded an abridged audio book of the Doctor Who novel The Art of Destruction by Stephen Cole.
He is also one of the interviewees on the BBC 2 series Grumpy Old Men. He also appears in a series of Kenco coffee advertisements in the UK in which he plays an African coffee plantation owner.
He also plays General Harris in TV drama Impact Earth (2007)
[edit] Television Roles
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1974 to 1978 | Rising Damp | Philip Smith |
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