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Don Warrington, MBE (born 23 May 1951) is a Trinidadian-born British actor.〔("Don Warrington MBE" ), The British Blacklist.〕〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/10058787/Don-Warrington-Rigsbys-a-racist-but-thats-not-the-real-issue.html〕 〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2345724/Don-Warrington-Rising-Damp-star-61-recalls-emigrating-child-Trinidad-Newcastle.html〕 He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2345724/Don-Warrington-Rising-Damp-star-61-recalls-emigrating-child-Trinidad-Newcastle.html〕 ==Career== Warrington was born in Trinidad but as a young child went with his mother to England, where he was raised in Newcastle upon Tyne.〔(Dominic Cavendish, "Don Warrington: Rigsby's a racist - but that's not the real issue", ) ''The Telegraph'', 15 May 2013.〕 His father, Basil Kydd, was a Trinidadian politician who died in 1958.〔(Don Warrington biography, from ''Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory'' by Marjorie H. Morgan. ) Historical Biographies, 1 October 2012.〕〔Maureen Paton, ("The day that changed my life: Don Warrington the former Rising Damp star, 61, recalls emigrating as a child from Trinidad to Newcastle" ), Mail Online, 21 June 2013.〕 Warrington trained as an actor at the Drama Centre London.〔(Don Warrington biography ), ATG Tickets.〕 He started acting in repertory theatre at the age of 17.〔(Ultimate Strictly. )〕 Warrington is known for playing Philip Smith in ''Rising Damp'', from 1974 to 1978, alongside Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale. 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. 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,〔("All My Sons" ), Talawa Theatre Company.〕〔Clare Brennan, ("All My Sons – review" ), ''The Observer'', 6 October 2013.〕 directed by michael Buffong – a production that ''The Guardian'' reviewer called "flawless", giving it a five-star rating.〔Alfred Hicking, ("All My Sons – review" ), ''The Guardian'', 2 October 2013.〕 He has had smaller roles in many programmes including ''Red Dwarf'', ''Lovejoy'', ''Manchild'', and ''Diamond Geezer''. Warrington portrayed the villainous founder of Time Lord society, Rassilon, in several ''Doctor Who'' audio plays, and also appeared as the President of an alternate universe Great Britain in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Rise of the Cybermen" (2006). Soon after, he recorded an abridged audio book of the ''Doctor Who'' novel ''The Art of Destruction'' by Stephen Cole. Warrington has performed with the National Theatre,〔(Don Warrington page ), National Theatre.〕 the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic. He is one of the interviewees on the BBC 2 series ''Grumpy Old Men'', and he appears in a series of Kenco coffee advertisements in the United Kingdom in which he plays an African coffee plantation owner. He regularly provides voice-overs for both BBC TV and radio. Warrington has also appeared in BBC1 sitcom ''The Crouches'', which aired from 9 September 2003 until 2005. He played Bailey, who was Roly's boss at a London Underground station in South London. Roly was played by Robbie Gee. Warrington played the role of the Hospital Chaplain in ''Casualty'', assuming the role of Trevor. He also starred in the 2010 film ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife''. He has provided voiceover links, reading out the various methods of contacting the show on the ''Chris Evans Breakfast Show'' on BBC Radio 2, which has been broadcast since 11 January 2010. Since 2011, Warrington has played Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the hit BBC show ''Death in Paradise''. 〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5NBydTwDZryNHPG17f3lLBp/characters〕 〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913116/〕 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''. In 2012–13 he toured with Gwen Taylor in the new stage version of ''Driving Miss Daisy''.〔Marion McMullen, ("Driving force behind Don Warrington's stage return" ), ''Coventry Telegraph'', 8 February 2013.〕 In late 2015, it was announced that Warrington would play King Lear in Talawa Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's play. 〔https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/don-warrington-cast-as-king-lear-at-the-royal-exchange/〕〔https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/don-warrington-backs-calls-for-mobo-theatre-awards/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Warrington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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