Don Warrington talks to Colourful

Don Warrington is chiefly known for playing Philip Smith in Rising Damp, alongside Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale. He appeared in the crime drama C.A.T.S. Eyes, as government contact Nigel Beaumont,in Impact Earth (2007) playing General Harris, and in New Street Law as Judge Ken Winyard. He has also had smaller roles in many programmes including: Red Dwarf, Lovejoy, Doctor Who, Manchild, and Diamond Geezer and the greenmile.

He portrayed Rassilon in several Doctor Who audio plays, and also appeared as "The President (of Great Britain)" in the Doctor Who (2005) 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.

Warrington has performed with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic

He is one of the interviewees on the BBC 2 series Grumpy Old Men.

He appears in a series of Kenco coffee advertisements in the UK in which he plays an African coffee plantation owner and regularly provides voice-overs for both BBC TV and radio.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

Warrington competed in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing, with the 2005 and 2006 British National Champion in Latin American dance, Lilia Kopylova. After Week 4, he was joint 7th out of the remaining 12 contestants with an average of 24.5 points. In week 5 Don was eliminated having lost the dance off against Heather Small with the first three judges all voting for Heather over Don.