Acting credits
78
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Don Henderson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 44Series: 34
TMDB ID: 42570
IMDb ID: nm0376405
Known for: Acting
Born: November 10, 1932
Died: June 22, 1997
Age: 64
Place of birth: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 1998
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q1945226
Biography
Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in a trilogy of popular Granada Television police drama series; The XYY Man, Strangers, and Bulman. Following the end of Bulman, Henderson starred as the priest Frank Kane in the BBC drama series The Paradise Club, penned by Bulman creator Murray Smith. Henderson starred in several cult and sci fi serials and films, most notably in the first Star Wars movie in which he played General Tagge, and Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. Prior to acting, Henderson was a dental technician in the army and a detective sergeant in the Essex constabulary, but he resigned when he found he had sympathy for the criminals he was obliged to arrest. He was married twice, firstly to Hilary who died in 1977, and then to the actress Shirley Stelfox, whom he met filming The XYY Man. The pair set up home in Stratford-Upon-Avon and appeared together professionally many times until his death from throat cancer in 1997.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Don Henderson.
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
as Tommy Brock (voice)
1998 Movie
4.8
Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Feodor
1997 Movie
6.0
Preaching to the Perverted
as Commander Cope
1997 Movie
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
as The Sentry
1996 Movie
7.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995 Movie
7.5
Pat and Margaret
as Billy
1994 Movie
6.2
No Escape
as Killian
1994 Movie
4.1
White Angel
as Inspector Taylor
1994 Movie
4.0
Tomorrow Calling
as Mervyn Kihn
1993 Movie
6.9
The Baby of Mâcon
as The Father Confessor
1993 Movie
5.9
The Trial
as The Flogger
1993 Movie
5.5
As You Like It
as The Dukes
1992 Movie
3.8
Carry On Columbus
as The Bosun
1992 Movie
My Friend Walter
as Bertie Borrowbill
1992 Movie
1.0
The War That Never Ends
as Socrates
1991 Movie
4.0
Miss Queencake
1991 Movie
6.4
The BFG
as Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
1990 Movie
3.0
Tank Malling
as Percy
1989 Movie
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Commander
1988 Movie
Blanc de Chine
as Malcolm
1988 Movie
7.0
Maigret
as Barge Captain
1988 Movie
6.2
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Gavrok
1987 Movie
The Secret World of Polly Flint
as Old Mazy
1987 Movie
5.9
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as The Wednesday Man
1985 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Don Henderson.
8.0
Dandelion Dead
4 eps
1994 Series
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1 eps
1994 Series
7.8
Liberation
as Lord Curzon • 6 eps
1994 Series
6.6
Cracker
as Hennessy Senior • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.7
The Detectives
as Brother Ryan • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.2
2Point4 Children
as Frank • 1 eps
1991 Series
5.8
The Paradise Club
as Frank Kane • 20 eps
1989 Series
5.8
Making Out
8 eps
1989 Series
8.1
Red Dwarf
as Rogue Simulant • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.4
The New Statesman
as Brigadier Miljanic • 1 eps
1987 Series
5.0
Knights of God
13 eps
1987 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Jerry Hunter • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.4
Dead Head
as DI Malcolm • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
Bulman
20 eps
1985 Series
6.4
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Don • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as The Flogger • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.2
Bottle Boys
as Les Burton • 1 eps
1984 Series
3.3
Annika
as Mr Daniels • 3 eps
1984 Series
5.5
The Enigma Files
as Prince • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.8
Minder
as Billy Lynch • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.5
Dick Turpin
as Bracewell • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Strangers
as George Bulman • 32 eps
1978 Series
6.0
Scorpion Tales
as Easterman • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.0
The XYY Man
as George Bulman • 13 eps
1976 Series